Category: Atheism
Reviewer: Non-materialist atheist philosopher’s book “flawed but valuable”
| May 19, 2013 | Posted by News under Atheism, Darwinism, Mind |
These days, only a person who just does not care what some government’s tagged herd is currently fed can afford to really genuinely doubt Darwin or any key materialist hero. more
Video: Dr George Yancey documents progressivist anti-Christian and partisan biases in the university and even in IQ tests . . . with implications for addressing the commonly encountered “ID is Creationism in a cheap tuxedo” smear
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under academic freedom, Atheism, Creationism, Culture, Education, ID Foundations, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
Yesterday, I ran across the video to be shown below and posted a comment that I think needs to be headlined and seriously pondered if we are concerned that the university functions in an objective, fair-minded, truth-seeking way: This study (HT: WK) as presented in a short lecture by Dr George Yancey — a sociologist… more
The issue of the dark triad in the debates over design — the danger of cossetting an asp of evolutionary materialism-driven cold, manipulative narcissism, machiavellianism and sociopathy from Alcibiades to today
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Psychology, Science, worldview issues and society, Stirring the pot (tentative thoughts/explorations) |
“Cool” is often presented as the iconic, somewhat glamorous state of being calm, collected, in control. It is often viewed as highly desirable, sexy, balanced, stylish, just plain “right.” Oh, soo, desirable . . . But, beneath the surface of “cool,” there too often lurks a reptilian coldly amoral ferocity that marks all the difference… more
FOR RECORD: AF’s insistent strawman misrepresentation tactics and false accusation of fraud (“CSI is a bogus concept so it would not figure in anyone’s calculations . . . “) exposed . . .
| April 26, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Complex Specified Information, Creationism, Design inference, Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Science, worldview issues and society, Selective Hyperskepticism |
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Sometimes, it is necessary to speak for record on rather unpleasant matters. This is one of them, in response to longtime objector AF’s willfully continued misrepresentations and false accusations. Accordingly, I clip 479 in the Oldies thread, with reference to my corrective at 459 and AF’s retort at 465 that compounds the misrepresentations and false… more
What’s Your Evolutionary Quotient?
| February 9, 2013 | Posted by William J Murray under Atheism, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy |
Let’s consider that atheistic, Darwinstic materialism is true. Let’s say that what we believe and think are evolution-generated phenomena, the result of the physics of biology as it interacts with the environment. For instance, if I believe in God and think demons are real and that putting my socks on before I put my pants… more
On a case study of the willful closed-mindedness produced by the selective hyperskepticism of the New Atheist mindset
| January 29, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, ID Foundations, Science, worldview issues and society, Selective Hyperskepticism, Society |
A couple of days back, we saw where Cornelius Hunter put up one of his dual post comments here at UD; on the recent proposal to set up a Darwin Day celebration. In glancing at the commentary at his personal blog, I came across the following highly revealing exchange involving one of the most virulent… more
A video challenge to the evolutionary materialist world-picture that is often presented in the name of big-S Science
| January 15, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Multiverse, Popular culture, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society, Video |
Our indefatigable Bornagain 77 has provided a link to a video documentary, The Signs: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt (NB: Cf. notices at the linked. Of course, this is a challenge, showing it is not tantamount to endorsing everything claimed therein — such as, some claims on the Golden Ratio. {Added, 01:16: At the 1 hr… more
Wiki’s F – - on ID, 7: The polarising false narrative about “Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design”
| January 14, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under academic freedom, Atheism, Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
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(To comment, kindly go here) The title of this post is taken from a 2004 book by Forrest and Gross, which further intensifies the earlier accusation that Intelligent Design is “Creationism in a cheap tuxedo.” Given the agenda-driven hatchet job on Intelligent Design presented as a neutral point of view objective survey of Intelligent Design… more
Wiki’s F – - on ID, 6: Is all of this focus on the Wiki ID article mere tilting at a windmill that is pointless and so should be ignored?
| January 11, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Popular culture, science education, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
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( To comment, kindly go here) One of the objections to the markup of the Wiki ID article is that this is tilting at a windmill. I disagree. It should already be plain that the Wiki article is representative of a standard set of talking points used to polarise the unwary against design theory, and… more
Wiki’s F – - on ID, 5: Subtly distorting the truth on Discovery Institute’s policy on Education in public schools, multiplied by a failure of due disclosure on judge Jones’ Kitzmiller/ Dover ruling
| January 10, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Constitution, Courts, Creationism, Darwinism, ID Foundations, Popular culture, Religion, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
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( To comment, kindly go here) Last time, we showed how Wikipedia’s article on Intelligent Design flagrantly distorts the history of the origins of ID as a modern movement. Today, our focus is on a subtler distortion: From the mid-1990s, intelligent design proponents were supported by the Discovery Institute, which, together with its Center for… more
The Magician’s Twin — C[live] S[taples] Lewis and the case against Scientism
| January 9, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Philosophy, Popular culture, Religion, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society, Video |
First, let’s watch: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Then, having watched, let us now discuss, in light of the ongoing debate on the rationality of scientism-rooted a priori evolutionary materialist atheism, here. Also, the issues that come up as our civilisation metaphorically stands on the deck of a ship in Fair Havens and contemplates what… more
Is Atheism Rationally Justifiable?
| January 7, 2013 | Posted by William J Murray under Atheism, Fine tuning, Philosophy |
First, I’d like to thank Mr. Arrington for granting me posting privileges. I consider it quite an honor, and I hope this post (and any future posts) warrants this trust. Second, the following is an argument I think will help us to focus on a fundamental issue that lies behind ever so many of the… more
Noted philosopher William Lane Craig responds to the American Humanist Association “Kids without God” web site
| December 14, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Philosophy, Popular culture, Religion, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
As I have just noted, the AHA has put up a blog promoting its brand of evolutionary materialist naturalism to children: . . . the AHA has a web site that promotes its brand of naturalism — in effect, atheism rooted in evolutionary materialism, but with the attempt to promote human values and being “good… more
NOTICE: On the “Gish Gallop” false accusation tactic and fallacious dodge
| December 4, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Darwinism, language, Popular culture, Science, worldview issues and society |
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In a recent comment clipped by GP in the Jerad thread, Keiths has used the rhetorically dismissive term “Gish Gallop.” Let me cite: KS: . . . with gpuccio it is sometimes possible to zero in on the crux of a disagreement. You can’t do that with Gish Gallopers. Now, as I will shortly show,… more
NOTICE: A few corrective remarks for some hostile scrutinisers from Anti Evo etc.
| November 21, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Courts, Popular culture, Religion, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
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I have noticed that the usual hostile scrutinisers at some objector sites are back on their Saul Alinsky, dismissive mockery and well-poisoning tactics. (I suppose they have not liked the situation where in recent weeks we have had some useful and reasonably civil exchanges here at UD under living room rules, giving the lie to… more
A reply to Dr Dawkins’ September Playboy interview
| October 29, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, Philosophy, Popular culture, Religion, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
In an interview with Playboy, September just past, Dr Dawkins made some dismissive remarks on the historicity of Jesus, in the context of having made similarly dismissive talking points about Intelligent Design. As UD News noted: PLAYBOY: What is your view of Jesus? DAWKINS: The evidence he existed is surprisingly shaky. The earliest books… more
Trading on borrowed capital
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by David Anderson under Atheism |
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/07/16/new-genus-of-south-asian-fish-named-after-richard-dawkins/ [Rohan] Pethiyagoda, an ichthyologist and internationally acclaimed conservationist, said extensive studies in India and Sri Lanka showed that the level of diversity among such fish was “much greater than previously suspected”. This was partly the reason that the study group had chosen to name the new genus after the 71-year-old Dawkins, the British author… more
Examples of Darwinist “Free” Thought Blogging
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
There is never ending drama over at Darwinist Ed Brayton’s “Free” Thought Blogs (FTB). We have the example of Greg Laden (affectionately known as Greg bin Laden by some), describing how he intends to terrorize a US Army soldier: Think about that. You f–king sh-t. Now, get forever out of my life. Do not turn… more
Are these atheists and agnostics really covert creationists?
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Joshua G under Atheism, Creationism, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
We’ve all heard it before. Time and time again the somewhat tiresome and predictable Darwinian propagandists, in a fit of florid indignation, assert that intelligent design will be the death of science and the dawn of theocracy. The claim that ID is nothing more than warmed-over creationism is one that has been thoroughly addressed by… more
Radical Feminism, the Unwitting Ally of ID and Creationism
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
Radical feminists are attempting to seize leadership of the New Atheist movement (aka GNU atheist movement). With big fanfare, we hear: Atheism Plus: New New Atheists Let me introduce you to Atheism+, the nascent movement that might be the most exciting thing to hit the world of unbelief since Richard Dawkins ….. there have been… more