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
Loftus and Reppert on Probabilities
John Loftus stirs the pot with his recent post, “Should We Think Exclusively in Terms of Probabilities or Not?“ Victor Reppert responds in, “But How Shall we Follow Probabilities?“ I think I agree with Loftus when he writes, we “should think exclusively in terms of the probabilities.” If I understand Reppert, I am pretty sure … Loftus and Reppert on Probabilities
Atheistic Objections to FFRF’s Winter Solstice Banner
Ophelia Benson blogs about FFRF’s request for an “equal time” display of a “Winter Solstice banner” at a courthouse in Texas. Here is the text of the banner, which I believe is the same text the FFRF has been using on banners and other displays for at least 15 years. “At this Season of the … Atheistic Objections to FFRF’s Winter Solstice Banner
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
Is This What Happens When Children are Homeschooled?
This is a letter to the editor of a New Zealand paper, The Northern Outlook. HT: Evan Fales
Paul Kurtz, January 25, 1925 – October 21, 2012
(The following was written by Eddie Tabash and posted with permission) I take great pride in being the major financial backer of Internet Infidels. The intellectual fire power that this website brings to bear in the quest to refute supernatural claims is a sheer delight in a world so riven with superstition. My actual induction, … Paul Kurtz, January 25, 1925 – October 21, 2012
Friendly Atheist: Paul Kurtz Has Died
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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…)
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
Halloween: Satan’s Plot To Turn You Gay
When you live in a parallel universe where dinosaurs were on the Ark with Noah, and talking snakes crawl into your garden, and vaccinating girls for HPV makes them promiscuous, and the Rapture could happen tomorrow, and the whole universe is 6000 years old, and trick-or-treating is a Satanic plot to make you gay, I … Halloween: Satan’s Plot To Turn You Gay