cognitive dissonance Why do normal people believe ridiculous things? Why, indeed, do normal people believe ridiculous things? We have heard much from John Loftus about the OTF – the Outsider Test for Faith – which essentially illustrates that religion is a (geographical) accident of birth. It claims that if believers used the same critical powers they use to assess,
Descartes An Essay on Epistemology: Can there be very strong reasons for believing something although it is false? Partly in response to some feedback, and partly because it is about time, I thought I'd post a philosophical essay of mine looking at epistemology. Here, I hope to set out how I come by knowledge. Let me know what you think, as ever.
Biblical Exegesis Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence I thought I'd resurrect this old chestnut. This was reported by the Secular Outpost some time ago: "As reported by Christianity Today (see here), New Testament scholar Michael Licona has apparently lost both his job as research professor of New Testament at Southern Evangelical Seminary and been
Creationism Evolution - don't throw the baby out with the bath water I was having a discussion about evolution over on another thread of a post I made from the other day. After explaining a few misconceptions and showing that evolution really does have a good smorgasbord of evidence to support it as a theory in a way that promotes bewilderment in
Andreas Schueler Gould's NOMA - a thorough analysis (part 1) This post will be split into two parts due to its length. This will allow any posters to be able to interact with certain points as we go. Regards, Andreas Schüler. Can science and religion coexist in harmony ? A favorite phrase of sophisticated theologians™ is – science tells us how and
