Category Archives: Belly Button Gazer
Assisted suicide poll
As I mentioned in the post regarding the passing of our family dog I’m surprised that there isn’t more discussion in our society regarding the morality of assisted suicide. That’s why I was surprised to see this poll on CNN’s … Continue reading
Intelligent Apologetics?
As a proponent of Reason it is sometimes really frustrating, and thoroughly unenlightening, to watch debates with religious apologists because they continue to trot out the same lame grade school arguments. Every time I watch the Atheist Experience I’m amazed … Continue reading
Empirical Facts Do Exist (Global Warming Edition)
Do empirical facts actually exist regarding global climate change? Conservative commentator David Frum doesn’t think so. In fact, he doesn’t think empirical facts exist at all anymore. I think he’s an idiot. Continue reading
Dara O’Briain is…
…not just funny, but spot on. Enjoy!
Neil deGrasse Tyson said what?!
I love the work Neil deGrasse Tyson, Doctor of Astrophysics and the Director of the Hayden Planetarium, does popularizing Science. I agree 100% with him that raising the profile of Science and making it more accessible to the masses is … Continue reading
What happened to the History Channel?
I used to love watching the History Channel but every time I turn it on lately it seems to be showing some garbage about Revelations, Nostradamus, UFOs, el Cupacabra or the Bermuda Triangle. I watched one today called ‘Ancient Aliens’ … Continue reading
The Label “Atheist”
Throughout this blog I will probably use the term “atheist” quite a lot. This is because everyone knows what it means, generally, and is therefor a useful term for discussion. I have pretty strong objections to it as a label … Continue reading
Things I believe #1
When I think about what I’d like to teach my children about this existence I often return to the thought, “What do I believe, and which of my beliefs is most important?” I haven’t come up with a solid answer … Continue reading
Creationist mistake #1A
In addition to the common misstatement that science believes that everything was created from nothing magically I’d have to say the the creationist mistake that bugs me the most is the insistence on the misuse of the term “theory”. While … Continue reading