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(book review) "The Christian Delusion" - Ch. 2: Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitive Scien

Intro: This series is an atheist's review of an important anthology critical of Christian beliefs called, "The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails" (TCD), that is likely to be popularly discussed across th…
Vox Day and "Evil, therefore Christianity's Arbitrary Morality"

Intro: Vox Day's reason for being a Christian is, um, interesting (link). He's responding to Luke Muehlhauser's questions (link) from the "Common Sense Atheism" blog. Vox says: Why am I a Christian? Because I believ…
Quodlibeta and "Are Atheists Conspiracy Theorists?"

Intro: Jim S over on Quodlibeta and Agent Intellect attempted to frame skepticism of religious experiences as an atheist conspiracy theory (link). So I went over to his blog and shouted, "You lie!" hehe Or maybe I s…
(argument map) pychen & "Natural Morality" (version 2)

Intro: The original conversation can be found over on pychen's site (link) and I also have an archive of it on my site (link). Click on the large version below to see the full resolution argument map. "Argunet," the…
Theobald vs Camp, 29 Evidences of Macroevolution, part 14

Intro: It appears I left this series dangling half way done back in September of 2006 (link) and possibly Russ, Adrian, Traci, and Krisko recall the endeavor. Basically what I set out to do then was review case by cas…
Would Only God's Opinion Make Humanity Valuable?

Intro: The question of human valuation is one of those basic matters perpetually tied up in superstition and human vanity. The basic solution is simple and obvious. The obstacles religion and other human vices presen…
(USA Today) The Nuances of Dino-Birds!

Intro: Next up, science! The thing on Prop 8 was a total drag, and now here's something cool instead. Here's a rather odd comment about archaeopteryx: I think he might still have his job, too.
Christopher Hitchens & Dinesh D'Souza debated here in St. Louis

Intro: JT couldn't make it up to St. Louis due to car failure, and hence I recruited my cousin, Lee (yes, I'm Asian), to go with me instead. She's about the only family member in the area, apart from my brother perhap…
Tonysidaway, Frustration & "If we evolved from fish, why are there still fish?"

This is a repost of my comment from tonysidaway's blog. I've quoted only part of his post here: Tony: "I've sometimes been stumped by a creationist question about evolution. Not unable to give a satisfactory answer,…
Evolution: Degradation Aversion Proof of Concept?

My comment from here. Evolution seems to be well established along a whole bunch of different lines of evidence and when creationists reference thermodynamics they are t…