The utter rank hypocrisy of the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been on show over the last few days. Let me walk you through it. Johnson, in a private meeting of Tory
I wrote about this years back when Steven Pinker produced his book The Better Angels of Our Nature, in which he set out that things, despite what we are constantly told, are not
I am fairly addicted to FiveThirtyEight, even though I am a Brit, although I've more recently been watching their podcasts and videos on YouTube. That said, a recent piece was particularly
Jesus Christ – who was he? That's something of a different question to skeptics like myself as it is to Christians. And it's a very different question in the context
Religion and nationalism are signature causes of political conservatism, and continue to affect the fate of billions of people in the countries under their influence. Many left-wing colleagues who learned that I was
A couple of things pertaining to some recent releases. First of all, to my UK readers, my book The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story is now available in the UK
Dana Horton is back with another one of his guest pieces - thanks ever so much! Over to him: Why Do We Create Myths? (4-minute read) Last week we talked about ‘Our Guy’
You know my position on commenting, and many of you lament my lax approach. As I have said many times before, I hope that this allows for reasonable freedom of speech in such
Here is the interview I have just had with Andy Hall of Laughing in Disbelief, discussing my new book The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK]: https://www.youtube.com/
Fellow Patheoser Andy Hall is interviewing me about my latest book, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK]. This is taking place at 7 am EST, or 12 pm BST,
You could be mistaken for thinking that this post was about free will. It can be, but I am more concerned with the general idea of causality in the context of Derek Chauvin&
The far-right can easily be associated with Christian fundamentalism. This can be seen in many contexts, from the Ku Klux Klan to the Proud Boys and this latest example of fundraising. I say