Monthly Archives: February 2014

How God Works

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

No One Cares About Your Damn Religion Have you ever noticed how God always agrees with you? Not as often with your neighbor, your congressman, your family or even the pope. But he (or she, or it,) definitely agrees with … Continue reading →

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Sam Family Values

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

The father of Michael Sam, the potential NFL player who came out as gay this week, is apparently more upset by his son’s coming out as gay than by his earlier sons having died or ending up in jail. William … Continue reading →

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Conservative values

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s long been my impression that conservatives, especially of the extreme Tea Party variety, are motivated largely by fear – of the unknown, of the ‘other’ (people unlike themselves), of the implications of rational engagement with the real world. And … Continue reading →

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Natural Selection; Family Values

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

The trouble with ‘Darwin Day’ is that, it’s not about one guy, as evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks explains. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-brooks/darwin-day_b_4770363.html It irks me the way Nye, and others who engage with creationists, allow the likes of Ham to call evolution “Darwinism”, … Continue reading →

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Science and Fundamentalism

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Nice essay by Connor Wood at Science on Religion, about the Nye-Ham debate. Though he’s a PhD candidate in religion and science, he’d been putting off paying much attention to this debate. The reason I didn’t get too excited about … Continue reading →

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For Creationists, Intellectual Inquiry is a Sin

Posted on 10 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern comments about a new HBO documentary, Questioning Darwin: The Cruelty of Creationism. Intellectual freedom is one of humanity’s greatest gifts—and biggest burdens. Our ability to ask questions, to test ideas, to doubt is what separates us … Continue reading →

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Creationists and Curiosity

Posted on 10 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Terry Firma doesn’t think the creationists who held up questions about evolution (in that Buzzfeed set of photos last week) were really interested in the answers. Just (Not) Curious: When Creationists Ask Questions, Are They Interested In the Answers? It … Continue reading →

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Today’s other Favorite Song – Down in the Hole

Posted on 8 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Of the new songs on Springsteen’s new High Hopes album, this one is especially affecting.

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Today’s Favorite Song — Ghost of Tom Joad

Posted on 8 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

This incredible new version of Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, on his new album High Hopes.

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Mooney on our not-to-scientific minds

Posted on 8 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s an article by Chris Mooney that captures the essence of my own interest in matters of evolution and cosmology and their religious detractors. (These matters aren’t ‘debates’ or ‘controversies’ except in the minds of those blinkered by religious indoctrination. … Continue reading →

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