Trump's New NASA Chief a Climate Denier
And so it continues... Giving this important job to a Tea Partier. Gah. The Independent: The man chosen by Donald Trump to be the new head of Nasa is a “climate change denier”
Jonathan MS Pearce
Beauty: Can You Only Really Get It with God? (No)
A Christian commenter recently claimed this humdinger: If God exists, beauty and ugliness are not subjective but objective properties. that is the point. you used the term 'ugly', while you claim
Brain Scans Predicting Social Bonds
This was a fascinating article from the New York Times that looks at the predictive power of brain scans. New research suggests the roots of friendship extend even deeper than previously suspected. Scientists
I'm Speaking at Stop the War Q & A at Bournemouth University Tomorrow Night
I have been invited onto the panel at Stop the War Coalition, Bournemouth tomorrow night. This should be interesting as it's not my usual topic, but one that is certainly very
Shaving the Christian God with Occam's Razor
The following piece was sent to me by my friend, who often goes by the moniker of Fellow Feather. Let me know what you think - it's right up my OmniGod
Witnesses Explain the Most Momentous Event in History
This was forwarded by a friend. Heh heh: WITNESSES EXPLAIN THE MOST MOMENTOUS EVENT IN HISTORY (By Unknown Genius On The Internet) Mary: Well, the other Mary and I (Matthew 28.1) were
Quote of the Day: Anne Fenwick on Race and IQ
Anne Fenwick has written some good comments on this Jeremiah Traeger-inspired thread. They are worthy of repeating. Thanks, Anne, keep 'em coming: In my particular line, we were absolutely obsessed with methodologies
Oh My God, Trump! (And How Evangelicals Square the Circle)
I often listen to Stephen Colbert's monologues, and this one from last night was very telling. Trump's presidency is clearly one of the worst examples of western national democratic
Aquinas, Distinction, Composition and Divine Simplicity
In continuing to comment on the idea of divine simplicity, as it pertains to the Trinitarian God of Christianity, I am going to move on to speak about Aquinas. Setting the Scene Commenter
First Humanist Chaplain in NHS
This is a great sign and a reflection of shifting attitudes and demands within UK society at large. This is from The Guardian: The appointment of 28-year-old Lindsay van Dijk as a humanist
The Conversion/Deconversion Wars: Islam and Christianity
It turns out that (American) Islam is losing Muslims at a pretty high rate. About a quarter of adults raised Muslim deconvert. The problem is, from a secularist's point of view,
Divine Simplicity and a Trinitarian God
In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea of divine simplicity can be stated in this way: the being of God is identical to the