This, from the BHA: In news that could have wide implications for the teaching of creationism in private schools, an independent religious school in London has been criticised by Ofsted for having a
I was some years back sent a link to Thomas L. McDonald's piece "The Origin of Man, Original Sin, and Why It’s All Your Fault" on his Patheos
Pastafarians have hit the headlines in various forms over the last few weeks. Firstly, Pastafarian weddings have been allowed in New Zealand (and someone I work with is the cousin of one of
I am of the school of thought that atheism is a belief. It is either a positive belief in a negative statement or a negative belief in a positive statement, which essentially amount
“Agnostics are just atheists without balls.” ― Stephen Colbert, I Am America Discuss. For the record, I am an agnostic atheist who works and lives everyday as if there is no god, is pretty
Today I was witness to such an improbable event that it can only be described, by any sane and rational person, as a supernatural miracle. It is the Queen's birthday today.
This is a point that I have made many times before, and it was good to read it in Robert Price's excellent little pocket battleship of a book, Blaming Jesus for
BBC Newsnight featured this incredible video last night which documents the struggle of a few committed journalists in Raqqa who initially fought against the President, but now fight, many in exile, against the
There appears to be a bit of a debate gearing up over at this thread on homeopathy and its effectiveness. Check it out and get involved, in the name of evidence-based rationality. All
[This post is a guest post from Alan Duval] Jonathan has kindly invited me to present my work on the psychology of morality. What follows is largely drawn from my dissertation, which I
No lawyer to defend young “apostate” sentenced to death in Mauritania, after he questioned the role of Islam in legitimizing slavery A young writer sentenced to death for "apostasy" in 2014,
In doing the philpapers inspired Philosophy 101 series (most recent one found here), touching on the questions asked in the largest ever survey of philosophers, I thought I would give some nice, basic