March 2012
17 posts
Atheists criticise religion exam at student...
atheismfuckyeah:
AN ATHEIST GROUP has called on a teacher training college to remove notes from its curriculum which say that atheism produced “the worst horrors history has ever witnessed”.
Atheist Ireland says the module on religion at Hibernia College is unfair on people who don’t believe in god or who are not Roman Catholic.
It has called on the college to revise the religion module in...
Heathenish Happenings
wearingitall:
Here are some of the events occurring in the coming year.
March 24: Reason Rally, Washington, DC (http://www.reasonrally.org/) I am not attending because it will be far too expensive for me given all of the other travel I am doing this year, but it’s going to be amazing, guaranteed.
March 29-April 1: PBF, Austin, TX (http://pbf.polyaustin.org/) I went last year and had a really...
February 2012
80 posts
godlessscience asked: I know this is a blog that's main purpose is skepticism and criticism of claims, but do you have any thoughts on theoretical physics (such as String Theory) and their implications, if any at all?
“At the very least everyone leaving school should know the difference between...”
– Paul Nurse in the Dimbleby lecture. (via mooglets)
There has been a lot of posts about Evolution...
modernworldapologetics:
skepticblog:
modernworldapologetics:
First off I would like to say something about the man behind the Evolution Theory and yes it is still just a theory, if you can even call it. Charles Darwin was rumored to deny his theory of Evolution on his deathbed and it said that his questions of evolution were meant to be a thought and get people thinking but rather people had...
johnnyis:
“Barrow and Tippler, two physicists, in their book ‘The Anthropic Cosmological Principle’ list ten steps in the course of human evolution, each of which is so improbable that before it would occur, the sun would’ve ceased to be a main sequence star and incinerated the earth. And they calculate the probability of the evolution of the human genome to be somewhere between 4^-180^110,000...
etceteruh:
“To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I confess, absurd in the highest degree.”
—
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (London: John Murray, 1859)
Why not...
sinidentidades:
Do people seriously think that being Jewish or belonging to Judaism = Zionism?
Really?
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I love this picture for so many reasons
nonplussedbyreligion:
Whether you call yourself an atheist, agnostic, anti-theist, non-theist, free-thinker, humanist, secularist, skeptic, or any other name you choose to identify your lack of belief, this picture is important!!
So you no longer believe in gods, or you were fortunate enough to not be raised religious, that’s wonderful, but now what? The religious, if nothing else, know...
10 things you need to know today →
theweekmagazine:
1. GINGRICH ATTACKS OBAMA FOR AFGHANISTAN APOLOGY GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich criticized President Obama for apologizing to the Afghan government over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base outside Kabul. Gingrich said the president “surrendered” in a situation that has been “blown into a huge incident by various fanatics in Afghanistan.” Despite...
doubtingmarcus:
*Part 1 - an explanation of my epistemology
Is there a real difference between the assumptions made by atheists like myself and Christians who accept Van Tillian presuppositionalism? One might argue that ultimately all epistemologies have to start with some assumptions so one is just as circular as another. This, I believe, could hardly be more incorrect. Suppose I begin my...
There has been a lot of posts about Evolution...
modernworldapologetics:
First off I would like to say something about the man behind the Evolution Theory and yes it is still just a theory, if you can even call it. Charles Darwin was rumored to deny his theory of Evolution on his deathbed and it said that his questions of evolution were meant to be a thought and get people thinking but rather people had turned them into a religion.
As for...
mohandasgandhi:
“In American today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard of a genuine anti-science movement. To be sure, opposition to evolution isn’t new. State laws against the teaching of evolution actually go back nearly a century, and the famous Scopes trial took place 87 years ago. However, if you thought such things were behind us, guess again. Laws designed to...
I'm Impressed
elledark:
In the news today Rick Santorum is warning America of the greatest danger facing it. It isn’t decaying infrastructure or a joke health-care system or corrupt politics or sky-high unemployment or stagnating production or increased international trade competition or a volatile middle-east. No, he announced that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America”. Sarah Palin...
“Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can...”
– Karl Popper - philosopher of science on the nature of rational discussion that we should try to live up to from his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (via doubtingmarcus)
“Skepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because...”
– Denis Diderot, The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (via abundanceofquotes)
How Tarot Cards Started My Skepticism « Skeptic... →
eddieatthegov:
And how Chris feels it boosted her parenting skills.
Why I Hate Religion & Atheism
captaincoolasfuck:
Christianity:
Full of narrow-minded individuals who refuse to evolve. (Oh wait, that’s because evolution doesn’t exist.)
Primary Objective: isolate society’s outcasts and make them feel like shit for not having the same beliefs as you, in order to gain a literal-cult following since, as we know, there is power in numbers.
Sex before marriage = damnation? Kill yourself.
...
askmilesedgeworth:
Dear Ellie,
I disagree with those people.
People are free to believe in whatever faith they want, just as they are free to not believe in any at all. However, intelligent design cannot be tested by the scientific method, and therefore, is not a science. There’s a reason why religion classes exist.
-Miles Edgeworth
Evolution: Fact of Science, Not Theory
helvetebrann:
“Keep your mind open, kids, it is possible that the earth doesn’t revolve around the sun. It could be the other way around!” Can you imagine any teacher saying this in a public school classroom? As ridiculous as it sounds, it is as inappropriate as saying, “Keep your mind open kids, it is possible that the theory of evolution is wrong. We could be the product of...
Anonymous asked: Have you ever heard of an atheist...
deconversionmovement:
johnnyis:
Dogmatically anti-theistic regimes have committed some of the greatest atrocities of history. Mao Ze-Dong and Joseph Stalin alone murdered 72,000,000+ people. Some pretty terrible things have admittedly been committed in the name of religion, but the claim cannot be made that atheism is somehow exempt from all of this.
It’s funny how you constantly mention...
Skepticism Makes The World Go Round:... →
analyzedatheist:
Pseudoscience is the shaky foundation of practices — often medically related — that lack a basis in evidence. It’s “fake” science dressed up, sometimes quite carefully, to look like the real thing. If you’re alive, you’ve encountered it, whether it was the guy at the mall trying to sell you…
Everyone needs to read this. NOW. AATS
What's Left of Atheism
sungyak:
I’ve received various responses to my posts on ‘Science and Faith’ (unlike certain atheists who are concerned with nothing more than exercising their photoshop skills on Tumblr, some have actually engaged in something like a rational dialogue). I think most of these responses understand what I’ve presented in terms of the presuppositional nature of atheism and science, i.e. neither are...
Best of Doubting Marcus
christiantheatheist:
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The most useful links I’ve posted, some favorite youtube videos and a bit of my thoughts
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Dear Creationists,
rationalthinker:
…let’s stand together!
It is high-time that those who push the THEORY of evolution onto our children learn that there are two equal sides to this: Intelligent Design and Evolution. In order to help gain support for this, I have contacted other groups with similar agendas to ours. These are other groups that are sick and tired of theories that contradict their deeply-held...
Darwin and Wallace
Darwin began formulating his theory of natural selection in the late 1830s but he went on working quietly on it for twenty years. He wanted to amass a wealth of evidence before publicly presenting his idea. During those years he corresponded briefly with Wallace (right), who was exploring the wildlife of South America and Asia. Wallace supplied Darwin with birds for his studies and decided to...
Should homeopathy be funded on the NHS? →
fucknopseudoscience:
One area of science where communication issues are particularly important is that of medicine. Patients need to be able to obtain information from their doctors, who in turn rely on the advances of researchers. All of this occurs within a regulatory framework to ensure best practise.
In the UK, medicines and medical devices have to be deemed safe by the Medicines and...
Breaking News: Indiana House Leader Kills...
A bill that would have specifically allowed Indiana’s public schools to teach creationism alongside evolution in science classes has been shelved by the leader of the Indiana House of Representatives.
The proposal cleared the state Senate two weeks ago, but Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma is using a procedural move to kill the proposal for this legislative session.
“It seemed to me...
Skeptic Blog's Counter-Apologetic List
Update: I’ve added another paper, written by Ryan Stringer, to the list. It deals with the Argument from Perfection, a form of the ontological argument. In this page, I will link to the best papers, essays, and other writings that refute theistic apologetics. I hope that this will be a valuable tool to anyone looking for the truth.
Anyone is welcome to challenge the claims presented in the...
Analysis & Response to 'Zeitgeist' →
johnnyis:
Dear every-anti-theist-ever,
Please read this article well, so that we don’t have to waste time explaining why the 19th century Jesus Myth theory died out so rapidly and can move on to some real objections.
Sincerely,
Every-time-I-see-a-“Jesus-myth”-post-I-scream.
I’ll reblog this because I find the ‘Jesus Myth’ hypothesis to be rather lacking as well. I...
Sam Harris Marries Atheism & Faith
sungyak:
In his book ‘The Moral Landscape,’ Sam Harris takes the presuppositional stance in regards to morality. He simply asserts that we must take it without evidence (by faith) that certain moral axioms are true. The criticism he receives from both atheist/theist ethicists is that he doesn’t provide the foundation for his axioms - where do they come from and why must we heed them? Harris...
