Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Britain is preparing to host a joint state visit in September from two religious men convinced of their own infallibility and who refuse to make a public apology for their actions, his holiness Tony Blair and Pope Benedict XVI. ‘Look, it just makes sense to combine the two visits,’ said Mr Blair, ‘we are both … Read more
Dan Barker, the famous evangelical preacher who became a non-believer, has issued this open letter to Pat (God causes Earthquakes) Robertson yesterday … on behalf of the “FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION” … Rev. Marion “Pat” Robertson August 23, 2010 The Christian Broadcasting Network 977 Centerville Turnpike Virginia Beach VA 23463 Dear Rev. Robertson, On behalf … Read more
There has been a lot of media attention on this, so it may be appropriate to make a couple of observations. First, lets start with a few facts and dispel the popular emotive myths Its not a mosque, its actually an Islamic community center that just happens to have a prayer room. So you need … Read more
The folks organizing the papal visit to the UK have apparently, not only being making a bit of a hash of it all, but are now also faced with a bit of shock (for them) . Apparently people aren’t exactly stampeding over the pews to attend. They had originally planned a venue at Coventry Airport … Read more
A couple of days ago in the UK Channel 4 broadcast “Faith Schools Menace?” in which Richard Dawkins was the presenter … Oh heck, …(slaps hand on head for missing it). Don’t panic, all is not lost. If you missed it like I did, then you can watch it on You Tube here … (Phew!). … Read more
Today I’m going to return back once more to Poe’s law. Only a few days ago I was blogging about “Internet Laws” and there introduced you to it. However, since then I’ve been exploring it a bit more and so I think I’ll share some of my discoveries with you. As a quick reminder, it … Read more