Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, nothing too serious today, but instead a bit of entertainment. Because he is rather well-known, Richard Dawkins, tends to attract some rather amusing “fan mail” from those who vigorously disagree with him … except of course, being more that a tad eccentric, their strident and rather abusive criticism is actually quite entertaining. So dive in and … Read more
Kashif N Chaudhry, an Muslim, writes that he carried out a social media experiment yesterday to see if new atheists’ onslaught on Yale Humanist Community was based on principle or prejudice. He concludes that verdict is out, and details it in his latest Huffington Post article. There he writes … Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an extreme anti-Islam critic, well known for her bigoted views … Read more
If you have ever debated a Creationist then the concept of Quote Mining will be familiar. This is where a specific quote is lifted out of its original context and then presented in isolation in order to verify the quote miner’s view. For example, Darwin wrote the following in the Origin of the species … To suppose … Read more
Antony Flew, was a rather famous British philosopher who was also a strong advocate for atheism. His arguments included these ideas … One should presuppose atheism until empirical evidence of a God surfaces He also criticised the idea of life after death and also criticised the free will defence of the problem of evil In fact, at the age of 27 he wrote … Read more
First, lets clear up a bit of confusion, since 2003, the Atheist Alliance International has awarded a prize during its annual conference honouring an outstanding atheist whose work has done the most to raise public awareness of atheism during that year; it is known as the Richard Dawkins Award, in honour of Dawkins’s own efforts, it is not … Read more
You may already have seen this … but what the heck, its funny … The sad fact is that a lot of religious people appear to think that non-believers behave like this … … but the truth is that the non-religious are just ordinary folks, don’t have horns growing out of their heads, and are … Read more