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Mooning over creationists
I don’t usually like their way of deciding the answers, but creationists sometimes ask very thought-provoking questions. I was checking the website of our very own Edinburgh Creation Group, and found a...
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Expelled Exposed
I try to avoid dwelling on the negative points of religion here – I’m the Friendly Humanist, after all. But sometimes, people use religion as an excuse to do mind-numbingly stupid things. I mean...
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Does Blanchard understand evolution? (2 of 5)
This is the second part in a series discussing John Blanchard’s book, Does God Believe in Atheists? In this post, I discuss his presentation of the theory of evolution. If you missed it, you may want...
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What does Blanchard teach us? (5 of 5)
This is the fifth and final part in a series discussing John Blanchard’s book, Does God Believe in Atheists? In this post, I wrap up the discussion and try to derive a positive lesson from it all. The...
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Defending Dawkins
I recently came across Bettynoirbettyblanc’s blog, and this post in particular, where she discusses her problem with Richard Dawkins. I was composing a response to post in the discussion, but it grew...
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Defending Dawkins (2)
This is a further entry in a back-and-forth between me and bettynoirbettyblanc (henceforth “Betty”), on evolution and Richard Dawkins. It began in this post of hers, to which I responded here. She...
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Archaeologists versus believers
A friend of mine pointed out this (Dutch) story to me (an English translation is given here). In the Netherlands – which many consider a bastion of reason and liberalism – there is a town council...
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