Diary
Unhappy religious people
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.Culturally inappropriate?
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011Christian Creationism is bogus science and deplorable. But Islamic Creationism is bogus science that it’s “culturally inappropriate” to criticise. Which is more dangerous, do you think?The world is so exquisite
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better, it seems to me, is to look Death in the eye and be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.Faith
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.Just about anything
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would probably believe just about anything.Definition of religion
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011Religion, noun: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.God v women
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011I’m an atheist. I can’t embrace a male god who has persecuted female sexuality throughout the ages.My religion
Saturday, Jul 16, 2011When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.Mark Steel on Creationism; Vindictive Design, not Intelligent Design
Monday, Jul 11, 2011Have just discovered a piece that Mark Steel wrote for the Independent in January 2009, taking the mickey out of the Creationists and Intelligent Design, which he suggests is more like “Vindictive Design”, since a god who designed some of the stuff we have to put up with can’t have been very intelligent. Steel wrote: … if all species were designed, it was hardly done by someone intelligent. If it was, how do you account for the parasitic wasp that lays eggs on its prey so they hatch and eat its victim while it’s still alive?Ipswich Science in the Pub
Friday, Jul 8, 2011They’ll be discussing the upcoming season of talks, and it’ll be an opportunity to bring along a bit of science.