POSTED BY Dan ON Sep 24, 2009
Assertions Are Easy
Some people wonder why evolution isn’t more accepted than it is. Despite the monumental amount of evidence in multiple fields of scientific...
POSTED BY Craig ON Aug 7, 2009
Putting the “Good” Book in Context
I have had many theological discussions with Christians and inevitably at some point during our discussion the comment, “you’re taking...
POSTED BY Dan ON Aug 5, 2009
I feel pretty! Oh, so pretty!
I’ve read a number of accounts where atheists are accused of being narcissistic, because we supposedly set ourselves up higher than God…...
POSTED BY Craig ON Aug 5, 2009
Ignore Probability & Logic, Just Take It On Faith!...
Let’s suppose you had knowledge of an impending storm that had the potential to destroy everything in its path. This very same storm was 24...
POSTED BY Dan ON Aug 3, 2009
Conspiracy Theories and Other Muddled Thinking
Almost everyone laughs at Flat-Earthers, people who actually believe that the Earth is flat despite all evidence to the contrary. Most people also...
POSTED BY Dan ON Jul 12, 2009
Cherry Picking
I recently spoke with a friend who is a fundamentalist young Earth creationist. I’ve known him for quite a few years and we get along great,...
POSTED BY Craig ON Jul 8, 2009
Ray Comfort and Divine Injustice
Most evangelical bible thumpers are a parody of themselves and as such, pose little or no harm to a moderately rational person. There are however,...
POSTED BY Dan ON Jun 17, 2009
Positive Atheism
Frequently, the writings of atheists tend to be critical of religion, theistic beliefs, and dogma rather than positive toward non-belief. It’s...
POSTED BY Dan ON Jan 12, 2009
License to Sin
Anyone who’s been an atheist for more than a few weeks has heard the accusation that without religion, there’s no basis for morality....
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From AtheistCartoons.com… The Missionary… keepin’ it real.
Hooray for Texas!
Don McLeroy is no longer on the Texas Board of Education. Congratulations, Texas. It’s a step in the right...
Intelligent Design… Fail!
From James McGrath of Exploring Our Matrix, I found these cartoons by Gordon Glover about Intelligent Design. The...
Sean Hannity… smug and ignorant
Not much time to comment on this story from the American Humanist Association other than to say that Sean Hannity,...
A smackdown given by Tree Lobsters
posted on: Feb 26, 2010 | author: Dan
From Tree Lobsters comes an humorous, yet dead-on accurate, smackdown to abstinence-only sex education. (click the image for the full comic)
Texas and The Flintstones
posted on: Feb 19, 2010 | author: Dan
Most of Rationality Now’s readers are probably quite familiar with the influence Texas has on our country’s textbooks… and the...
It’s definitely easier…
posted on: Feb 18, 2010 | author: Dan
(((Billy))) the Atheist posted this terrific graphic that is every-so-worthy of sharing!
Refusing to debate denialists
posted on: Feb 17, 2010 | author: Dan
Orac, over at Respectful Insolence, has a post titled “Debating Denialists” that talks a bit about how pointless it is to debate...
The Thinking Atheist and Noah’s Ark
posted on: Feb 17, 2010 | author: Dan
The Thinking Atheist has a new video about Noah’s Ark and the Genesis flood. Very well done and very funny!
The Pale Blue Dot
posted on: Feb 17, 2010 | author: Dan
About twenty years ago, Voyager 1 looked back toward it’s launching point and took the now famous “Pale Blue Dot” photograph. The...
Religious Bill of Rights… huh?
posted on: Feb 17, 2010 | author: Dan
Yesterday, Phil Plait posted about people in Colorado proposing a “Religious Bill of Rights” for public schools, an idea which sounded...
Past Presidents on The Wall of Separation
posted on: Feb 15, 2010 | author: Dan
In honor of President’s Day, Americans United for Separation of Church and State put together a list of quotes from various presidents...
Satire is a beautiful thing
posted on: Feb 12, 2010 | author: Dan
Amazingly enough, there are still people who claim to understand the science behind global warming, yet make the mistake of thinking localized cold...
Orca pack hunting
posted on: Feb 9, 2010 | author: Dan
Jerry Coyne, of Why Evolution is True, linked to a video today of a pack of orcas hunting together and working cooperatively to get a seal off an ice...
The ignorance is astounding
posted on: Feb 9, 2010 | author: Dan
I managed to get on the mailing list of Worldview Weekend, which tends to be one of the largest repositories on the internet for right-wing,...
The Tebow Superbowl Ad and Pam Stenzel
posted on: Feb 5, 2010 | author: Dan
The Superbowl ad featuring Tim Tebow (which has yet to be seen) has been causing a big brouhaha lately… with pro-choice groups opposing it to...
Available in six-packs!
posted on: Feb 1, 2010 | author: Dan
Here’s a bit of deliciously sacrilegious video amusement in the form of a frothy alcoholic beverage. There’s even a website dedicated to...
Why Evolution is True in paperback
posted on: Jan 30, 2010 | author: Dan
Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True came out recently in paperback, so if you were waiting to purchase it because of the hardcover price,...
Scott Roeder convicted of 1st-degree murder
posted on: Jan 29, 2010 | author: Dan
Scott Roeder, the man who murdered Dr. George Tiller on May 31st, has been convicted of first degree murder and faces a life sentence with the...
Consistency is irrelevant to denialism
posted on: Jan 29, 2010 | author: Dan
I follow the Skeptical Science blog and I took special interest to today’s post by John Cook about a debate featuring Ian Plimer and...
International Darwin Day Petition
posted on: Jan 28, 2010 | author: Dan
I’m not a big fan of web-based petitions. They’re generally pretty worthless when it comes to actually getting things done, but they also...