Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There exists a lot of positive spin about Pope Francis and in many ways I get it, he comes across as a nice guy and not as obnoxious and condescending (You are all going to burn in hell unless you are catholic) as some of the previous holders of office within that specific religious institution. … Read more
Carl Sagan had a wonderful mind that was capable of cutting through all the noise and clearly communicating and inspiring millions. He may indeed be sadly missed, but his words and thoughts still echo loudly even today. If, and I confess it is possible, you are wondering … “Who?”, well OK here is a quick … Read more
The UN has a Human Rights Council, UNHRC, an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. Now that is a really fantastic thing to have, the fact that humans have agreed to create such an entity is truly … Read more
Now this will be a fun debate. Bill Nye is the rather popular Science guy, comedian, television host, actor, writer, and scientist who began his career as a mechanical engineer at Boeing. He is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children’s science showBill Nye the Science Guy (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media … Read more
Back at the start of 2013, various leading psychics delivered predictions for what was to come in 2013. Well, time has moved on and it is now 2014 (I do hope that last bit was not news to you). So anyway, what many of these “psychics” hope for is success via the scatter-gun approach of … Read more
The Blaze …(no not the Glenn Beck one, the other one) … did an interview with William lane Craig in which Mr Craig claims … … the New Atheism movement lacks much of the ideological chops that its Christian counterpart has built … And yet I cannot find even one argument presented by “Christian philosophy” … Read more