At the 2006 Beyond Belief, the 2008 TAM6 and other large gatherings Neil deGrasse Tyson would routinely share three false histories:
Bush and Star Names
Ghazali: Math is the work of the Devil
Newton just stopped because he had God on the Brain
At Beyond Belief were celebrity skeptics like Ann...
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Richard Dawkins describes explanations that religions can provide as flat-out facile while he believes science is with him.
Granted, the Sun God coming with his chariot and lighting the day every morning… is a bit facile.
However, when Richard Dawkins says...
I was musing this question a few weeks ago. Dawkins, Krauss, etc, they literally preach atheism under the guise of science. Not only is this "scientism" (yes it's a valid term, check if you don't believe me) but preaching atheism is also not a very "atheist" thing to do. Let me explain, if I...
Taking a little break from my Bible reading ( honestly I feel rather different today but i'll save that for the end of the day journal) and watching a debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens. After awhile I thought I would just ask how you guys felt about Christopher and...
One of the reasons I believe evolutionists and creationists get into heated battles is because religions and specifically the Christian religion has made intelligent design synonymous with a belief in a God or Super Natural Being and that completely ignores the other forms that Intelligent...
Hey everyone,
New guy here! I'm pretty much going to just jump into it :)
I have been on several different online forums throughout the last 6 or 7 years - at first mainly religious boards (I'm Asatru), but lately I have been hanging at atheistic and secular forums.
The main reason for this...