Reading Time: 3 minutes Finally some good news in this world! In a stunning rebuke of all faiths everywhere, but especially of the really stupid ones, like Christianity, Professor Richard Dawkins has delivered a killing blow.
Reading Time: 3 minutes I once pointed out that most, scientifically minded atheists don’t believe in free will, and noted what one had said in a book. A few people remarked that I was just “quote mining,” which wasn’t really true—I just like to take notes while I’m reading, so I typically have them on hand. Regardless, this picture is pretty amusing, and I hope you’ll find the following quotes of some value in…
Reading Time: < 1 minute I love salt-and-vinegar chips, but when it comes to words, it’s better to leave the vinegar out. Often I’ve let my passion overcome me, and I’ve lashed out at an individual or group of people that I dislike. It’s easy for me to forget, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” —Proverbs 18:21 Noted atheist Richard Dawkins has…
Reading Time: 2 minutes People can be pretty mean to each other when they think they’re right and someone else is wrong. Famous atheist Richard Dawkins once said of religious yokels, “Don’t interact with their arguments, instead mock them, ridicule them, in public … with contempt.” Sadly, religious people can be pretty good about doing that to one another. I used to become upset when a Christian would call me a damnable heretic or…
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2009, the Pew Research group surveyed the American Association for the Advancement of Science with the goal of ascertaining levels of belief in God or a transcendent “spirit.” Surprisingly, 51% of scientists believed in some type of higher spirit or God, while 41% didn’t believe that such existed. Perhaps more surprisingly, in 1914, a similar survey was conducted among scientists by psychologist James Lueba. Of 1000 American scientists in…