The most common argument for the existence of God these days seems to be the Argument from Design. Other arguments have come and gone, but the Design Argument remains popular. I want to finally put this argument to rest.
The argument has several variations, but it usually points out that in order for life to exist, [...]
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One last shot at the Argument from Design
Posted in Philosophy, Religion on 25 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking: PZ Myers desecrates Host, world does not end
Posted in Religion on 24 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So he did it. PZ Myers desecrated an allegedly blessed communion wafer by driving a rusty nail through it and pegging it to a few pages of the Koran and The God Delusion.
I think it’s the best blog post PZ has ever written. He takes the time to put the historical rantings and lunacy surrounding [...]
On arguments and transubstantiation
Posted in Philosophy, Religion on 12 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the most brilliant exchange on Pharyngula so far:
Phil #306 wrote:
Most of the Email P.Z. received appeared to be well reasoned. I didn’t see any crazy death threats. It is what I expected to see.
Since Phil is a Catholic, he may have a valid point. You see, the substance of the letters was indeed [...]
On sacred cows and sacred crackers
Posted in Religion on 11 July 2008 | 5 Comments »
The saga continues over at Pharyngula. The relevant posts are summarized here:
IT’S A FRACKIN’ CRACKER
Now I’ve got Bill Donohue’s attention
Fresh crackers!
Fight back against Bill Donohue!
Internet getting full…
Can this possibly get any more instane?
I get email — special cracker edition!
Some Catholics are upset over the fact that PZ Myers suggested he would desecrate a blessed communion [...]
The culture war heats up!
Posted in Culture, Religion, Science on 10 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Catholic League is trying to get PZ Myers fired from his job at UMM. His blog post on the matter has received almost over 400 comments in the first three hours after being published. Myers, as always, responds in his witty, acerbic, and articulate style. This is going to be interesting to watch.
Religulous
Posted in Entertainment, Religion on 1 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The trailer for Bill Maher’s Religulous is out. You can watch it at TrailerSpy. It was originally slated to come out this summer, but looks like it has been pushed back to 3 October in the US.
