religion

Classic Claim: Ex-atheist professor says God responsible for Big Bang

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Yes, it is yet another “God-did-it” claim, and this time it is an article entitled “Ex-atheist professor says God responsible for Big Bang“. So here is what we have … NEW ORLEANS – A Tulane physics professor is working on a project that’s getting attention around the country – he’s trying to prove mathematically and through … Read more

WARNING – Using the Internet will seriously damage your religious beliefs

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MIT Technology review has published the details of a rather interesting study regarding the decline of religious beliefs. Since the 1990s the use of the internet has risen … and …. since the 1990s there has been a decline in religious affiliation … therefore … using the internet causes a decline in religious affiliation. Here is … Read more

Claim: Clever questions atheists can’t answer!

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So I was shown a page entitled “Clever questions atheists can’t answer!” and asked to comment. It turns out to be a list that comes from a “Creation Science” site, so you can most probably guess what the spin here is going to be, and you can also be darn sure that we are dealing with individuals … Read more

Entertainment: Dave Allen collection

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No serious posts or ranting today, but instead just a bit of entertainment for you from the Irish Comedian Dave Allen. His observations were a way of looking at religion from different perspectives and that then enabled many to laugh at the absurdities revealed. So here now is a collection of some of his religious jokes that … Read more

The Quote Mining of Sam Harris

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If you have ever debated a Creationist then the concept of Quote Mining will be familiar. This is where a specific quote is lifted out of its original context and then presented in isolation in order to verify the quote miner’s view. For example, Darwin wrote the following in the Origin of the species … To suppose … Read more

How do you feel about “Them” and how do “they” view us? – will it ever change?

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Our larger national culture is something that is actually composed of rather a lot of smaller micro-cultures and there are many different types of these micro-cultures within this larger national unit. As an example, this can manifest as distinct geographical variations (North vs South) where each is a distinctly different micro-culture even though in a larger more global context it can … Read more