A quote 30 Mar 2010 Well I’ve always said, There’s nothing an agnostic can’t do if he really doesn’t know whether he believes in anything or not. [Monty Python’s The Final Rippoff album] Quotes Religion Quotes
Philosophy That concludes the God and Evolution Series 24 May 201324 May 2013 That’s all I will post for now on God and Evolution. Here is the list of posts: 1.Introduction 2.The problem of creation 3.The problem of purpose A 4.The problem of purpose B 5.The problem of chance 6.Is Darwinism atheism? Next I will do a series on Evolution and Morality. Read More
Epistemology Scientists on religion 2 May 2010 This book looks interesting: empirical work on what scientists actually think about religion… according to the blurb, more than 50% are religious. I’m not sure if this should surprise anyone – most groups in a society will be largely composed of people who match the standards in their society; the… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Miscellany 23 Dec 2008 Damn it’s hot. Around here, snow is at a premium, which means our solstitial celebrations are less active than those oop north. Anyway, I got interviewed last night on national radio, the ABC’s National Evening show, talking about the early ideas of philosophy to presenter Rhys Muldoon. Nice fellow. It… Read More
I am agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at the bottom of the garden. Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion p. 51