Tomorrow morning (at a horrifically early hour), Craig and I are flying out to Burbank via Los Angeles for the 2009 Atheist Alliance International Convention. Among the speakers are Richard Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, Daniel Dennett, PZ Myers, Sean Faircloth, Eugenie Scott, and Lawrence Krauss. I’m not sure if we’ll get a chance to do any …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
You tell her, Christopher!
Via Pharyngula comes this video clip from the movie Horror Express starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as rival archaeologists battling to stop a prehistoric ape-like creature with supernatural powers from going on a “mind-controlling killing spree.” (description on Netflix …sadly unavailable for rental) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIdV60cT0PQ I love it.
Star Trek …and God?
Ok, Ok… I know. You’re saying this time you’ve lost it. Hear me out. The theme of many of the articles that I have written has been that religion is most certainly a man made creation. I believe the evidence in biblical text, for me at least, is clear. The Christian God is a flawed …
Atheist Gamers will get it…
I’m a fan of the game Portal from Valve Software and got the silly idea to re-do the Enrichment Center icon panel. If you haven’t played Portal, you won’t get it… probably.
Newly added to my favorite blogs…
Yesterday, while searching for some information on climate change, I happened upon a blog called The Way Things Break and was delighted. Not only did I find the information I was looking for, but I found all kinds of content related to the shenanigans of the anti-science crowd. Here is the post, titled The Land …
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 inquiry, those pesky creationists, bringing up the same tired arguments, sometimes seem like B-movie zombies. No matter how many times they get smacked down, they keep coming back to torment scientifically-minded, rational people …
Religious Tolerance in Queens, New York
Dan Halloran is running for City Council in Queens, NY. He’s the Republican candidate opposing Democrat Kevin Kim in their race to replace the outgoing councilman, Democrat Tony Avella. Halloran is a partner at a Long Island law firm and chairman of the state Republican Liberty Caucus. He’s also been endorsed by the Queens County …
Reasonists
From Doonesbury. I found this amusing… and disturbingly accurate. It seems that the US is becoming closer and closer to being the country with the highest number of crackpots. Click for the full comic strip.
Why take them seriously?
Here’s why it’s really hard to take the religious right seriously.
Intelligent Design’s 8 Biggest Fails
Intelligent Design’s 8 biggest fails from Discover. Well worth taking a look!