As many of you know, my self-declared remit here is quite wide. I post on many topics from philosophy of religion through to the social and psychological aspects of religion, from philosophy in
This is great. It's something I and many others have commented about - the idea of a false sense of fairness and equal airtime, even if the skeptical position is nonsense.
Looking to the future of religion in the UK, the Church of England should rightfully be worried. Very worried. One might argue that as the established state church declines, evangelical churches might be
So, America, this was big news: Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt pic.twitter.com/SRWkMIDdaO— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 3, 2018 It appears to have resulted in a
From Humanists UK: A new report, commissioned by Humanist Society Scotland, reveals that a substantial majority (59%) of Scottish people do not hold either religious or spiritual beliefs. The research carried out by
This is from a few years back but deserves a repost because there is some debate going on here about how to define "atheism" and how I define it. Here goes.
I recently posted the first in a series of articles concerning some research by Joseph Langston into conversions from atheism to Christianity. As he predicted, and as you can see from his writing
I have edited a collection of deconversion accounts from different religions to atheism and agnosticism titled Beyond an Absence of Faith - it's a great book and I would love you
The Pope is visiting Ireland and things couldn't look more different than they appear to be from photos, or at least from this meme: There is clearly a huge difference here
Here is the first response in an ongoing conversation between an atheist (ex-evangelical, I believe) and a Christian theologian in training. The first and second guest posts (find them here and here) from
I just gave a summary elsewhere on the internet to my views on Brexit. See what you think, if you care: Here is how I see the debate. There are five main reasons
I recently posted on Raoul Martinez and his book Creating Freedom, as well as a TED talk that went with it. My friend sent me this email on what he thinks is a