Some of the most fun (though 'fun' could easily be substituted with 'angry typing') my good friend Robert and I have had in the week preceding this one (this one was devoured almost entirely by his and my respective ancient-greek videogames, God of War II and Titan Quest), was a debate he and I (initially only he) were involved in on RichardDawkins ( Read more... )

Before the Virginia Tech shooting becomes too far gone for me to say anything about it without committing a morbid faux pas, I simply have to make a comment on one facet of the events.
You could call it a 'pet peeve' of mine, when people attempt to milk tragedy and genuine human suffering to push an agenda. This can sometimes (and I emphasize the ' ( Read more... )

Gather around children, and lets all bask in another CreationWise comic! 
In a quick browse of the comics, I couldn't find a more plain and simple example than this, of Creationists presenting a conversation that most of us would assume was a case against Creationism, until they throw in a line at the end, betraying that they had long-since settled ( Read more... )

You may recall that some time ago I posted a YouTube video of a delightful (yet fantastically sickening and terrible) song, where a jovial but intolerant bearded man leads a group of children in a highly convincing(?) song about how the biblical monster Behemoth was, in fact, a dinosaur (a sauropod, I'm told). Now, to be honest, I had some doubts ( Read more... )

While reading over some old articles in The Onion today, I couldn't help but chuckle relentlessly at this little gem.

"Skeptic Pitied"

I adore how it so clearly describes this astonishing (to me) and ubiquitous worldview, where people modularise their understanding of the world to such a degree that they will understand and embrace rational and ( Read more... )

Greetings, True-Believers (in the Stan Lee sense, of course, not theistically).
One of my guilty pleasures (and I use the term loosely, as it is sometimes quite distressing) is watching YouTube videos and reading blog-posts/articles, which are in favour of fundamentalist religions, creationism, or (as is often the case) both. I said ‘religions’ in ( Read more... )

One of my heroes, Richard Dawkins (who is a scientist), has a lot to say about the impact of religion on science and society. Two of his observations are as follows:

- Indoctrination of children (who are naturally trusting, do not know any better, and in a sense 'cannot defend themselves), into religious world-views (particularly those which are ( Read more... )