One tiny detail, easily missed amidst a decently interesting article about Peter Hitchens’ return to Christian faith and finding peace with his atheist brother, the infamous Christopher Hitchens, is this mistaken caption to a nice little Hitchens-brothers photo (first photo as you scroll down), which claims that the rather Christopher-ish looking man on the left [...]
There’s a nice parallel between Dawkins’ less-than-informed rant against theism in The God Delusion (God would have to be very, very complex, because I, Richard Dawkins, zoologist, say so) and the recent apparently less-than-informed ‘refutation’ of evolutionary theory by Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini in What Darwin Got Wrong.
Will the people defending Dawkins (a la ‘Must he [...]
Some random thoughts about NZ Bus, the atheist bus ad campaign and complaining persons (NZ Bus is currently not going to run the ad in response to public criticism)…
One way to explain a clock is to talk about how its physical parts (sprockets, springs, wood, metal, etc.) function, etc. This will involve telling a story of how the design came about.
Another way to explain a clock is to talk about what its parts are composed of. This will involve telling a story about [...]
A popular response to the idea of a God as the ultimate final explanation for all things is to ask, “Who made God, then?” It’s always hard to know how seriously the question is being put forward.
Always looking for a more compact/clear way to say things, here’s a current version of what I take to be the only logical possibilities (in no particular order!) for the origin of ‘all things’/’universe’/’multi-verse’/’everything’ (A.T.U.M.E.), with my comments in parentheses.
A.T.U.M.E. has no origin, because A.T.U.M.E. is an illusion (Thanks to Descartes for his observation — [...]
I wanted to hopefully bring a touch of clarity (call me the arrogant, self-appointed clarifier guy) which was discussed at Ken’s blog here – which was responding (among other things) to a post by Thinking Matters here.
in simple syllogistic form:
1. god exists
2. because strawberries exist
3. dog-gone-it
3a. (I love strawberries)
John Cleese.
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