Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
In years gone by (since 2005), the students group known as “Atheist Agenda” at the University of Texas at San Antonio has offered to exchange bibles and qurans for free porn in the student free speech area on campus – their point being that religions are more damaging than Hustler magazine. In once sense it worked, in that it … Read more
Yep, Halloween has been and gone, and so if you were giving out awards for the best of the season this year, what would be your winners? My award goes to the “God” graveyard done by the Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. They wrote about it here and posted some … Read more
Sometimes attempts to censor go very wrong, and something it is spot on, so lets look at two examples that illustrate where the line is when it comes to freedom of expression. First case – Getting it wrong over at the London School of Economics Carrying on from my Saturday posting about the students at … Read more
It may sound rather weird, but in essence the claim is that since we all exist, that is proof that God also exists. To illustrate this, here are a couple of actual examples … From here … And also an even crazier variation from here … First Flaw: This is at best a Deist argument … Read more
Where can you as a non-believer turn for help if … You are grieving … Grief beyond belief is faith-free support for non-religious people grieving the death of a loved one. You are a cleric who no longer believes … The Clergy Project is a confidential online community for active and former clergy who do not hold … Read more
A rather common claim that is often raised by believers is that non-belief is a belief. It usually goes something like this … “Ah I admire you, it takes a lot of faith to not believe in god” … or similar. (Yes, time to roll your eyes, it is a very common card for believers … Read more