Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Atheism is a one subject topic … basically, “Is there a God, Yes or No?” and disbelief is simply the non-theist conclusion. That is it, that is the entire and complete scope of Atheism. It says nothing about anything else at all, there is no set of rules, no dogma, no guidance at all, it … Read more
As one might expect, the anti-science brigade in the US, commonly referred to as the religious right, is out in force and has a stake setup in some courtyard ready to burn the rebooted Cosmos. In fact, one can’t help but get the feeling that regardless of the actual content, they were ready to be … Read more
CBS reports that Fred Phelps (pictured above), the founder of the rather vile hate-cult known as Westboro Baptist Church, is “on the edge of death.” and their source is his estranged son … In a statement on his Facebook page, Nathan Phelps, who has been estranged from his father for 30 years, said the senior Phelps was dying … Read more
Jihad is a double edged sword, and this is not just in the sense that the word has two generally accepted meanings, the first being an inner struggle, and the second being an external armed violent struggle against the enemies of Islam, but also in one other sense as well. Those who promote the second … Read more
The UK’s Guardian reports that the discovery of primordial gravitational waves by the Bicep telescope at the south pole could potentially give scientists insights into how universe was born. They write … There is intense speculation among cosmologists that a US team is on the verge of confirming they have detected “primordial gravitational waves” – an … Read more
A criticism levelled against Mohammed is that at the age of 50 he married a six year old child named Aisha. First, lets ask ourselves this – Does this actually matter? A rather obvious rebuttal is to ask why this might matter today. Mohammed lived back in the 7th Century, not in our modern age, … Read more