Holiday greetings 9 Apr 2009 It’s that time of year, so Happy Spring Festival, Zombie Vampire Death and Raising Weekend, and Escape That Didn’t Happen Celebration… [I know, I know, don’t blog drunk…] Humor Religion
Philosophy Defining religion 27 Oct 2009 In line with my putting passing thoughts down as they occur to me, in this post I will discuss some of the questions regarding how to define religion such that it becomes an explicandum for natural accounts of religion. Read More
Freedom The problem with logic 19 Jan 201420 Jan 2014 When teaching students critical reasoning it is an article of faith that we should teach them logic. Of course, we ameliorate any benefit this might have by teaching it incomprehensibly and in artificial cases. But still, we believe logic is what is most important in philosophy and in culture generally…. Read More
Evolution Quotemining in the 19thC 23 Jul 2009 Dispersal of Darwin again has an excellent piece of the history of evolution: he traces the quotemining by the theologians in the 1880s of John Tyndal, a known Darwinian of the day, to “show” that evolution is unproven and speculation. It seems that the dishonesty is unchanging. Read More
I have been thinking about an appropriate Zombie Jesus candy, but the only think I can come up with is a Cadbury Cream Brain.
I have been thinking about an appropriate Zombie Jesus candy, but the only think I can come up with is a Cadbury Cream Brain.
If you’re talking about raising the dead, you’re about a month too early. The new Star Trek movie doesn’t open until May 8th. WOOHOO!
If you’re talking about raising the dead, you’re about a month too early. The new Star Trek movie doesn’t open until May 8th. WOOHOO!