Month: September 2015
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Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris I stumbled upon an article today with the title “Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God” written by Peter Guirguis. I was immediately interested because when apologists claim to have scientific evidence for the existence of God, I can play one of my favourite games. It’s called: “Spot…
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April Fools’
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris When I woke up this morning and checked my Twitter feed, I could scarcely believe my eyes. I had to rub them to make sure I wasn’t still dreaming. It seems that April Fools’ comes twice this year.
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Read recommendation: Heather Hastie
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris I don’t follow an awful lot of blogs but there are some that I return to frequently because I feel they stand out in some way. One of those is my current read recommendation to you: the blog of Heather Hastie. I feel Heather’s writing is insightful and…
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It’s the kids’ fault
Last Updated on 2022-07-20 by Joop Beris Back in June of this year, I responded to a tweet from the account of the pope, @Pontifex. In his tweet, the pope or someone running the account for him, tweeted how we should build up society in light of the Beatitudes. We need to build up society…
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Research reveals that raising children without religion may be the better alternative
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris An article I saw linked today via the Richard Dawkins Foundation, claims that new research reveals that raising children without religion may be the better alternative.
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“New Atheism” bashing
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Recently, there have been a number of publications that criticise “New Atheism”. Take for instance the article by dr. Patrick O’Connor who complains that atheism isn’t about more than just not believing in god. A silly position, as I have explained here. Or the book “The Leprechaun Delusion“,…