Choosing Rationality Over Religious Dogma
I’ve done a lot of reading recently about Evolution and Intelligent Design (Creationism) and really, the arguments for Intelligent Design, whether they’re being put forth by unqualified supporters in Texas or by biologists like Michael Behe, are all non-starters. ID supporters have yet to come up with any evidence to support their theory. Their arguments …
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Sorry for the bad joke… but this sort of is a bad joke. Here’s a perfect example of the human brain being geared toward pattern-seeking and face recognition… sometimes called pareidolia or “patternicity.” This woman makes some toast with melted cheese on it and the sees the burn pattern on the cheese as the face …
On Opposing Views, Ken Ham wrote an opinion piece about the creation of the new Answers in Genesis video showing a young boy pointing a gun at the camera while a voice-over says, “If you don’t matter to God, you don’t matter to anyone.” Along with my opinion that it is a fear-mongering, horrible message …
I’m not even sure how to begin with this one. It seems that the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops finds it necessary to have Senator Danny Martiny file a bill that will prohibit Louisiana scientists from creating human-animal hybrids for experimentation. I’m not kidding. Conference lobbyist Danny Loar said the bill is designed to be …
Tonight I passed a church that frequently updates their sign with (sometimes) clever sayings. Today, they have the old saying, “After all is said and done, usually a lot more is said than done.” There’s nothing innately religiousy about that phrase… except that it immediately struck me as a perfect analogy for prayer. If you’re …
Okay, maybe it’s the “hand” of an x-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. The image was taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bright object in the center is a “very young and powerful” pulsar. Check out the link for the details and a bigger image. I can SO see this being on the …
I just got an email about a new commercial being aired by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) concerning a “storm” that’s brewing in this country. What is the storm? Same-sex marriage, of course. The commercial is just filled with nonsense, but attempts to convey a sense of dread about how same-sex marriage is taking …
I just saw this today on Unreasonable Faith and wanted to pass it on. The video is very well done. I can think of at least a few people in my own life who really should watch (and digest/understand) this. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI