Monthly Archives: April 2013

Atheism’s Morality Problem

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Michael

In the last posting, we saw that Dawkins, because of his atheistic worldview, sees himself as behaving immorally when he eats meat. In fact, so immoral that he compares his own meat-eating with owning slaves. What’s more, Singer compares Dawkins … Continue reading →

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Atheism and animal liberation

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Michael

Here’s a video that shows two famous atheist thinkers, Peter Singer and Richard Dawkins, talking about animal rights. Singer makes it clear how his atheism is important to his arguments, as they are premised on the belief that humans are … Continue reading →

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The Delusions of Sam Harris

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Michael

Sam Harris is one of the New Atheists who loves to promote himself as some type of Pro-Science champion. Yet oddly enough, he really doesn’t seem to have much of a passion for science. According to the latest puff piece, … Continue reading →

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The Smartest Man in the World

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Michael

Richard Dawkins is the smartest man in the world. How do we know? An online poll says so. Here’s what they say: When Richard Dawkins, the Oxford evolutionary biologist, coined the term “meme” in The Selfish Gene 37 years ago, … Continue reading →

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Peter Singer Should Be Proud

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Michael

Peter Singer is an atheist philosopher and a professor at Princeton University. According to Wikipedia: Similar to his argument for abortion, Singer argues that newborns lack the essential characteristics of personhood—”rationality, autonomy, and self-consciousness”[26]—and therefore “killing a newborn baby is … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Science Side of Atheism

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Michael

Peter Singer is an atheist philosopher and a professor at Princeton University.  According to Wikipedia: He is known in particular for his book, Animal Liberation (1975), a canonical text in animal rights/liberation theory. Yes indeed.  An atheist who promotes a … Continue reading →

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Collins vs. New Atheists

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Michael

In my previous posting, we uncovered the ironic fact that while Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist, calls upon scientists to join his anti-religious culture war, Francis Collins, a biologist and evangelical Christian, has actually generated more scientific knowledge … Continue reading →

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Vindictive Dawkins

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Michael

Richard Dawkins would rather spend his time tweeting away than read a scientific journal article. In one of his recent tweets, he writes: Mehdi Hasan admits to believing Muhamed flew to heaven on a winged horse. And New Statesman sees … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking Confusing the Public

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Michael

Stephen Hawking gave a presentation making claims that are quite unimpressive. According to this report: He closed by outlining “M-theory,” which is based partly on ideas put forward years ago by another famed physicist, Caltech’s Richard Feynman. Hawking sees that … Continue reading →

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Dawkins Should be Honest and Admit He Does Not Care About Evidence

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Michael

He’s STILL at it: Forcing a religion on your children is as bad as child abuse, claims atheist professor Richard Dawkins He said children should be taught ‘religion exists’ but not taught it as fact Prof Dawkins repeating claims that … Continue reading →

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