Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, that all falls into the “Kook of the week” award category, and to be totally clear, I do not of course mean Lawrence Krauss, but rather the chap making the claim. It all started with my opening post within a Humanist Muslim Facebook group that consisted of the following quote … “The least questioned … Read more
So the Opening Post within a Facebook group starts out with this … Now, if you happen to be familiar with islamic Apologetics, then you should instantly recognise this, because it is a rather old argument. In fact there is a very old story concerning Imam Abu Hanifah having a debate with an atheist. He turns … Read more
Daniel K. Norris, a self-appointed evangelist, has written a response within Charisma News to the announcement by Justin Vollmar, the pastor of the virtual deaf church, that he was now an atheist (I was writing about that coming out yesterday) So why am I writing about this rebuttal? Well, it is everything I usually expect to … Read more
Justin Vollmar, the popular vlogger who is pastor of the virtual church for the deaf, has been rather silent lately, and has now come out and announced why – he no longer believes. Here below is that announcement from 7th February where he uses sign language (and subtitles) to explain his journey to doubt OK, … Read more
Oh boy, here we go again, and as beautifully summed up by Jonathan Jones in the Guardian … Student union officials took down the advert for the Atheist Society at London South Bank University in what has to be one of the daftest and most anti-intellectual acts of censorship since the Catholic church told Galileo to point … Read more
It is rather common for many beliefs to lay claim to Einstein, and other rather famous people, as an individual who plays on their team, and thus bestow their specific belief with some additional credibility. In fact, so important is this idea when it comes to mega-famous-smart individuals such Einstein, that the feeding frenzy has … Read more