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“Signature in the Cell,” “Signature of Controversy” and the Signature of Pseudo-Scientific Sloth, part 3
Steve Matheson wrote a “review”: mixing frequent personal attacks on Meyer with exposes of occasional typos and the possible discovery of one minor error…. Matheson is noteworthy because he at least gives every indication that he’s reading Signature in the Cell before attacking its author. It would have been preferable for Matheson to have read…
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Mark Miravalle on Mariology (or is it, Maryolarty?), part 5
Next comes a section—New Testament Outline of the Mediatrix (Lk 1:38; Lk 1:41; Jn 2:1)—with various subsection which I will consider succinctly. Here is the intro to the section: Mary’s role as Mediatrix with the Mediator in distributing the precious gifts of salvation[125] merited on the Cross is a gift given to the “Woman” at…
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New Atheism – Further Evidence of Its Deleterious Effects, part 2 of 2
As stated in part 1, the typical New Atheist fallacies committed by Christopher Hitchens during his debate with Jay Richards are further compounded by the laymen New Atheists as exampled throughout the internet. In this case, I will consider the picture perfect example of a fallacy compounder in the form of Aidan Maconachy (from his…
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Is PZ Myers establishing a church? Behold his new “wonderful revelation,” part 2 of 2
The preacher, PZ Myers, also saith, You aren’t you because of some grand design, but because of chance, contingency, and selection. Your genome is a mess of detritus with a tiny fraction of well-honed functionality, and your body is cobbled together from the framework of a tetrapod — you bear the scars of chance throughout……
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Does atheism lead to cult of personality hero worship?
Just consider the phenomenon of celebrity atheists and the question has been answered. This phenomenon has, at least, three aspects: 1) Spiritual warfare coupled with a dose of rebellion loves company. 2) Secular mis-education or, re-education. 3) Our propensity towards glorifying those whom we admire. 1) Spiritual warfare coupled with a dose of rebellion loves…
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New Atheists and Their New Tactics – Gaining Ground
Headlines make is clear that the New Atheists are up to new tricks_ An Associate Press story printed in the New York Times affirms, In Russia Speed Up Campaign; Moscow Churches Are Filled As Disbelievers Plan New Propaganda Drive Also, that the atheists, Ridicule Capitalism And Pope In Manifestoes And that they rejoice that the…
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Richard Dawkins: atheist or agnostic?
This really seems to be a non-issue since Richard Dawkins is a weak or negative atheist. Now, yes, he is weak and negative but these terms, within this context, do not refer to his prowess as an atheist pseudo-evangelist but to which Atheist denomination he adheres which is called “weak atheism” or “negative atheism” and…
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Hinduism / Hare Krishna / Krishna Consciousness, part 1 of 10
While this parsed essay specifically comments on the writings of a proponent of the Hare Krishna or Krishna Consciousness Movement, it has wider reaching apologetic value in that, in general, the issues dealt with here relate to a wide variety of subjects.1 Hereinafter, “Parker/Prabhupada” refers to the author of the article upon which I will…
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New Age : The Melchizedek Method, part 10 of 10
This segment will serve as the The Hook According to the Melchizedek Method, we are learning how to heal not just flesh and blood but emotionally, mentally, ethericlly and spiritually as well as achieving age-reversal. The Method claims to teach how to “holographically removing any part of the body, outer bodies and thought programming into…
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Hinduism / Hare Krishna / Krishna Consciousness, part 10 of 10
Does the Bible Say???: When words to the effect of, “as taught in the bible” are used it changes the scenario from dealing with a subjective personal opinion to dealing with an objective searchable theory or teaching which may be scrutinized and proved or disproved. In this case the author wrote, “This is not some…