Objective Reality, Rationalism and the Nature of Belief

I was in the middle of an utterly normal conversation with a friend when it suddenly veered off into a discussion of whether beliefs are a matter of choice. I said, obviously not, and she said, “of course they are!”. And then we quickly got into a tangential discussion which ended with her comparing me [...]

Creationism: My Speech

A slightly modified but not necessarily better version. Crippled by all the f**king shivering. I did NOT know I had that much stage fright! I don’t! I don’t balk from going on stage, like the majority of people I know. In fact, I even particularly relish the idea of speaking out for something I already [...]

Can you believe this!!??

glumbert – How to ruin a day at the museum
How sad it is that they’re doing this to KIDS? And how obvious does it have to be before you just GIVE UP!??
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Creationism on Uncyclopaedia

Really cool page, although again, what I really wanted to put up was the cartoon .

Creationism – Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Although on the surface Creationism may promote itself as an alternative explanation of origins, challenging the established fact of Evolutionism, the underlying myth of Creationism, in fact, lies not in [...]

An evangelical christian, a gay guy and his personal devil walk into a pub…

The article is actually on how “evangelical” atheists like Dawkins and Hitchens are only waging half the battle by not understanding how the average evangelical christian, particularly in the US, thinks. But I just like the cartoon
Extract:

Yes, the Enlightenment tradition of reasoned debate and the
scientific method’s appeal to fact trump evangelical Christianity’s
“faith-based” obedience [...]

Origin and Religion

I saw “The Man From Earth” yesterday, and I was shocked,stunned and (after about 5 minutes of John’s big revelation, about the middle of the movie) unnaturally happy. I won’t say any more here, both because I’m lazy and because I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but it struck me as an equally [...]