Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There exists a Creation Museum out in Kentucky run by “Answers in Genesis”. They believe in the literal text of Genesis, young earth, evolution is a myth … etc… the usual Creationist kooky stuff … or so I thought. I’ve always considered them to be nuts, but until now I simply did not appreciate how … Read more
A couple of days ago I blogged about how a Bishop in Phoenix has made the decision to strip St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center of its Catholic affiliation because they had performed an abortion to save a life, and if not done, both mother and baby would now be dead. I’m not at all … Read more
When a kooky creationist email pops up, it deserves the satire and mocking that PZ dispenses over on Pharyngula to the great amusement of us all, but what happens when a 12 years old attempts to take him on? It can be argued that an adult has had sufficient time in this world to read … Read more
Well, its the 25th … so perhaps its an appropriate time to ponder the question, “What do we really know about the birth of Jesus?”. How can we really know the factual truth? A good place to start is to put belief to one side, and openly and honestly deal with the evidence. We have … Read more
The infamous Chapter 19 of the Murphy report is out … and so I blogged about it yesterday here, but why return to it once again? Well because there is a well-written article in todays Irish Times, that warrants a mention. Here is a selection of sound-bites followed by a link to the full article … Read more
Its a story of a cover up and corruption, to illustrate here are some key extracts from the story published in yesterdays UK Guardian … The Vatican tried to stop Irish church leaders from defrocking a paedophile priest whose abusive behaviour was known about from the early 1970s, a previously censored chapter from a report … Read more