God Is a Consequentialist. The Theist's Defence: God Is Not Moral (I)
I have written an essay that can be found variously on this site called "God Is a Consequentialist" in which I set out that God is a moral consequentialist. Some of
Jonathan MS Pearce
Storks, Evolution and the Problem of Evil
This tweet came from The Non-Alchemist and is worth dwelling on: If the all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good God of Xtianity exists, she seems to have either guided/allowed evolution to go down
Trump Is Helping to Send the World to Hell in a Handcart
The world as I thought I knew it - liberal ideas being promoted by governments and societies progressively evolving towards a better place. Goodness me, ten years ago seems like a bygone era.
Some Questions to Dr J Berger
As some of you will know, I recently edited a book by Joseph J Berger called Science & Spirituality (Barnes & Noble), which is available now (please grab a copy, even though Amazon
Life as an Emergent Property, and Rocks
Abiogenesis and wondering how life started for the very first time here on Earth, is endlessly fascinating. Believers prefer to plug the hole of ignorance with the ever-useful GodPutty™. GodPutty™ plugs any holes
Quote of the Day: eamonknight on Spirituality
Bert recently posted a piece on spirituality (check it out) below which eamonknight posted this: IMHO the word "spiritual" has been debased into uselessness, i.e. when someone says "I
On Defending Billionaires
In the recent UK general election and in previous and present US political discourse, there has been a propensity to defend billionaires by those who aren't billionaires. In fact, those who
The US Political Landscape Crumbles; Consequentialism Reigns Supreme
Holy cow. Where to start. I know this is "supposed" to be a blog concerned with atheism and religiosity, but how can I not comment on the ongoing sh!tstorm that
Was Jesus a real person who lived and preached in ancient Judaea?
This is a guest post by regular commenter Carstonio. Thanks so much to him for this. Please feel free to submit any guest posts to me as this really helps the blog keep
Christianity Is Elitist
This is one of those arguments that I have long maintained but have never got round to putting into writing. I can't tell you the number of hours I have spent
Iran and Context, and...Defending Trump?
The good ole context argument, eh! Actually, context can be very important in understanding explanation, though it is very important to understand the distinction between explanation and justification. Explanation is not justification. Things
Straw Men, Climate Change & Australian Bushfires
The Australian bushfires are an absolute travesty. Scott Morrison, their PM, is an eejit of the highest order. The Murdoch press in Oz should be a national embarrassment in their coverage. NZ'