I never heard of Joshua Feuerstein before a couple weeks ago, when the BBC asked my opinion of his viral video. I contributed my bit to their trending News Magazine, but the video below only used a few seconds of that 30 minute interview. Before they posted this video, I got an email apologizing that […]
Weighing in on Godzilla
Hey Hollywood, would it kill ya to have a science adviser when doing science fiction? Let me preface the rest of my rant with the admission that I have always been a Godzilla fan. I wasn’t really a fan of kaiju, (giant Japanese monsters) only Godzilla himself. He was my hero as a boy, and […]
What’s with all this pointless posturing?
What is wrong with these fundie types that they think the way to challenge someone to debate is to insult them? When will they learn that all this huffing and bluffing and puffing up can’t work on someone like me? And I mean, not on any level. This guy thinks I’ll respond to him because […]
Consider the Atheist
On May 5th, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court contradicted the Constitution, discarding both clauses of the 1st Amendment. Previously Congress could make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor limiting the free exercise thereof. This ruling not only establishes a state religion, but it also forces non-Christians to bow their head to the Christian […]
dropping out of the Dogma Debate
I hardly blog at all. I think I’ve only posted about once per month sometimes, sometimes once per week at best. I haven’t made many videos lately either, and there’s a lot of good ones I could be making, if I still had the time. My book is more than a year behind schedule, and […]
How crazy is religion?
I’ve seen a number of posts and comments suggesting that religion should be treated as a mental illness. There certainly seems to be a strong correlation between religion and insanity. I’ve read a few papers comparing the logical and psychological aptitude of strong believers vs those with little or no faith at all, and the […]
A Charitable Argument
Last weekend, I was in Salt Lake City (and Las Vegas). This week, I’ll be in Nacogdoches. Next week, I’ll be in Albuquerque. I don’t have a lot of time at the moment, but I did want to pass on a blurb from David Smalley, host of Dogma Debate on iHeartRadio. To all those screaming […]
Better Commandments
On April 26th, I’ll be at Stephen F Austin State College in Nacogdoches Texas, where I will be talking about the Damn Commandments. Imagine you’re the supreme being, and you’re going to provide the top ten rules for all of mankind, and that’s the best you could come up with?! It occurred to me that […]
Westboro in my neighborhood
I normally sleep in as late as I want on a Sunday, especially when it’s cold and raining. But today I went to a church conference. South Garland Baptist Church was going to confront Westboro Baptist Church, and I wanted to be there.The Westboro troup showed up, but they weren’t very interesting, and I couldn’t […]
Madness Mayhem HIV charity
I’m doing another charity telethon this weekend, Saturday / Sunday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrKxPIXdUA I’m really no good at these. If I knew how to talk people out of their money, I wouldn’t always be in the red like I am. So what I need is for people who have money to wait until 5:00pm Sunday, when it’s […]