Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
In response to various stories that criticise belief I’ve seen the moral argument pop up. For example, David Quinn writes in the Irish Independent a response to Stephen Fry’s observation that the God of the bible is quite immoral.. But matter cannot produce a moral law. It cannot produce ‘justice’. If matter and its emanations … Read more
Ooooh … somebody has a rebuttal for non-belief, well this should be fun. Over at Charisma News is an article entitled “4 Truths to Combat Atheism’s Lie“, and if the evidence there is compelling, then it would indeed potentially be quite interesting. You are not holding your breath on this are you and if so … Read more
Much to the surprise of many, there was a recent article over on the Wall Street Journal entitled. “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God.” (sorry, but the WSJ article is behind a paywall, but a summary of it can be found here). This of course is not the only instance of such a claim, but rather is … Read more
It always strikes me as more than a little bit odd when somebody pops up and claims that they have “proof” that god exists. Think of this this way, take the specific religious claim and replace the word “god” with something else such as “pink unicorns”, “magic” or “elfs” and the claim would simply result in … Read more
This of course is not a posting about some actual aliens going into battle against an actual supernatural entity, but rather is about the battle for the hearts and minds of the public in the UK. Just to be clear, there is no evidence for either Aliens or the aforementioned deity. Personally I do think that there … Read more
The daft theist claim I have for you this week comes to you from a letter in Frederickburg.com … it reads … Atheists: Open your minds, ask questions I am writing in response to the letter from Dan Dormer [“What is an atheist?” May 15]. He said he doesn’t believe in God because he has … Read more