Tag Archives: atheism

Atheism and Infanticide

Posted on July 13, 2017 by

Over a decade ago, I stumbled upon a guiding principle that has yet to fail me.  The principle is this:  When you encounter someone advocating for infanticide, chances are extremely high that the advocate also happens to be an atheist.  … Continue reading →

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When Propagandists Promote Critical Thinking

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

Over at the Friendly Atheist blog, Hemant Mehta has a blog entitled “Lawrence Krauss Talks About How To Become a Better Critical Thinker.”  It amuses me that a propagandist like Mehta would try to promote critical thinking.  It’s like a … Continue reading →

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Postmodernists, the Id, and the Superego

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

I argued before that the thinking of post-modernist atheists is rooted in Freud’s notion of the Id.  Yet psychiatrist Dr. Tanveer Ahmed argues that their thinking is actually rooted in the super-ego. What is the super-ego? The superego incorporates the values … Continue reading →

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Peter Boghossian Sees the Light

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

It’s good to see that New Atheists have begun to figure out how reality works.  For a long time now, I have criticized one of the central claims of the New Atheist movement, the notion that if we could only … Continue reading →

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Jordan Peterson Explains the Problem with Atheism

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Here is a short video where Jordan Peterson explains the problem with atheism.  If you are pressed for time, the best part starts around 4 minutes, where Peterson explains why he is frustrated with Sam Harris’s faith in rationalism. Of … Continue reading →

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The Death of the New Atheist Movement: Who is to Blame?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

One of these days, I need to re-write the “About” section of this blog.  As regular readers may have noticed, I don’t post much about the New Atheist movement these days.  The reason is simple – the New Atheist movement … Continue reading →

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More on Atheism and Postmodernism

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Previously, I commented on an essay by Helen Pluckrose in a blog entry entitled, Why the Left Will Lose to the Regressive Left.  Pluckrose must have noticed my blog entry and commented on it on her FB page: I never … Continue reading →

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The Atheist’s Where’s Waldo Approach

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

Over the years, I have shown the fatal flaws inherent in the atheists’ demand for evidence of God’s existence.  We have seen such demands completely ignore the subjective dimension of all evidence and mistakenly treat evidence as if it can … Continue reading →

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Since when did the ham-handed approach become the smart approach?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

Let’s consider the rationale behind Jerry Coyne’s self-image of being smarter than all theists simply because he is not a theist. Coyne wrote: And many public intellectuals—and virtually all accomplished scientists—are atheists. Why? Because there’s no credible evidence for God. … Continue reading →

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Academia as Confirmation Bias

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

As you probably know, it is not uncommon for an atheist to cite some survey which shows  that atheism is positively correlated with a college education. This is supposed to support the subtle narrative that since intelligence and education are … Continue reading →

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