Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
As part of a claim regarding the authorship of the Quran by a supernatural entity, I was presented with “proof”. This consisted of a series of clips by some western scientists that supposedly examined the quran and declared it to be divine, here are a couple of examples … Prof. William W. Hey“I would think … Read more
The claim is that “Atheism is a religion“. If I tell you the source for this story, you will simply laugh at it, for it is a source that has almost no credibility at all, a fox news blog posting, in which a Professor of Religion, Johnnie Moore, at Liberty University makes this well-worn and … Read more
Nate Phelps is the son of the infamous leader of Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group that is renowned for turning up and picketing the funerals of dead soldiers, declaring the death to be God’s judgement upon the US. I don’t propose to go into too much detail on their antics, but needless to say, … Read more
Generally Mormons are decent, honest, respectful, and don’t have a culture that involves either alcohol or drugs, and so because of this some might argue that even if the actual beliefs are not true, being part of the culture can be beneficial. “Raise your kids Mormon, because they nurture things such as public speaking, athletics, … Read more
Last weekend we were faced with a rather blatant bit of Islamic Misogyny. An Islamic far-right group called iERA organized a public debate at a London University between one of their speakers, Hamza Tzortzis, and Professor Krauss, a theoretical physicist, on the topic of “Atheism of Islam: Which makes more sense?”. As the public arrived, … Read more
I could not resists saying something on the prevailing hot topic. Since much gushing of sugar-coated adoration is being freely dispensed by the mainstream, I thought I’d dig a bit and see what else is currently known, so here is what I have found so far … Gay Rights – Not In favor (not a … Read more