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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

The argument from First Cause

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When I first started to read about atheism, in Dawkins' great work, The God Delusion , I found one of the arguments against god as a cre...
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

BBC's surprising views on copyright!

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Following the topic of the performance of the BBC, as mentioned yesterday, you can see that I am not alone in my criticisms. IPKat, on her...
Monday, 29 August 2011

For a secular Europe (London 17th Sept)

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If you live in England and read this blog I hope you will seriously consider joining this event in London on 17th September 2011.  (I'm ...
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Sunday, 28 August 2011

Kangaroos - the final evidence against Noah?

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Concluding the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .   Taking the bible literally - as we all do of course - the kangaroos must hav...

Before Noah came Gilgamesh

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest written stories, and it predates t...
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Saturday, 27 August 2011

Rafts of Baramins

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  First of all, what is a 'baramin'?  According to some creationists, th...
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Friday, 26 August 2011

Noah in Islam

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  Most of my readers will not be surprised to hear that Noah (or Nuh) is regarde...
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Thursday, 25 August 2011

Noah's aquaria?

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  Did Noah rescue the fish? This might seem like a silly question.  Fish can s...
Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Evidence in the geology - cliffs and varves

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  Geologists have search in vain throughout the centuries for evidence of the fl...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Will ow.ly go extinct?

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Just a brief thought with #libya in mind. With the demise of the current regime in Libya, what will happen to all the internet domains wit...

Was the Ark big enough?

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  There was news earlier this year that a Dutch man, Johann Huibers, had arrange...
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Monday, 22 August 2011

Where is all Noah's water now?

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . . Since they knew nothing at all about science, didn't realise that the world...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011

2 by 2 - but not only 2 of each

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  The animals went in two by two.  We all know that from our childhood songs and...
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Was the flood the only way?

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Continuing the mini-series on the myth of the flood . . .  Omnipotent god created the world in 6 days, and being omniscient he knew exact...
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Saturday, 20 August 2011

Noah - invented to scare the kids?

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This is the first in a mini-series looking at the story of Noah in the Old Testament of the bible and the qu'ran.  Anyone growing up in ...
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Friday, 19 August 2011

The Invisible Pink Unicorn

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Like the FSM , the Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU) is the goddess of a parody religion intended to satirise theistic religions. Paradoxicall...
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Thursday, 18 August 2011

Betrayed by Fair Trade (and by ISO9001?)

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Listening to a programme about the 'Fair Trade' mark on some of the products on the shelves in our shops, I was disappointed to hear...
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Governmentium - the heaviest element

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Isn't it interesting to realise that you can work with people for years without really knowing about their sense of humour or that they ...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Helium-3. The precious little sister of helium-4.

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As I mentioned the other day in a post A skeptic's guide to helium (which became much too long), helium comes in two forms, namely heli...
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Monday, 15 August 2011

Independence?

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I just heard on BBC Radio 4's morning news programme yet another report on the riots that England suffered last week.  I have resisted t...
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