Trump I'll Just Leave This Here... Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy me a cuppa. Or buy some of my awesome ATP merchandise! Please... It justifies me continuing to do this!
apostasy First global study of apostates’ experiences reveals hidden abuse victims This is from Humanists UK: The first study into the worldwide experiences of apostates – individuals who leave coercive or high-control religious groups or cults – within religious households has revealed a widespread culture of abuse hidden within the home, including intra-familial violence, domestic abuse, and honour-based shunning. The study was published
channel - politics blue The Single Worst President(ial Address) in Modern Times What an absolute flood of insanity inspired by years of the most irresponsible POTUS in recent American history. Or, arguably, ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTM7gYSMn7A Lies. Absolute lies. Dangerous, insurrection-rousing lies. And yet the US often has the gall to march around the world lecturing people on
The Nativity: A Critical Examination Resurrection and The Problem with "God" I have finished writing my book on the Resurrection that is the sister-book to my previous The Nativity: A Critical Examination [UK] and several commenters and regulars here have looked it over and thoroughly proofed it (still ongoing). One such person has just fed back with this fab feedback (I
Dana Horton Is Prayer Just Intention on Spiritual Steroids? Here is another nonreligious piece with a spiritual bent from Dana Horton: Is Prayer Just Intention on Spiritual Steroids? (5 minute read) In ministerial school (Centers for Spiritual Living, or CSL) we were taught that there were five steps to ‘proper’ praying. This technique was a little different from the
channel - politics blue Trump's Phone Call and the Law Yesterday, I spoke about how Trump believed the nonsense he has been spouting, conspiracy theories and all. Today, I am going to share with you an interesting legal analysis from a YouTube legal expert I often watch. It makes for fascinating viewing. Aside from this, there are two points about
channel - politics blue Epistemology: Trump, Fraud and Believing his Swamp Trump seems to have fully jettisoned himself off the deep end. The latest example of his growing desperation and idiocy is the unhinged phone call he had with the Republican Georgian Secretary of State for which he has now been reported to the FBI for. I have listened to parts
confirmation bias Quote of the Day on Confirmation Bias The following is a quote by Verbose Stoic, a regular commenter here with whom I often disagree but who substantiated his claims with detail and, well, substance. The sort of commenter I like - he probably does this because he has a blog of his own, and sometimes takes me
counter-apologetics John Loftus and the Whole Kit and Caboodle I have to thank John Loftus (author, ex-minister and owner of the great Debunking Christianity blog) for giving me a leg up in the blogging world when, running a tiny independent version of the A Tippling Philosopher blog as I was, he allowed me to write for him there. From
compatibilism Responding to Carrier on Free Will (III): Syllogisms, Laypeople & Christians Recently, I introduced you to the first piece in my response to Richard Carrier as follows: One Christmas present I received this year is a blog piece by Richard Carrier (“Why Syllogisms Usually Suck: Free Will Edition”) going to town on one of my old free will articles expressing determinism/
Abiogenesis If Low-Level Life Exists on Other Planets, What of God? With the news that certain cloud compositions on Venus are best explained by molecular Venutian life existing, this prompts some interesting questions. If life can only be explained by God, that naturalism struggles to explain abiogenesis, as certain theists (including creationists) claim, then why do we have complex sentient life
atheism God is Not an Old Man in the Sky. Now What? Dana Horton is back with another look at atheism and spirituality, this time concentrating on what we do with the idea of God. Over to him: God is Not an Old Man in the Sky. Now What? (5-minute read) We often repeat in our posts that God is not an
miracles Verifying the Virgin Birth To return to matters pertaining to Christmas and the Nativity of Jesus, let us think briefly about the virgin birth claims. I have elsewhere discussed the may issues with the claim (see "Debunking the Nativity: The Virgin Birth" and "Debunking the Nativity: The Mistranslation of 'Virgin&
determinism Responding to Carrier on Free Will (II): Intention Yesterday, I introduced you to the first piece in my response to Richard Carrier as follows: One Christmas present I received this year is a blog piece by Richard Carrier (“Why Syllogisms Usually Suck: Free Will Edition”) going to town on one of my old free will articles expressing determinism/
compatibilism Responding to Carrier on Free Will (I): Control One Christmas present I received this year is a blog piece by Richard Carrier ("Why Syllogisms Usually Suck: Free Will Edition") going to town on one of my old free will articles expressing determinism/libertarian free will issues in a syllogism: "A Syllogism for Determinism". His
General Merry Christmas Y'All! Happy Holidays, Saucy Saturnalia, Wonderful Winterfest, Spot-on Solstice. Whatever floats your boat. It's that time of year when I feel duty-bound, but also hugely want, to say a massive thank you. Thanks for hanging out here; thanks for commenting; thanks for buying my books; thanks for kindly donating.
Dana Horton Determinism and Spirituality Here's another Dana Horton post, with this one right up my philosophical alley, so to speak: Determinism — Did You Choose to Read This? (4-minute read) Let’s say we could rewind the Universe and do things over again. * Would lightning still strike in the same place at the
Speaking Engagements My Nativity Interview. And Bananarama. Here is today's interview with me, hosted by Andy Hall for Laughing in Disbelief, discussing the Nativity. We had a seamless segue (!) at the end to talk Brexit - he couldn't resist. And nor could I... I love talking with Andy - it's always
Speaking Engagements Join Me in Live Stream Nativity Interview I'm appearing on Andy Hall's Laughing in Disbelief live stream vodcast. We'll be taking about the Nativity because, well, that's topical. Check it out here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFxTK34MMo&feature=youtu.be Stay in touch! Like A Tippling
Bart Ehrman Luke 1 & 2 Infancy Narratives as a Later Interpolation Luke 3:1 opens with an elaborate chronological statement: “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was … the word of the Lord came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness”. This surely reads as if it was originally written as the opening section
AHA Humanists Celebrate as Congress Denounces Global Blasphemy Laws with Unified Voice From the AHA: The American Humanist Association (AHA) applauds Congress, as the Senate joined the House in adopting a resolution calling for a global end to blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws Saturday evening. Senate Resolution 458, championed by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), calls upon the
Biblical Exegesis Possibiliter Ergo Probabiliter and the McGrew Nativity Debate Possibiliter ergo probabiliter is a fallacy that Richard Carrier coined to express the ubiquitous technique that theists use to try to explain away issues that pop up in the Bible and this is no more evident in Christian approaches to defending problems within the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew.
Biblical Exegesis My Unbelievable Nativity Radio Debate Is up My Nativity radio debate on Premier Christian Radio is now up. Unfortunately, on the YouTube channel, Matthew Firth, the vicar with whom I was having a spat and who deleted my comments and threads and blocked me and a number of other people, took to outright lying for Jesus about
Dana Horton Let’s Unpack Grace Here, Dana Horton gives us another nugget to think about concerning his ruminations about grace and nontheistic spirituality. Grace is a tough one. It's a bit like "faith" - very difficult to get religious people to thoroughly nail down a useful coherent definition. Grace can also
Biblical Exegesis Jesus the "Nazarene": More Prophecy Debate I recently wrote an article about the Matthean prophecy, a prophecy that looks like this (Matt 2): Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfil what was spoken
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