Claim: “There is empirical evidence for God”

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In response to an article published on Oct 19 entitled “Separation of church and fate”, the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Shaw has written a letter to the Asbury Park Press in which he claims … The Oct. 19 article in the @issue section of the Press, “Separation of church and fate,” by the public relations director for American … Read more

How to Manipulate people into doing anything you want them to do

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The Endowment Effect, also known as divestiture aversion,  is a rather subtle psychological mechanism that is often leveraged to get people to happily act and behave in a specific manner. Now you might be wondering what this means, so lets focus down on that with a specific example workers work harder to maintain ownership of a provisional awarded … Read more

$100,000 to prove God doesn’t exist

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Alas yes, once again it is time for the almost daily religious ritual of “Let’s shift the burden of proof” gambit. Today’s example comes from deep inside the religious bubble of Evangelical pastor and Internet celebrity Joshua Feuerstein, and yes, it’s the guy in the red baseball cap who has previously made himself famous by promoting some rather silly … Read more

Islamist Morals: ISIS Brutally Murdered 700 People… After a Man Was Caught Smoking

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This one truly shocked me. You would now perhaps reasonably expect to be immune to the idea of being shocked by all that ISIS do, but this latest tragic tale paints a picture of some truly barbaric atrocities all inspired by fanatical fascist Islamic belief. I’m cheating a bit because what I’m doing is cutting and pasting a posting from … Read more

Two on-line petitions for you to sign – Will it make a difference? Yes it will.

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If you are on-line you will often come across some truly tragic stories regarding people who are being abused horrendously or who have their human rights being trampled into dust, and often you will find a petition for you to sign associated with it. So will it make any difference? You might be tempted to … Read more

Separation of Church and State is not an attack, it is a defence for belief.

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The call for the complete separation of church and state is often portrayed by some religious beliefs as an attack – how dare those non-believers force prayer out of schools, how dare those non-believers force the removal of the 10 commandments from outside the courthouse, etc… and so what we find there is a complete failure to … Read more