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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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...
If it’s cold, it’s evidence!
posted on: Jan 25, 2010 | author: Dan
I find it noteworthy that the global warming deniers, many of whom were touting the recent cold snap in the USA as evidence against global warming,...
Those stupid scientists!
posted on: Jan 21, 2010 | author: Dan
From Calamities of Nature comes this comic (the image here is just the first panel). I don’t want to spoil it for you, but I’ve heard a...
Reality, Death, and Family Cats
posted on: Jan 20, 2010 | author: Dan
There’s a great post on Unreasonable Faith by guest blogger Vincent Skolny (of Avangelism.com) about kids, their understanding of death, and...
Oh, it’s a beautiful graph!
posted on: Jan 20, 2010 | author: Dan
A simple graph from SMBC showing the relationship between belief in a higher power and a good science education.
I love xkcd
posted on: Jan 19, 2010 | author: Dan
xkcd is such a great web comic, not just for the humor, but for the insights. It’s also wonderfully techie and appeals to the geek part of...
Mississippi targeted by creationists
posted on: Jan 19, 2010 | author: Dan
Mississippi can now lay claim to hosting the first anti-evolution bill of 2010, according to the National Center for Science Education. Gary Chism...
Pat Robertson Voodoo Doll on eBay
posted on: Jan 19, 2010 | author: Dan
Pat Robertson, as you probably already know, decided to rant about Haiti making a deal with the devil to get free of the French which, according to...
Dr. Oz is promoting woo
posted on: Jan 14, 2010 | author: Dan
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a long time guest on Oprah, used to be lauded as being one of the few guests on her show that dispensed practical, real medical...
Stephen Baldwin vs. Richard Dawkins?
posted on: Jan 14, 2010 | author: Dan
Hemant Mehta, at The Friendly Atheist, linked to a video showing Stephen Baldwin commenting on evolution during Celebrity Big Brother 2010 UK…...
Fun with church signs
posted on: Jan 14, 2010 | author: Dan
A local church recently changed its sign to read: Begin to weave and God will provide you with the thread. I’ve heard a similar statement made...
Vatican Gives Avatar Poor Review
posted on: Jan 12, 2010 | author: Craig
I just read an Associated Press article written by Alessandra Rizzo. It was comical and in my opinion partially true at the same time. Here’s...
Monarch Butterflies and creationism
posted on: Jan 10, 2010 | author: Dan
I almost had a confrontation with someone I believe is a creationist today, but I refrained. I was at the Pennsylvania Farm Show with my daughter and...
Steven Newton on Science Denialism
posted on: Jan 7, 2010 | author: Dan
Over at EvolutionBlog, Jason Rosenhouse links to an editorial by Steven Newton, a project director for the National Center for Science Education. The...
New tetrapod footprints found
posted on: Jan 7, 2010 | author: Dan
Matthew Cobb of Why Evolution Is True writes about some recently found fossil tetrapod footprints that are roughly 20 million years older than the...
Some Star Trek humor
posted on: Jan 6, 2010 | author: Dan
One of the commenters on Pharyngula posted a link to this image and I found it amusing, being a Star Trek fan myself (but nearly as nerdy about it as...