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Friday, 31 August 2012

More Darwin Fish

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One of the most popular posts here at Something Surprising was a silly tale about the Darwin Fish symbols that you sometimes see on people...
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Thursday, 30 August 2012

The Watson inconsistency and the real outrage!

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(For background, see the links below) I have little interest in 'the Rebecca Watson/Skepchick controversy', mainly because I don...
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Atheism is not a religion, but perhaps Atheism+ IS!

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Following on from yesterday's post about the new vile and divisive Atheist+ movement, someone asked the reasonable question " What ...
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Not what you say but how you say it!

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A new movement is appearing in what is sometimes called 'the atheist community' in spite of the fact that it is no more a community ...
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Monday, 27 August 2012

Which Atheism plus is the right one?

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The new and the old A+ symbol. The A+ symbol has been used before its recent re-emergence.  The former use was not only benign but posit...
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Sunday, 26 August 2012

Just another small step

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I was sad to hear last night of the death of one of the great heroes of the last century.  That's an odd sensation really, considering t...
Saturday, 25 August 2012

Things Christians say, part 30: Life after death

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A weekly series of responses to the things Christians say to atheists, based on the video reproduced here on 30th January 2012 .  The aim is...
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Friday, 24 August 2012

How many people work here?

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When I am asked the question " How many people work here? ", my reply depends very much upon the audience.  For various reasons, I...
Thursday, 23 August 2012

What do you call a 'born again' atheist?

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Evangelical Christian converts have a name for themselves, and we all have our ideas what it means for them to be ' born again '. ...
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Is this a God you recognise?

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Here are some interesting verses from the bible.  They might not have been taught to you at Sunday School.  I wonder why. Exodus 22:4.  If ...
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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

A bubble of helium for the SGU

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You might not know that the moon has an atmosphere, and you could be forgiven for that because we are nearly always told that that is the ca...
Monday, 20 August 2012

Have you found Jesus?

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Just an amusingly subtle cartoon today. Have you found Jesus cartoon
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Sunday, 19 August 2012

21 Questions for Muslims

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Following on from the popular post 21 Questions for Christians , here is a set of questions for Muslims.  You might recognise some of the qu...
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Sunday Selection news

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For the last two months, I have been collecting items that have interested me during the week and posting them here as my Sunday Selection ....
Saturday, 18 August 2012

Things Christians say, part 29: Why do you hate God?

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A weekly series of responses to the things Christians say to atheists, based on the video reproduced here on 30th January 2012 .  The aim is...
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Friday, 17 August 2012

Russian Repression

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Russian punk bunk 'Pussy Riot' were sentenced to 2 years in jail, for criticising Putin in the form of a prayer.  Just think about i...
Thursday, 16 August 2012

ID - not even a theory

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Creationists dress up their wacky beliefs in a variety of ways.  'Intelligent Design' (ID) is one that has been quite popular in rec...
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

What a lot of hot air!

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For a change, the hot air that I am talking about does not come from the mouth of a religious apologist, but it is contained in the hundreds...
Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Empirical confusion - a lesson about faith based claims

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One day recently I was listening to a radio programme where two people were being interviewed.  The subject hardly matters, except that it s...
Monday, 13 August 2012

What UK homeopaths do not want you to know

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Having been fleeced by homeopaths in my more believing past (to the value of a few hundred pounds in total) , and having been banned from a ...
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