The “The Atheist Delusion” Delusion

There’s an article in the Guardian (reprinted on RichardDawkins.net) that’s been doing the rounds among the skeptical blogs lately. It’s written by a chap called John Gray, and titled The Atheist Delusion. I’ve been less deeply committed and in-depth in my response than I could have been, partly because I want to get something posted [...]

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Expelled^2

Oh oh, okay, I’ve got one. An actual thing that happened recently that I’m going to comment on and blog about. It’s a short one, but I’m just getting going with these. So there’s this biology professor in the US called PZ Myers, who runs the biggest science-themed blog on the internet. He was interviewed [...]

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Infinity: It’s Bigger Than It Looks

I still haven’t quite got the hang of the whole “reading stuff in the news and commenting on it” side of blogging, so while you’re waiting for me to figure all that out, have some maths. We’ll start with a crash course in set theory, using short words and familiar, non-threatening concepts. A set, in [...]

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In which I piously bitch about modern women

I was listening to a phone-in feature on the radio earlier. Scott Mills was discussing some magazine article he’d read, which claimed to reveal all the dark and despicable secrets behind the sinister and devious conspiracy that is Women. All those tricks that the female of the species have perfected over the years, in their [...]

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Lord, Liar, or Lunatic

A few scattered thoughts on a popular and alluringly aliterative argument regarding this supposed “Trilemma”. Jesus – you know the one, long hair, Jewish chap, bit of a hippie, died tragically young in a freak woodworking accident1 – claimed, in the Bible (Mark 14:62), that he was God, albeit neither as often nor as unequivocally [...]

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Urgent announcement

You need Stephen Fry’s podcast. No, no. It’s not just something you should probably save a link to and try downloading from iTunes when you find the time. You need to be inspired by how much utter win can be encapsulated in one human being, and simultaneously distraught that you will never, ever come close [...]

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bawwwww

Do you ever get those dreams where your subconscious gets really explicitly wish-fulfilmenty, and then you wake up disappointed and spend the rest of the day feeling sad for missing something totally unreal, with everything you think you want out of life suddenly seeming wholly unrealistic and unattainable? Bah. On a not unrelated note, I’ve [...]

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Is God the source of human morality?

No. Well, thanks for reading, I hope I’ve enlightened and enriched a few more lives. Oh, alright. A few more general thoughts, hopefully meandering somewhere near to the suggested theme, even if they fail to address any of the key points (which, I assure you, is very likely). “Big issue!” “Bless you!” God. Morality. Both [...]

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