Live Webcast – Christopher Hitchens vs William Dembski

Now this should be a lot of fun … just in case you don’t know, Dembski is a leading proponent of the intelligent design theory of creation … in other words he is a crazy religious kook. Not sure about that? .. OK, lets put it this way … There are no scientific papers in … Read more

Louisiana school science – your support needed please

Note: The following has been re-posted from the original By ZACK KOPPLIN – WWW.RICHARDDAWKINS.NET Added: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 at 12:11 PM. You can Click here to go to that Original Article. A rare and welcome good news story – but please give your support if you can to ensure that Zach’s splendid work is … Read more

Is it Really a Black Hole?

Just in case you have been on Mars and did not hear the news … there has been an announcement that we might have found a young Black Hole … born only 31 years ago in a mege-explosion … here is the picture … This composite image shows a supernova within the galaxy M100 that … Read more

Christopher Hitchens: ‘You have to choose your future regrets’

Great interview with Christopher Hitchens in Today’s Guardian … here are a couple of extracts from it … In June Christopher Hitchens, the hard-drinking polemicist and atheist, met his toughest opponent yet when he was diagnosed with cancer. The question on many lips was: would his illness alter his beliefs – on Iraq, on Islam, … Read more

Boobs and UK Libel reform

Threre was an interesting article in the Guardian yesterday… (as a side note, its always the Guardian that appears to have the really insightful interesting articles … is that because they are more or less the only UK paper that is not owned by a bond villain :-) ) OK, so here is what is … Read more

Consider Humanism

The following press release was issued a couple of days ago by the American Humanist Association … Humanists Launch Largest National Advertising Campaign Critical of Religious Scripture (Washington, D.C., November 9, 2010) A national multimedia ad campaign – the largest, most extensive ever by a godless organization – launches today and will include a spot on … Read more