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Sunday, 31 March 2013

Caste discrimination is not illegal??

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What a shock.  In this age of human rights where convicted criminals are entitled to a life of luxury (etc.) I discovered today that it is n...
Saturday, 30 March 2013

Christ myth: some inconsistencies

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" Truth is not hard to kill but a lie well told is immortal " - - Mark Twain I know that it might be hard to accept that the sto...
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Friday, 29 March 2013

Jesus died today . . . or did he?

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Jesus died this day, one unidentified year, a couple of millennia ago.  It was Good Friday . Or did he?  I would say " of course not ...
Thursday, 28 March 2013

Sanal Edamaruku in Oxford this week

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Sanal Edamaruku, President of the Indian Rationalist Association, was in Oxford this week, and he took the opportunity to speak to an audien...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013

The surprising product of an evening's work

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Believe it or not this took all my evening - no time for blogging until now! Draft wiring diagram for a narrowboat! I guarantee that i...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Reminded of me?

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A friend, colleague and fellow blogger sent my this picture today.  She commented that it made her think of me, which amused me a lot. O...
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Monday, 25 March 2013

Short-lived apostates

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From the great series, Jesus and Mo , comes this slightly sinister offering (originally via this link ). Jesus and Mo - "Green...
Sunday, 24 March 2013

Sanal Edamaraku at Oxford Skeptics in the Pub

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On Monday evening this week, Oxford Skeptics in the Pub will host the Indian star skeptic Sanal Edamaraku. You can see some of his work in...
Saturday, 23 March 2013

Things Christians say, part 47: Atheists have no reason to live

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A (more-o r-less) weekly series (although there was a pa use for a while) of responses to the things Christians say to atheists, based on t...
Friday, 22 March 2013

Religion is the least popular genre

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In a report from the National Secular Society today we hear that religion is the least interesting thing on publicly funded broadcasting.  ...
Thursday, 21 March 2013

What a parent can never say to a teenage child!

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This came up on Facebook.  It is what most sensible parents of teenagers really need to say but few of us would dare to try it.  Imagine the...
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Remarkable faith claims - culpable nonsense!

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Someone calling themselves T-Herbert kindly left a comment on my post How to beat William Lane Craig !  I always welcome comments, even if...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

The fall of Tyre - but it didn't happen!

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Quite rightly, it was pointed out to me in the comments on my recent post  Ezekiel's surprising bread recipe , that I might not have bee...
Monday, 18 March 2013

The surprising origins of YEC - 'The Genesis Flood'

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Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is a surprisingly recent phenomenon!  Yes - I know that some of the old arguments are based on the work of Arc...
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Sunday, 17 March 2013

The Rocks Don't Lie - Noah and other floods

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This week's episode of the popular and increasingly informative podcast Skepticality featured an interesting interview with a geomorpho...
Saturday, 16 March 2013

Things Christians say, part 46: Atheists are responsible for all the world's ills

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A (more-o r-less) weekly series (although there was a pa use for a while) of responses to the things Christians say to atheists, based on t...
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Friday, 15 March 2013

Ezekiel's surprising bread recipe

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Chapter 4 of the Old Testament book of Ezekiel contains a surprising recipe for bread.  It is not exactly the finest bread, but more someth...
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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Why didn't God just start again?

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Some people claim that God was planning to start again at various points in the Old Testament, but that something persuaded him not to do th...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

That's the spirit!

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I happened across this reference to a product sold by Amazon, namely Rustin's Methylated Spirit . In spite of its attractive colour, it ...
Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Top-battery.co.uk's excellent 3 year warranty

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If you want to buy a replacement battery for a laptop or netbook, why not buy one from a web site?  After all, internet buying is easy isn...
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