This question often comes up when Islam is being discussed, with critics of Islam (either in general or just…
Category Religion
Here are some thoughts on the brutal slaughter yesterday at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris (I don’t pretend that…
There’s been a bit of controversy started by “up-and-coming” atheist Peter Boghossian, about the value of Philosophy of Religion (henceforth:…
Tim Stanley has issued a rebuttal to Richard Dawkins’ contention that we ought not refer to babies as adherents…
A few years ago, I had an extended argument on Facebook with the author of an article accusing Richard…
We’ve all come across that person. “Are you one-hundred percent absolutely certain that God doesn’t exist, with a water-tight logical mathematical proof to back it up? No? Well then. You’re not an atheist. You’re an agnostic.”
This post is inspired by an idea I had a few years ago that recently re-surfaced in my mind.…
A Supernatural Past? An exceptionally bad piece by Gary Gutting appeared on the New York Times opinion pages a…
After reading about a debate between prominent atheist YouTuber Aron Ra and ‘presuppositional’ Christian apologist Sye Ten Bruggencate, I felt…
As my current project is a defence of ‘strong’ (or ‘positive’) atheism, I have been giving a lot of…