Month: November 2015

  • Trilobites

    Trilobites

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Back in July, the following tweet showed up in my Twitter time-line. #TrilobiteTuesday A view of Erbenochile erbeni (Issoumour mountain), showing spines & eyes to best advantage. #HMNS pic.twitter.com/cSWwPBVtWU — John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) July 7, 2015 It’s a beautiful trilobite fossil and it reminded me of my fondness…

  • God created mankind in his own image

    God created mankind in his own image

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Creationists argue that mankind was created in God’s image, because the Bible says so in Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. They take this to mean that we humans resemble…

  • Book review: A manual for creating atheists

    Book review: A manual for creating atheists

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Recently, I finished the Kindle edition of Sam Harris’ “The End of Faith” and was browsing my Amazon recommendations when the book “A manual for creating atheists” by Peter Boghossian caught my eye. I have to admit that the title seemed a bit far-flung to me but then…