Atheist-occam.jpg (JPEG Image, 750 × 600 pixels) Evolution is REAL Science #1. Einstein letter, set for auction, shows scientist challenging idea of God, being 'chosen' By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Decades before atheist scientist and author Richard Dawkins called God a "delusion," one world-renowned physicist - Albert Einstein - was weighing in on faith matters with his own strong words.
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends,” Einstein wrote in German in a 1954 letter that will be auctioned on eBay later this month. "No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.” Dubbed Einstein’s “God Letter” by the Los Angeles-based auction agency that's posting it online, the original document will be up for grabs starting Monday. The opening bid: $3 million. The letter provides a window into the famed genius's religious beliefs.
Antiscience Beliefs Jeopardize U.S. Democracy. It is hard to know exactly when it became acceptable for U.S. politicians to be antiscience.
For some two centuries science was a preeminent force in American politics, and scientific innovation has been the leading driver of U.S. economic growth since World War II. Kids in the 1960s gathered in school cafeterias to watch moon launches and landings on televisions wheeled in on carts. Breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s sparked the computer revolution and a new information economy.
Advances in biology, based on evolutionary theory, created the biotech industry. New research in genetics is poised to transform the understanding of disease and the practice of medicine, agriculture and other fields. Don't Get Me Started - Stewart Lee - What's So Wrong About Blasphemy? An Index to Creationist Claims. Creationist claims are numerous and varied, so it is often difficult to track down information on any given claim.
Plus, creationists constantly come up with new claims which need addressing. This site attempts, as much as possible, to make it easy to find rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims. It is updated frequently; see the What's New page for the latest changes. Since most creationism is folklore, the claims are organized in an outline format following that of Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Ken Miller on Intelligent Design. Untitled 2 - wedge.pdf. Microsoft Word - wedgebcrv2.doc - filesDB-download.php. The Wedge at Work. Library : Modern : Barbara Forrest : The Wedge at Work.
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design On Trial (creationism vs evolution) Evolution: Where Are The Transitional Forms? Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters. Lets Test Them: Evolution vs. Creationism. Dan Barker - How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists. Atheist Debates God (Debunking 7 Most Common Theist Arguments) Who Wrote the Bible? Jesus Camp - legendado pt_BR. XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill. Why Religion causes brain damage. What do Christian fundamentalists have against set theory? I've mentioned here before that I went to fundamentalist Christian schools from grade 8 through grade 11.
I learned high school biology from a Bob Jones University textbook, watched videos of Ken Ham talking about cryptozoology as extra credit assignments, and my mental database of American history probably includes way more information about great revival movements than yours does. In my experience, when the schools I went to followed actual facts, they did a good job in education. Small class sizes, lots of hands-on, lots of writing, and lots of time spent teaching to learn rather than teaching to a standardized test. But when they decided that the facts were ungodly, things went to crazytown pretty damn quick. How 19-year-old activist Zack Kopplin is making life hell for Louisiana's creationists. Rice and the Scapegoat Mechanism.wmv. It’s 2013, And They’re Burning ‘Witches’ Contradictions in the Bible poster.
The Heretic's Guide to Mormonism, David Fitzgerald Skepticon 4. Confirmation bias. The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense. The curiously revered world of irrational nonsense has seeped into almost every aspect of modern society and is both complex and multifarious.
Therefore rather than attempt a comprehensive taxonomy, I have opted instead for a gross oversimplification and a rather pretty Venn Diagram. In my gross over simplification the vast majority of the multitude of evidenced-free beliefs at large in the world can be crudely classified into four basic sets or bollocks. The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense. I thought I'd try and apply the rational to the irrational, and came up with this.
Click image to access the interactive table Version 2.1 Postscript:Since originally posting the periodic table of irrational nonsense I have had a number of requests to reproduce the table in different languages and perhaps a sanitised version suitable for schools, so here are a few alternative versions: Sanitised English Version. Sex, Sake and Zen. [ Site editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the new Disinformation title 50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know: Religion , authored by Daniele Bolelli.] Most Westerners who become fascinated with Zen Buddhism are intrigued with its reputation as an anti-authoritarian, freedom-loving, individualistic tradition. Books by excellent writers like Alan Watts popularized an image of Zen as a very relaxed, go-with-the-flow type of religion. But even a brief visit to a typical Zen temple is enough to make us painfully aware of the difference between hype and reality. Life in real Zen temples, in fact, is often so structured, regimented and heavily regulated as to quickly dispel the romanticism created by much of the literature about it.
Far from being a hippie rendition of Buddhism, Zen discipleship can be demanding and severe. How to Debate Creationists- Part I. Instruction Manual for Life [cc] Illusion of superiority. Preaching to the converted [cc] Transition to atheism [personal] Atheism as congruence. Betting on infinity. Rebuttals to 'Betting on infinity' New 'atheist map' of the world dominated by China where half the country¿s population describes themselves as non-believers.
Gallup International surveyed more than 50,000 people across 40 countries Around 47 per cent of people in China describe themselves as atheists This is compared to an average of just 13 per cent worldwide By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 13:05 GMT, 24 May 2013 | UPDATED: 13:32 GMT, 24 May 2013 China has the highest amount of atheists living in a single country with nearly 50 per cent of its population describing themselves as non-believers, a new survey has revealed. Around 47 per cent of people living in China describe themselves as atheists compared to an average of 13 per cent across the world. A 2012 poll by WIN/Gallup International surveyed more than 50,000 people across 40 countries whether they considered themselves 'religious', 'not religious' or 'convinced atheist'. Survey: This map shows the percentage of people in different countries around the world who believe themselves to be atheists. The Multi-Faith Blasphemy Generator. How an Amazonian tribe turned a missionary into an atheist.
A RIVETING and hugely satisfying report on BBC Radio 4 today tells the story of a missionary who was charged by an American missionary group with taking the Gospel to the little understood Pirahas tribe in the Amazon – only to realise how ridiculous his faith in Christianity was.
Losing Religion to the Amazonian Piraha Tribe - Daniel Everett. Atheism, Paganism, and the God of Abraham. Several months ago, Rod Dreher, responding to several commenters on his blog, wondered whether a decline of Christianity in the West will lead to an atheistic society or a pagan one.
There are, to be sure, plenty of begged questions in this scenario, but Dreher’s preference may be surprising to some: Personally, I find paganism far more attractive than atheism, because pagans, however mistaken their understanding (from a Christian point of view) nevertheless share with Christians a recognition that there is Something There beyond ourselves, and the material world.
I can have (have had) a fruitful, engaging discussion with my friend and commenter Franklin Evans, a pagan, in a way that I just can’t with friends who have no spiritual or religious beliefs, or a sense of the numinous. I lowered my eyebrows when I remembered Emmanuel Levinas’ commentary to the Talmudic passages discussing the Israelites’ initial refusal to enter the Promised Land:
The Four Horseman - Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennet, Harris [2007] Christopher Hitchens - Mother Teresa: Hell's Angel [1994] Collision. Why Orwell Matters (Christopher Hitchens) Is There an Afterlife? - Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, David Wolpe, Bradley Artson Shavit. Hitchens v Hitchens Debate. COLISÃO: ATEU X PASTOR - Christopher Hitchens vs Douglas Wilson (legendado) The Blind Watch Maker. SOMETHING FROM NOTHING ? [OFFICIAL] Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss [HD] 02-04-12. How the Universe came from "Nothing", Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss discuss. The God Delusion. Enemies Of Reason. The Root of all evil. Richard Dawkins - O Vírus da Fé. Faith School Menace. Apostasy in Islam:Richard Dawkins extracts some truth from a Muslim. Sam Harris debate with Rabbi David Wolpe. Sam Harris tears down Muslim apologetics.....again. Sam Harris simply destroys catholicism. Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics. Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.
