A few weeks ago, Rodrigo wrote a powerful and beautiful little composition that reflected on his experiences and his relationship with secularism, and it (along with the end of 2008) inspired me to think and write…

(Cross posted)

Here’s an interesting bit from a recent interview with president-elect Barack Obama:

JIM ANGLE: He was asked what he’s been doing to get ready for office and whether he talked to any previous Presidents.

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA:…

This is a follow-up to a previous post.

Ever wondered why people supposedly get out of their wheelchairs and run about on stage during a healing crusade; but no one has ever regrown an amputated limb?

There are…

This is the final part in a trilogy of defences for so-called ‘militant atheism’ - you can find the previous two articles, here and here.

The Problem of IDGAFS

As I have stated before, IDGAFS is…

It’s not often that, in one week as a campus club leader, you author an editorial slamming your schools religious convocation, host a pastafarian themed Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day party, attend a rally for a Canadian opposition party leader,…

After two frustrating days of visiting local gaming stores, I’ve given up on trying to find a copy of Spore for the moment.  For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, Spore is the…

I recently attended a ‘healing crusade’ where people expected Jesus to somehow cure their illnesses while children die of starvation in Africa.

Did it convince me that something supernatural was going on? No.

Granted, nobody was literally smacked…

A branch of ‘alternative’ medicine that has been gaining prominence in recent years is homeopathy. According to homeopaths, homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. This is indeed cause for…

When an article is entitled “Heretic in the religion of global warming in our society” you have to expect a decent bit of global warming denialism. The issue with this specific article is how it paints…

Whenever I mention that the time has come to rethink eugenics in light of modern science, people immediately jump in and accuse me of being a “Hitler-supporting Nazi”. Despite repeatedly pointing out that the old eugenics arguments, such…