Author: Joop Beris
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Fall
I like the fall, when the leaves turn from green to beautiful yellows, reds and light browns. Warm afternoons but chilly mornings. Gathering acorns and chestnuts. And course, fall is also the time of spiders. Morning dew makes their webs clearly visible. During a walk yesterday, I snapped this beautiful spider which I believe to…
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Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God
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 the fallacy”. Want to play?
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April Fools’
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
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 reasoned. She also gets a good deal…
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It’s the kids’ fault
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 in the light of the Beatitudes, walking…
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Research reveals that raising children without religion may be the better alternative
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.