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
Within “This Week”, a weekly UK based News magazine, there is a book review by Damon Linker entitled “Where are the honest atheists?” where he suggests we don’t need yet another “atheist” book because we already have four others. What on earth is he babbling about? Well, A.C Grayling, the UK Philosopher, has a new … 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
Dr Dave Hone, a nice chap from the University of Bristol who specializes in dinosaurs and pterosaurs, has a list of his favourite science books in the Guardian today. What caught my eye was the one he has at the top of the list … Bill Bryson: A short history of nearly everything Quite simply … Read more