As longtime readers of the blog know, I am consistently annoyed at attempts to teach creationism (the idea that the universe, or life, was created by a supernatural entity, such as God) in public school science classes. I don’t have… Continue Reading
I don’t think this advertisement is intended to be ironic. If you think about it, though, seeing this sort of thing on the internet is very ironic indeed. And yes, I realize that not all Christians take this sort of… Continue Reading
Skeptics are sometimes accused of being too critical of religion and not critical of other things. Not true — skeptics have been in the forefront of efforts to debunk multi-level marketing and other fraudulent advertising, junk science, phony psychics, and… Continue Reading
Sometimes, one theory is better than another. Having overheard a conservation today at lunch about how evolution is “just a theory,” and trying my best to not jump out of my chair and bitch-slap the participants, I take this opportunity… Continue Reading
Truth is properly defined in objective, not subjective, terms. I define a “subjective truth” here as “something that I agree with.” You might not agree with me, which makes your opinion wrong. For example, “Most country music is tedious, repetitious,… Continue Reading
I read in Freakonomics that more children are killed every year drowning in swimming pools than are shot with guns. But no one fears swimming pools and lots of parents freak out when they find out that there is a… Continue Reading
During one of the early Republican Presidential debates, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas raised his hand when the panel was asked “Who here does not believe in evolution”? Today in the New York Times, Senator Brownback attempts to explain himself.… Continue Reading
A woman sued her children’s school in Gwinnett County, Georgia because the school’s library carried Harry Potter books. She chose to represent herself and challenged the books on the theory that they advocated witchcraft, which is a religion, and therefore… Continue Reading
The day after tomorrow, a museum will open up in northern Kentucky, in the metro-Cincinnati area. The museum is dedicated to the proposition that “The Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation!” and therefore it depicts the story of Genesis… Continue Reading
Not many posts recently because The Folks are in town and staying with us. They’ve no desire to intrude on our lifestyle but we don’t get to visit with them much. So I’m devoting more of my time to being… Continue Reading