“Hypocrisy” has two, similar, main meanings. The first is claiming (directly or indirectly) to adhere to some moral standard that one…
A tu quoque, or a ‘you too’ statement is generally thought to be fallacious. As with most things thought…
Thanks to my recent observations on Twitter, I have discovered a handy way to control the unwashed masses when…
In this post I will attempt to re-examine and even redefine the term straw man. I realise that this will be controversial;…
An article on Religion News Service by Catholic journalist Kimberly Winston (an expert in the effects of different prayer…
I have long believed that the fact that we are the result of a process of biological evolution can form the…
Here are some thoughts on #WomenAgainstFeminism, an online collection of reasons given by women for opposing “feminism”. You might…
On Friday, peers will debate Lord Falconer’s bill to legalise assisted dying in the UK. Recently, former Archbishop of Canterbury…
There’s been a bit of controversy started by “up-and-coming” atheist Peter Boghossian, about the value of Philosophy of Religion (henceforth:…
Fellow SINner Peter Ferguson of Humanisticus has a good article in the Irish online newspaper TheJournal.ie about the value…