To Bethlehem or Not to Bethlehem (II)
[A second post on Bethlehem excerpted from my book The Nativity: A Critical Examination (UK), which has just received a reprint to clear up a few bits and pieces, long overdue. Please grab
Jonathan MS Pearce
Humanist victory! Scotland drops plans to ban insulting religion
From Humanists UK: Scottish Justice Minister Humza Yousaf today announced that the Government will drop sections of the draft Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill that would have criminalised insulting religious beliefs.
The Free Will Defence: A Critique
Here is a short critique of the Free Will Defence as utilised by many theists to explain the existence of evil (the Problem of Evil). It is from Benjamin Watkins from Real Atheology
Jordan Peterson, Baking Cakes, Gays, Black People and Changing Minds
This clip is brilliant for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Jim Jeffries provides a brilliant analogy to show how denying baking a cake due to someone's sexuality is logically equivalent to
The Quantum Physics Dilemma
Here's another offering from Dana Horton. Let's get quantum, and the Einsteinian "mind of God". The Quantum Physics Dilemma Or How Can I Get Doreen in Accounting
Dominion & Election Fraud Nonsense
Sidney Powell is a Grade A batsh!t crazy conspiracy theorist nutjob. Yes, my evaluation may be unprofessional but I seek to match the professionalism with which she is collecting her "evidence&
Conspiracy Theorists
I like 3lermeope: he (I presume) always brings fine wine to the party, and for that I am hugely grateful. Here, he shares a bottle with C Peterson, and they both like a
To Bethlehem or Not to Bethlehem (I)
[Excerpted from my book The Nativity: A Critical Examination (UK), which has just received a reprint to clear up a few bits and pieces, long overdue. Please grab a copy!] Bethlehem is a
On the Georgia Run-Offs
Here are a few quick thoughts on the Georgia run-offs. Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy me a cuppa. Or buy some of
A Lesson in Probability to a Twit
A long time commenter here (See Noevo Twit), who has contributed precisely nothing to any conversation he has been involved in bar annoyance, is not long for these boards. It finally came to
Truth Decay and the Normalisation of Conspiracy Theories
So much has gone on recently that I don't know where to start and can't hope to include everything. Conspiracy theories are being flung at as many walls as
Weird Things, Meteors and Space Junk
Here is a comment from C Peterson on Matthew Sabatine's recent article on UFOs at Kecksburg that I think is worth a reprint: I have been running the Colorado Allsky Camera