Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A Muslim has posted the following claim that is currently doing the rounds at the moment … (I’ve had to truncate the text a bit, it is too long to post it all) … THE SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES OF THE QURAN : BLACK HOLES … the verse below may also be pointing to this scientific discovery about black … Read more
Over at the Christian Post there is a blog posting that went up yesterday by a chap called Robin Schumacher entitled “A Look at Two Common Atheist Arguments”. Will this be a cut above the usual? Perhaps yes, he is billed as, “A Theologian and apologist” and “has a Ph.D. in New Testament and Master’s in Christian … Read more
A rather common argument that often gets presented for a God claim is to simply point at the world, then claim that it quite obviously could not have just happened so obviously god is real. Here is an Islamic variation for you … if you look at the orderliness and the interdependence of all living … Read more
Here is something that I would have expected to be a product of the 16th century, not the 21st … the Bristol edition of The Tab, an online newspaper for students in the UK, reports … Bristol University Christian Union have forbidden women from speaking at their weekly meetings. The ban reflects the recent decision by … Read more
First, before we get into the details, who are the players in this little piece of Shakespearian drama? Bill O’Reilly is the host of the political commentary program The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is (so they claim) the most watched cable news television program on American television … and least you wonder, yes Fox News do tend to embrace a … Read more
Henry McDonald, a correspondent for the Observer, has been out on a road trip to meet the Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku (pictured) who has been threatened with jail for exposing a Catholic fraud. Being a Belfast based correspondent Mr McDonald did not need to travel too far because Sanal had been invited to Ireland to give some talks. Personally, I’m tickled … Read more