In Conversation with Richard Dawkins
Location: Sheldonian TheatreFriday, February 15th, 7:30 Professor Dawkins and philosopher Stephen Lawdiscuss the major issues of import to humanists and atheists at a timewhen opposition to rationalist thought appears to be on the rise. Other Oxford THINK week events here. Tickets on sale though the above sold out. I am also chairing the Wednesday 13th … In Conversation with Richard Dawkins
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.
Is religious freedom threatened by gay rights?
Last year I was a participant in a conference on Religious Freedom at Magdalen College Oxford. The conference focused particularly on “the emerging conflict between new equal rights claims on behalf of homosexuals and existing claims of religious freedom.” Cases such as the right to wear a cross at work, or to turn homosexual couples … Is religious freedom threatened by gay rights?
What’s wrong with gay sex?
Here’s a chpt of my book The Philosophy Gym on gay sex. It’s topical again given current traumas in Church of England. Mr Jarvis, a Christian, was asleep in bed, dreaming of the Last Judgement. In his dream, Jarvis found himself seated next to God in a great cloud-swept hall. God had just finished handing … What’s wrong with gay sex?
Good and bad ways of influencing the beliefs of others
Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism refuted
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Israel, Palestine, and Terror
(This is content is a bit tangential to secularism issue, but it is not entirely unrelated, so I hope I’ll be forgiven for posting it here.) Prof. Jerry Cohen’s chapter from my book Israel, Palestine, and Terror is available on-line here. I think it’s one of the strongest pieces in the book. My own contribution … Israel, Palestine, and Terror
Atheist Prayer Experiment
Justin Brierley reviews the results of an experiment in which atheists pray for 40 days for God to reveal himself to them. Go here. Thanks to The Atheist Missionary for drawing attention to this on twitter. This is a win-win experiment to set up for the purposes of evangelizing of course. Reasons why you should … Atheist Prayer Experiment
Darwin Gets Write-In Votes in Georgia
http://news.msn.com/politics/darwin-gets-4000-write-in-votes-in-ga Unfortunately, Darwin lost the election.
Video Commentary on my debate with William Lane Craig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVVOGP0izY Someone was kind enough to take the trouble to make this video going through some of the exchanges between myself and Bill Craig in our debate. There is an error. The creator of the video says that the subject of the debate was the existence of the Christian God. In fact, the question before … Video Commentary on my debate with William Lane Craig