We will now consider A. J. Jacobs’ lecture.1 Of all three lecturers A. J. Jacobs is, in a manner of speaking, the most qualified by a vast, vast margin to speak on God’s Ten Commandments. This is because as part of a literary project he “spent one year living the Bible as literally as one…

National Public Radio (NPR) has produced a little ditty on “The Science Of Spirituality – Is This Your Brain On God?“ True Freethinkerhas previously considered neuroscientific issues in the post Love the Lord Your God With All of Your Mind.Some of their musing on the subject is as follows: Part 1: The God Chemical The…

A particularly revealing article about an Atheism / Freethought summer camp for children was published in 2008 AD that seemed relevant to our recent consideration of Camp Quest and the likes.1 While the article painted a favorable picture of the Camp Quest it ended up revealing Freethought precisely for what it is: a politically correct…

This segment will consider: “Debate Closed” MentalityOverreaching and Armchair QuarterbackingAssuming False Scientific Authority Double Standards of Acceptable Proof and Ad-Hoc Hypotheses “Debate Closed” Mentality Since Pseudoskeptics have by their nature made up their minds on any question long before the evidence is in, they are not interested in participating in what could become an involved,…

Let us pick up where we left off last time: 15) Tattoos are anathema: (“You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you. I am the Lord”–Leviticus 19:28) Despite this teaching I manage to see Mexican Catholics daily with tattoos of the Virgin Mary,…

As of late, I have been wondering: what ever happened to Alfred Russel Wallace? 2009 AD saw the celebration of Charles Darwin’s 200 birthday with the impartation of various doxologies and even the Kyle Butt vs. Dan Barker debate. But what about good ol’ Alfred Russel Wallace? Is it that he was born in 1823…

DJ Grothe interviewed Professor PZ Myers as can be heard here in an interview entitled, “Science and Atheism in the Blogosphere.” Let us survey some of the exchange. At 4:30 into the interview: DJ: “What’s most important to you: advancing atheism or advancing the public understanding of science – or are they kind of one…

Rather than ending her day with a bullet sized hole between her eyes Angela Montez gained a friend, a brother and an increased love of, and trust in, God. Just what was the line a demarcation between prey and prayer? Armed with a gun, Gregory Smith proceeded to rob Angela Montez, an Indianapolis store clerk.[i]…

I must admit that, as may appear obvious, find Dan Barker, of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, fascinating. Part of his allure is the fact that his self-appointed claim to fame, on infamy, is that he is an ex-preacher and yet he exhibits a stunning lack of knowledge of the Bible’s contents and I am…

Jim Holt’s article, Proof, is a succinct review of John Allen Paulos’ book “Irreligion.” Jim Holt mentions that John Allen Paulos considers various arguments for God’s existence. While it is a little difficult to tell where Jim Holt begins and where John Allen Paulos ends, since there is no direct quotation at this point, one…