Category Archives: Religion

Wishful Thinking vs What We Know About How the World Works

Posted on Friday 21 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Physicist Sean Carroll’s site is always interesting to dip into – he has a long list of posts from the past decade under his ‘Greatest Hits’ tab – and here is one from 2011 about Physics and the Immortality of … Continue reading →

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The Passing of Blind Obedience to Decaying Creeds

Posted on Monday 17 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Traditional religionists are in panic, it seems, from advances in social policy concerning same-sex marriage (which we proponents call “marriage equality”) and other things like legal euthanasia (is your right to die your decision – or the government’s?). Here is … Continue reading →

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Prothero and Vick on that debate

Posted on Thursday 13 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Donald Prothero summarizes the Nye-Ham debate. http://www.skepticblog.org/2014/02/12/hearts-and-minds/ Tristan Vick explains why he didn’t watch the debate, but sides with those who think it was a good idea. http://www.advocatusatheist.blogspot.jp/2014/02/why-i-didnt-watch-bill-nye-vs-ken-ham.html We have to debate Creationists, if anything, to share the accumulated information, … Continue reading →

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How God Works

Posted on Thursday 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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Science and Fundamentalism

Posted on Tuesday 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 Monday 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 Monday 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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Mooney on our not-to-scientific minds

Posted on Saturday 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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More Questions and Answers

Posted on Friday 7 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Jerry Coyne links the flip side of the Buzzfeed post the other day, this time with questions from evolution-friendly young folk to creationists. He doesn’t need to answer them, but has occasional comments: [D]o creationists think that all evolutionists (and … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Secular Humanism Is Winning

Posted on Wednesday 5 February 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Despite the anguishing of right-wingnuts over science and gays, the trend in society is apparently away from fundamentalism. http://civitashumana.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/5-reasons-secular-humanism-is-winning/. To summarize: 1, the current generation is more secular than ever 2, religion has become less fundamental 3, modern scientific research … Continue reading →

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