religion

Claim: “Qur’an mentions the big bang … so it must be of divine origin”

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A rather popular pattern is to take some modern scientific fact and claim that an ancient holy text also describes this recently discovered knowledge, hence the ancient holy text must have been written by God / Allah or whatever god concept of choice is being promoted. Almost all beliefs do stuff like this, so it … Read more

Idiot of the week: Mr Pat Robertson – “Humanists and atheists are responsible for Nazism”

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He is at it again, while some might open their mouth to put a foot in, Pat Robertson simple opens his mouth to change feet. His latest Gem comes from the Monday edition of his 700 Club where we find him making the rather absurd claim that humanists and atheists are responsible for Nazism, and … Read more

John Lennox claims … “You can’t explain the universe without God”

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A Muslim has been posting on Facebook some rather selective cherry-picked quotes from John Lennox’s Daily Mail article of 3rd Sept 2010. The fact that our Muslim friend did not attribute the source of his quotes and so by default implied they were his own is rather dishonest, but perhaps understandable because he was in fact … Read more

Answers in Genesis – “How Do We Know There Is a God?” … er … you don’t.

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Answers in Genesis, a creationist group that promotes the belief that the world is only 6,000 years old and that “God did it”, has been putting up billboards in New York City and San Francisco with the purpose of engaging atheists. They read (as you can see from the picture) “To all of our atheist friends: Thank … Read more

Where do you draw the line between Freedom of expression and valid censorship?

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Sometimes attempts to censor go very wrong, and something it is spot on, so lets look at two examples that illustrate where the line is when it comes to freedom of expression. First case – Getting it wrong over at the London School of Economics Carrying on from my Saturday posting about the students at … Read more