Well, I only stuck with the title because I think Hitchens would see the humor and agree. Share/Bookmark
Browsing the archives for the Atheism category
Very good blog post on outing oneself as an atheist by Lauri Lebo. This wasn’t surprising: 57 percent of U.S. respondents said they felt they would suffer at least minor social repercussions in the workplace if they came out as an atheist, compared to only 35 percent of respondents in Canada, 24 percent of Australians, [...]
Some surprising and not so surprising findings about a person’s religious beliefs and their socioeconomic class. Lifelong theists (“I have always believed in God”) are disproportionately from lower socio-economic groups while lifelong atheists (“I have never believed in God”) are disproportionately from higher socio-economic groups. But then the surprise: Converts to theism (“I believe in [...]
Richard Dawkins is dealing with a backlash. This time it isn’t from theists. The prominent atheist faced a torrent of abuse from outraged fans after he announced that all further postings to the discussion forum on his website would be tightly moderated to ward off what he called “something rotten” in internet culture. Share/Bookmark
Here’s another video from “Big Think”. This one features actor Ricky Gervais explaining why he’s an atheist. Share/Bookmark
Where’s the gardener?
5 Jan, 2010 in Arguing, Atheism, Books, Christianity, Design arguments, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Philosophers, Religion Blog, Religious BeliefAnthony Gottlieb,writing in the online journal More Intelligent Life takes a look back at philosopher John Wisdom’s parable and an examination of the meaningfulness of statements about God. The parable went like this. “Two people return to their long neglected garden and find, among the weeds, that a few of the old plants are surprisingly [...]
I hadn’t heard of Terry Eagleton before. I’ll definitely have to check his work out. Especially his review of Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. Reading the first sentence of Terry Eagleton’s review of The God Delusion in the October 2006 edition of the London Review of Books was not unlike watching a gunfighter kicking over [...]
The always provocative Penn Jillette
4 Sep, 2009 in Atheism, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious BeliefPenn (of Penn & Teller) on the difference between an agnostic and an atheist. Share/Bookmark
A new category for “out of the closet”. Share/Bookmark
British Philosopher A. C. Grayling has a short essay on religion and moving away from superstition. What religious people mean by “god” means nothing to me beyond an incoherent cluster of concepts from which the aforesaid folk choose the subset most convenient to themselves. He closes the essay by saying: I would wish people to [...]