Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This is not really a posting about religious belief. It starts out that way, but hang in there because I’m going somewhere with this. Buckle up, it is going to be a ride with a few surprising twists and turns. What do Catholics believe? If somebody told you that they were Catholic, you would quite … Read more
Concern has been expressed by some fundamentalists that the tag “racist” is being applied to them unfairly. Let’s briefly review some rather familiar recent history … Obama: 1 wife, 26 yrs, 2 kids by his wife, church goer, activist, politician, no extramarrital scandals – he is declared to be the ANTICHRIST Trump: 3 wives, 5 … Read more
A Young-Earth creationist from Answers in Genesis has unintentially written a very articulate criticism of Young-Earth Creationism.
When considering the weird news items I come across, I’m often tempted to think “Nobody could possibly be that stupid, it just must all be satire or a joke“, and then up pop items from people who time after time prove me to be quite wrong about that. I guess I do need to come … Read more
For many the US is all about the embrace of values such as fairness and equality. What is also truly weird is that those on the religious right-wing strive to destroy it all as they stand upon that platform of fairness and equality. For them, a return to an era of pre-New Deal and a … Read more
On the surface this might appear to be a posting that is simply reporting the results of the latest Pew survey of Religious Knowledge. It is not. Instead I am using the insights gained from it to point out a few rather fascinating details. The latest Pew Quiz Published on 23rd July 2019, pew published … Read more
