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Three years after "elevatorgate" 16 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
Hard to believe the whole mess was three long years ago. But, here's a video about it that I think glosses over some important details: I think it was fine for Watson to suggest that men ought to be ...
Lawrence Krauss reams William Lane Craig 13 Aug 2013 | 01:27 pm
In case you needed more hard proof that WLC is a lying schmuck, this ought to do the trick: I don't think any commentary is necessary.
The three pillars of morality – and why God isn't one of them 12 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
In The God Argument (which I've almost finished), A.C. Grayling describes the theism-atheism debate as being comprised of three related but distinct arguments: The metaphysical – what exists and what...
A new direction for the A-Unicornist 12 Aug 2013 | 09:36 am
I was away in Houston this weekend, and it gave me some time to think about the blog – where it is, and what direction I'd like it to go. I've commented in the past that I often grow weary of metaphys...
Should you bother with the science rebels? 6 Aug 2013 | 12:54 pm
Ol' Randal Rauser – never a dull moment with this guy. His recent essay details his reading of the 2010 book What Darwin Got Wrong, a book by a cognitive scientist (Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini) and a ...
On the ethics of eating animals 6 Aug 2013 | 08:31 am
Disclaimer: I'm an omnivore. There are few things I love as much as a tender filet or ribeye grilled to a perfect medium-rare. You may have caught the news: after $300,000 worth of research, scientis...
"Christ died for the ungodly" 5 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
I was driving home from work yesterday and I noticed a sign posted outside a church I pass every day: "Christ died for the ungodly". I thought about that for a bit, and for the life of me I cannot fig...
A really, really huge picture of Andromeda 2 Aug 2013 | 01:12 pm
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Subaru Telescope (got all that?) is a telescope with some apparently whiz-bang telescope technology that allows it to take some really spectacularly de...
Reza Aslan on Jesus the zealot 29 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am
Reza Aslan is a scholar of religious history who has been receiving criticism over his new book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. The reaction of Christians on this matter just goes to...
God does not exist, but I still do 27 Jul 2013 | 10:47 am
I know I've been a little quiet over here this past week, but hey... it's my first week of unemployment. So, how did I do? All I can really say is that I almost wish I had done this a long time ago, ...
