I want to provide a Bayesian interpretation of the argument from silence. Let S be some truth about the silence of a potential source of evidence fact and H1 and H2 be rival explanatory hypotheses. (1) S is known to be true, i.e., Pr(S) is close to 1. (2) H1 is not intrinsically much more … The Argument from Silence, Part 1: The Bayesian Interpretation

Something tells me we won’t see similar changes at the Boy Scouts of America anytime soon. LINK

John Loftus raises an issue that I would like to address: Should professors teach students how to think or what to think? http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-challenge-to-dr-keith-parsons-and.html  John gives a link to an article by philosopher Peter Boghossian: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2011/07/192/boghossian Boghossian challenges what John calls the “received” view of pedagogy. The received view can be summed up by the slogan … How to Think or What to Think?

I just learned about this. Apparently the apologist who runs the site www.truefreethinker.com has described Geisler’s response to The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave as a “murder of atheists.” (See here and here.) To be clear, the author is not calling for the murder of atheists. Rather, he says, I am employing the term … Open Question to Theists: Do You Condone the Use of the Phrase a “Murder of Atheists”?

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Recently, Victor Reppert and I have been having one of our occasional slugfests, er, polite discussions. Actually, our exchanges are quite polite compared to the flaming displays of “Internet courage” all too often seen in this medium. Anyway, the point at issue concerns the claim by Christians to be able to love the sinner while … Should We Love Bashar al-Assad?

After reading my post about the BSA’s policy of discriminating against atheists, Steve Hays is not convinced. While at one point he recognizes that I am criticizing “the opposing position internally, on its own terms,” at several other points he seems to forget that, e.g., his tu quoque claim that atheists don’t generally defend the … The BSA and Nontheists: A Reply to Steve Hays

Apparently there was a wedding ceremony for two lesbians in the base chapel at Fort Polk in Louisiana, conducted by one of the base chaplains. Not surprisingly, the Radical Religious Right (RRR) is outraged. Here are some of the quotations from the Fox News site: “The liberal social experiment with our military continues,” Rep. John … Gay Marriage on a U.S. Military Base and the Religious Right’s Hypocrisy