Hope for the Aftermath of the Creation “Museum” Fundraiser Debate
Like many others, I am not thrilled about tonight’s Ham vs Nye debate. Others have expressed reasons far better than I can, the most cogent, in my opinion, being that no matter what happens, Ken Ham has won by being able to pocket all the money to support his “museum” …
Creation: Religion vs. Science
One of the final entries in my ongoing series about atheism- this time addressing some of the differences between the Christian religious view of creation compared to the atheist view. It is by no means a comprehensive post- more of a handy overview of some of the key points of …
Ken Ham: Children Are Belongings
After an incalculable (because I’m lazy) amount of time, I’m back to rant more about nonsense that fits under our umbrella! For those who are unfamiliar with the name, Ken Ham is an Australian young-Earth creationist who markets creationism to children by way of picture books, the Creation Museum, and …
Philosophy of Religion: The Cosmological Argument
Behold! The sequel to my previous post on the Teleological Argument: the Cosmological Argument for God as a creator! With the premise: “If the universe has a beginning, is God the best explanation for it?”
Philosophy of Religion: The Teleological Argument
As an attempt to stray from my usual short posts, I’ve written up this piece on the Teleological argument for the existence of God. Read on to find out more about the argument and enjoy my attempt to be fair and balanced- with the premise: “The Teleological argument may indeed …
Fabulous Darwin Song
Horrible Histories has done it again! Check out this great song by the team about NA-TU-RAL SEL-EC-TIOOOON.
Religion, Memes and Circular Logic: How Religion Invades People’s Minds
A theme that often comes up in religious debates — often with fellow non believers of some stripe and practically never with traditionalists or mainstream believers — is the idea that religion isn’t really harmful. Furthermore, there is the idea that religion isn’t really what motivates people. In this view, religion does …
Awesome Sauce Music Friday! Creation Science Edition
In this week’s edition of Awesome Sauce Music Friday, we’re featuring someone you may not be too familiar with: Roy Zimmerman. I didn’t know who he was until relatively recently, but he’s quickly becoming one of my favorite satirical singer-songwriters. The politics of most of his catalogue is a little, …