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As if to fulfil his identity as poster boy for naive Creationist by making all...

A short one tonight, and one that will be no new great idea for you,...

From that day forward, they were just called The Attacks.  Nobody on the planet had...

And so it continues... Giving this important job to a Tea Partier. Gah. The Independent:...

A Christian commenter recently claimed this humdinger: If God exists, beauty and ugliness are not...

This was a fascinating article from the New York Times that looks at the predictive...

I have been invited onto the panel at Stop the War Coalition, Bournemouth tomorrow night....

The following piece was sent to me by my friend, who often goes by the...

This was forwarded by a friend. Heh heh: WITNESSES EXPLAIN THE MOST MOMENTOUS EVENT IN...

I appreciated much of the feedback from my last post on contextualizing science, particularly the one...

Anne Fenwick has written some good comments on this Jeremiah Traeger-inspired thread. They are worthy...

I often listen to Stephen Colbert's monologues, and this one from last night was very...

This week’s episode of Sam Harris’ Waking Up Podcast featured a fairly contentious conversation with...

In continuing to comment on the idea of divine simplicity, as it pertains to the...

I recently got into a discussion with an individual who claimed that atheist governments were...

This is a great sign and a reflection of shifting attitudes and demands within UK society...

It turns out that (American) Islam is losing Muslims at a pretty high rate. About...

In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea of divine simplicity can...

Given that there have recently been threads talking about why Christianity has succeeded in the way...

Time to take the defenders to task. And, I must say, we have a dismal...

I have posted this before but it is well worth perusing: Stay in touch! Like...

In a recent comment thread, a particularly devout believer whom I will identify as TJT...

I posted this debate the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7RrCfDkO4&feature=youtu.be I think this is worth watching, I...

It's been quite a little project, but it is time to draw matters to a...

When I was a kid, growing up in rural Michigan, everybody hunted. Before I was...

As mentioned in my previous posts, it is that time of year that the historicity of...

As mentioned in my two previous posts, it is that time of year again where the...

The serious philosophical point to one of these is that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't all that:...

As mentioned in my previous post, someone in Malawi is about to have a debate...

What do we remember and what do we forget, and why? It’s a common belief...