Prometheus Books strikes distribution deal with Random House
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Call for Papers
While I am blogging about the Internet Infidels, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that I.I. is always interested in publishing new essays on The Secular Web. Our “Call for Papers” page lists essays and book reviews we would especially like to publish, but if you are interested in writing on another … Call for Papers
Internet Infidels Board of Directors
I just rejoined the Internet Infidels Board of Directors for the first time in 8-10 years. We are looking for a couple of more people to join the Board. If you are interested, please respond to the post and I will contact you off-line.
Priest Plans to Defy Vatican Orders
“The Rev. Tony Flannery, 66, who was suspended by the Vatican last year, said he was told by the Vatican that he would be allowed to return to ministry only if he agreed to write, sign and publish a statement agreeing, among other things, that women should never be ordained as priests and that he … Priest Plans to Defy Vatican Orders
The Flat Earth Society
Yes, there really is a Flat Earth Society. They even have a website.
More Straw Manning of the Opposition
Over at He Lives, David Heddle provides another example of a theist straw manning the opposition. He writes: Intellectual atheism in the 21st century: • If God made everything, who made God? (Dawkins) • Religion poisons everything! (Hitchens) • Science and religion are not compatible! (Coyne) • I’m a genius and can use Bayes’s Theorem to show Jesus didn’t … More Straw Manning of the Opposition
Podcast: Objective morality and atheism; the evil god challenge; risks posed by religion
I did a podcast for Malcontent’s Gambit here. It’s about 45 mins long. Alan and I got into some interesting topics, including: whether atheists can allow for absolute moral values, my evil god challenge, and the potential dangers posed by religion.
An Argument from Scale — Poster Style
HT: Adam Taylor As a nitpick, theism by itself does not say anything about God having a personal relationship with anyone. Only sectarian versions of theism, such as Christian theism, make such claims. Putting that aside, another worry I have about this graphic is that it seems to attack a caricature of what theists believe. … An Argument from Scale — Poster Style
Religion in Human Evolution
I tried to read Robert N. Bellah’s Religion in Human Evolution. It should have been interesting—prominent social scientist writes ambitious, sweeping book about religion—but I abandoned it about a third of the way through. I rarely fail to finish books. But I couldn’t stand this one any more. My impression: it’s a profoundly learned but … Religion in Human Evolution
Loftus’s Outsider Test for Faith viewed in HD with Bayes’s Theorem
In a recent post, I mentioned that anyone interested in the discussion regarding “atheism versus faith” should be reading John Loftus. Particularly, I noted an argument from his excellent Why I Became an Atheist, the “Outsider’s Test for Faith” (OTF), which he is elaborating upon in a new book of that title to be published … Loftus’s Outsider Test for Faith viewed in HD with Bayes’s Theorem