This was my lecture to the Secular Student Alliance at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, 2015/11/24. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9p3dE5C4_8[/youtube] Today I’m going to talk about creationism, also known as Intelligent Design or Creation Science –as compared and contrasted with actual science. The term creationists use to describe actual science is ‘evolutionary’ science, but they […]
How we atheists do Thanksgiving
My friend, Vyckie Garrison posted a very sweet article on Raw Story about how atheists celebrate Thanksgiving. She asked several prominent atheists to participate, and I meant to. I don’t know what happened. I thought I sent the message, but I’m not seeing it now. Pity. I really wanted to be a part of that. […]
Counter culture conditioned
I’m having breakfast in a hotel that plays only Frank Sinatra. Every song, Sinatra. It’s not that I hate Sinatra, but his whole genre. When I was a kid, the old fogies listened to “the rat pack”, Sinatra, Sammy, Bing and Dino. Awful stuff. Amore’ was a stupid fucking song! It was either easy-listening lounge […]
Speaking in Grand Forks North Dakota
On Tuesday November 24th, I’m speaking to the Freethinkers of UND. 7:00pm – 8:30pm in room 109 of Leonard Hall at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. I’m hoping for a lively discussion afterward.
Anti-theist Answers to Christian Questions
Matt Slick of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministery (CARM) posted 31 questions for atheists, and I couldn’t help but submit my answers to them. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6qRT6MjjSs[/youtube] 1. How would you define atheism? Atheism means ‘without theism’; theism being a belief system which proposes a deity. Atheism is a lack of belief in a deity; a […]
So Bernie and Hillary both won that debate?
So the Huffington Post says that Bernie Sanders swept the polls as the clear winner of last night’s debate. Click the link and see all their charts. They have several from Time magazine, the Washington Times, Slate, Syracuse.com, and even Fox, all showing that Bernie won by a landslide. CNBC said the same. So it’s strange […]
Motorcops Toy Run
I’m sure almost everyone I know within a hundred miles of me will be at Skepticon this weekend, and I hope everyone has a great time there. It usually is every year. I won’t be there because I’m staying home to work on other projects. But this Sunday, I will take a break and once […]
Even if there was a Jesus, he still wouldn’t be Jesus
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lqC8fvIspY[/youtube] In my previous post, I talked about some of the reasons that others have decided that Jesus never existed, and I hinted at some of my own. I say ‘hinted’ because it seems that I was too subtle. I’m often asked to explain things more deeply, because I often give the evidence that I […]
Jesus never existed
I saw an article in Inquisitor today,wherein someone read through 126 historic documents from 1st century Israel, written by people who should have known about Jesus, yet had never heard of him. This includes Josephus, whose only mention of Jesus is now known to have been a forgery or redaction inserted later by someone else. […]
Correct Texas’ textbooks!
Moses was not a historic character and did not influence the formation of American government. The United States is not a Christian country, and our Constitution is not in any sense founded on the Ten Commandments. Yet all these lies are on the books being spread throughout our public schools. McGraw-Hill was called out by […]