Month: October 2012

Lydia McGrew’s Team Blog

This isn’t new, but worth mentioning. Lydia McGrew has a team blog, What’s Wrong with the World: Dispatches from the 10th Crusade. Its stated purpose is to oppose Jihad and Liberalism. Liberalism is defined in a way that seems to include atheism. LINK Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

God on a cow

Catholics see Jesus on burnt toast. Muslims don’t do images, so they see “Allah” in Arabic script on various objects. Inside vegetables that have been cut open is a perennial favorite. Here is one of these miracles from Turkey: a cow, intended for sacrifice in the present Eid, which appears to vaguely perhaps have “Allah” God on a cow

Homeopathy

Well, monotheistic weirdness is but a subset of the weirdness we humans are capable of. And damn, are we capable of an awful lot of brain-melting, asinine notions that tie into spiritual beliefs. For example: (Sounds of me banging my head against a wall…) Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

Myself, Peter Atkins, Richard Swinburne, Ard louis,(and Richard Dawkins) in conversation

Here is a fairly long video of a discussion between myself, Richard Swinburne (philosopher), Peter Atkins (chemist), Ard Louis (physicist), and also Richard Dawkins (who was in the audience) at one point. The theme was Life, The Universe and Everything – The Quest for Truth. My main contribution is at 39 mins 30sec. (nb. Dawkins Myself, Peter Atkins, Richard Swinburne, Ard louis,(and Richard Dawkins) in conversation