Category: Atheism
On the Extended Dawkins Scales: I’m a Creationist First, a Christian Second
| August 24, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Creationism, Intelligent Design |
Continuing on with the wonderful Dawkins Festival at Uncommon Descent (UD), I would like to mention the Dawkins Spectrum of Theistic Probability. 1.Strong theist. 100 per cent probability of God. In the words of C.G. Jung: “I do not believe, I know.” 2.De facto theist. Very high probability but short of 100 per cent. “I… more
Richard Dawkins is Playboy’s September interview
| August 22, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Darwinism |
“PLAYBOY: You’ve had a lot of fun deconstructing the idea of the intelligent designer. ” more
Atheism and sexual deviancy
| August 22, 2012 | Posted by David Anderson under Animal minds, Atheism, Religion, Science, worldview issues and society |
“Is sex outside of marriage a sin? Is it a public matter? Is it forgivable?” No, of course sex outside marriage is not a public matter, and yes, of course it is forgivable. Only a person infected by the sort of sanctimonious self-righteousness that religion uniquely inspires would apply the meaningless word ‘sin’ to private… more
Shhhh. Someone is telling atheist activists to grow up
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, News |
Wot? Troll riddance? Some new atheist blogs will lose 90% of their commenters if they drop the trollbox. more
Richard Dawkins On His Recent Encounter With John Lennox (Updated)
| August 13, 2012 | Posted by Jonathan M under Atheism |
My friend Peter Byrom kindly transcribed this communication he had with Richard Dawkins on twitter following Dawkins’ recent encounter with John Lennox in New York on the subject of God’s existence. Can you imagine John Lennox having this kind of post-debate attitude? What arrogance. ————- (a few days ago:) Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins “The Lord hath… more
Does atheism help you get rich?
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, Intelligent Design, News |
Don’t forget – lots of people at the top are religious – this is not an either-or. more
“Shepherd of the Internet Trolls” — “PZ Myers and the Art of Shameless Dishonesty”
| August 7, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Humor |
Famous atheist Sam Harris in Wrestling the Troll describes “unscrupulous people like PZ Myers” who run an “odious blog” as the “shepherd of Internet trolls”. In saying this Harris also managed to say a few things about PZ’s followers. But one of the best descriptions of PZ Myers and the thought control exercised at PZ… more
And in other news, Jerry Coyne is NOT friends with Michael Ruse
| July 31, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Darwinism, News |
Ruse: “They [the Templeton Prize Committee] are never going to give it to a non-believer like me. ” more
Peter Woit warns Michael Shermer not to discredit atheism over multiverse
| July 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Cosmology, News |
““I’m as much of an atheist as anyone, and I’m really disturbed to see arguments being made that are going to end up … ” more
The maverick rabbi on what happens when materialist atheists run for office
| July 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, News |
There is an enormous spiritual gulf … It is one or the other; there is no middle ground here. more
In other news: Richard Dawkins on Al Jazeera TV?
| July 11, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
“Dawkins quickly set the producers straight on the topic at hand: ‘Is there room for creationism (not religion) in science.’” more
Rebecca Watson: Poster Child of the Anti-Creationists
| July 7, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism |
Or should I say pin-up girl of the anti-creationists? Yes, she posed nude and had her fellow femminist/atheist anti-creationist Skepchicks pose nude as well for a pin-up calendar to raise money for their anti-creationist cause: From Wiki: In 2006, Watson released The Skepchick Calendar, a pin-up calendar featuring pictures of skeptical women for every month.… more
He said it: Atheist Julian Baggini on living without hope
| July 6, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, News |
“My hope is that thoughts like these can supersede hope.” more
For record: New Atheist objectors to design thought (at Anti-Evo etc.) reach new lows, hit rock bottom
| July 4, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Science, worldview issues and society |
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. . . and begin to dig in further. This is, of course, not exactly the first time that UD contributors and commenters have had to take note of the unfortunately strong tendency of evolutionary materialism advocates to resort to atmosphere-poisoning tactics instead of dealing with the issues posed by design thinkers on the merits.… more
For record: A comment on the issues raised by Dr Fuller (HT: Gregory and Nullasalus), and onward concerns in the wider context of debates over design theory
| June 30, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
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I have just now commented in the recent thread on Dr Fuller’s thought, and think it useful to headline for record (especially given some continued abusive misbehaviour at Anti- Evo and linked sites that has come to my attention in recent days): ____________ >> Let me clip a few thought-sparker cites from Dr Steve Fuller:… more
Memo to NYT reviewer re Prometheus: Creationism for geeks is still creationism
| June 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Creationism, Culture, News |
If that’s what you want to call it. That would make atheists Fred Hoyle and Francis Crick creationists. But never mind. more
Bahnsen: The atheist worldview cannot allow for laws of logic, the uniformity of nature
| June 3, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, News |
” The atheist worldview cannot allow for laws of logic, the uniformity of nature, the ability for the mind to understand the world, and moral absolutes. ” more
Atheist philosopher James Barham explains why he checked out of Darwinism
| May 23, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Darwinism |
” I was familiar with Aristotle. So, I knew there were problems with Darwinism as a metaphysical system, and that alternatives existed.” more
He said it: Defining the word “rational” so as to exclude most ways to acquire knowledge
| May 20, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, News, Religion |
“”Imagination is more important than knowledge,” Einstein said. “For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, … ” more
Atheists as an official opposition party?
| May 20, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, News |
“His position amounts to saying that speculation can be given equal weight to fact; not an uncommon view in multiverse cosmology.” more