Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Let’s start with the short version: there is no “War on Christmas.” What we have instead is a recurring moral panic that is a carefully manufactured, endlessly recycled, and loudly performed by people who mistake cultural change for persecution. Every year, right on cue, someone is outraged by a red Starbucks cup, or by the … Read more
Is Christmas the exclusive preserve for those that are religious, or is it something else, a time for all of us to pause mark a new year?
There is a story of a Christmas display in Japan that depicted Santa Claus nailed to a cross. Did this really happen or is it an urban legand
Google the word “Christmas” and you will find the Wikipedia page that explains what appears to be obvious … Christmas “is an annual festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ“. The ever so small flaw here is that this is not really true, and so I’ll now explore some of the reasons to explain why it is far more … Read more
It should be obvious, but to many it it is not, so let’s start by going back to basics. First Point – There is no rule The one and only common factor amongst Atheists is that they agree that there is no god, but beyond that there need not be any consensus at all on anything else, … Read more
Did you by any chance know that today, the 25th of December, is supposed to be the day that a god was born? It is all associated with a time when specific things happen … People exchanging gifts People attending a religious ritual, then later indulging in feasting and drinking. People decorating their houses with … Read more