As someone who accepts the reality that there is almost certainly not a god, and likewise accepts as basically fact, the exceeding well-supported scientific Theory of evolution by natural selection, largely as described by Darwin, I find it pretty unpleasant to be likened to fascist mass-murderers, as people like Josef Ratzinger are wont to...
In advance of my shortly following post (yes, I’ll be railing against religion again) I think I should probably emphasise something. There’s a difference between individuals and groups, and basically my default position is that people are good. Human beings in general are good and decent, and I often like them. Just because I hold...
There’s a false dichotomy often thrown up by apologists for religion: those of us who champion the virtue of rationality are labelled as “materialists”, who ignore humanity’s spiritual needs, leading necessarily to an empty and joyless existence. Set against us materialists are the world’s various religions, concerned utterly with spiritual experience (so they claim)...
Mitch Sullivan, one of my twitter friends, posted a link to a post by the Australian Christian Lobby, about the ethics classes that happily look like thy will go ahead. I was moved to comment, but aince I doubt my comment will make it through moderation I will reproduce it here: Mitch, I...
This morning my train entered a reception hole, I had no data connection, so no twitter with which to twit. Consequently I figured I might as well subject you to my meandering waffle. With some more added this afternoon, herewith a Friday blither I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea...
