For the religious, baptisms are important. They are, for most Christians, the door to church membership and entering into a covenant with Christ, an invocation of unity, and a symbolic cleansing. In fact,
This is a guest post by Lex Lata (prompted by Jonathan MS Pearce’s video, Biblical Contradictions: Demons and Gadara vs Gerasa). In the matter of proper names, the Greek copies are often
I love me a bit of the Kalam. Well, more accurately, a bit of criticism of the Kalam. What am I talking about? What is this Kalam? Well, the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA)
"I don't get out much. I could use the excuse of the pandemic. Or my multiple sclerosis. But the truth is, the beach is only just down the road and
"Exist" can be a tricky word. Unless I define the term upfront, people often think I mean something other than I do. When I am talking about the color red, or,
I work out at a local gym almost every day. Today it was too much. Too much workout? No. Too much entitlement. When I walked in and looked at the exercise machine that
For skeptics and the scientifically-minded, there is nothing at all controversial about evolution. And by the term "evolution," what is generally understood is "evolution by natural selection." Evolution by
Nothing. Brexit has done nothing for us. Well, news from the Office for National Statistics today is that it has cut our exports to the EU last year by £20 billion, while lorries
Nuclear fusion has long been the Holy Grail of energy production. It has, for some people, been seen as an impossible dream, and one that will never be achieved. Now a team of
Religious believers often invoke the name of the Almighty in their speech. Survivors of natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, or earthquakes thank God for protecting them…and apparently absolve Him of blame
I've made it clear that prayer does not change God's mind. It can't. God is immutable, and his predictions or knowledge about the universe (and his own
Listen to this article, read by the author “At ten months old, we were told he would need a heart transplant. There was no cure for his condition, so we would have to