After I finished the Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism video series, I considered doing another related series on the Noachian flood. I wanted to do separate episodes showing how meteorology disproves the flood, (by which I mean physics, really.) how geology disproves the flood, and how archaeology, anthropology zoology, and even mythology disprove the flood. I […]
Target loses significant business because of trans-friendly bathrooms
Unfortunately, it appears bigotry is a good business strategy as boycotts of Chick-fil-a for donating money to organizations that opposed same-sex marriage caused the opposite of the intended effect. Sales to Chick-fil-a actually soared 14 percent (edit)after the company defiantly supported the “biblical definition of marriage.” To make matters worse, a business, like Target, taking a pro-LGBTQ equality […]
Senationalizing Science
My presentation to the Secular Hub in Denver Colorado was my first speech as president of Atheist Alliance of America and my last opportunity to talk about politics before the election, which I felt compelled to do. So although the topic was supposed to be a comparison of science and sensationalism, it was blended with […]
Pence the Dence
On July 11th 2002, Mike Pence, then representing Indiana’s 6th congressional district, testified before the House of Representatives that public schools should teach the theory of evolution as if it were only one of multiple hypotheses regarding the origins of species. Now that Trump the Chump has chosen Pence the Dense as his vice presidential […]
Big pay day for Anti-Choicer Everett: Texas Awards 1.65 million dollar grant
The Raw Report is reporting that Carol Everett has been awarded a 1.65 million dollar grant for her Heidi Group that seeks to dissuade women from having abortions. I debated Carol Everett on the legality of abortion last October and she made many claims that just don’t pass scientific muster. Since then, she has been testifying in favor […]
Some folks never learn
The infamous charlatan “Dr” Kent Hovind (with a worthless mail-order PhD) is opening another “Dinosaur Adventure Land”, this time in Alabama. Somehow hucksters like him always find rubes to donate money and property to keep lying in the guise of education. Otherwise he’d have to sell used cars, wonder drugs, or multi-level marketing schemes. As […]
What is faith?
I happened across a video of a couple of Christians reviewing my debate with John Lepp. They said it wasn’t very polished or professional on either side. I agree, but the biggest fault I have with myself is assuming that once I give the clues, my audience should be able to connect the dots and […]
Fact Checking Anti-Abortionist Carol Everett VS Lilandra Ra Debate
The United States has made some encouraging progress since I debated the question “Should Abortion be Legal?” Last year in October, I debated with staunch abortion opponent Carol Everett. Everett makes the rounds on conservative programs such as the 700 Club and Focus on the Family and also Fox News. Her group, the Heidi Group, networks and trains Crisis Pregnancy […]
An Amazing blurb
James Randi has written an Amazing endorsement of my book! The seemingly unquenchable popularity of the so-called “paranormal” has long been a puzzle, both to me and to my good friend Aron Ra. However, Aron’s much more important and more specific interest in preoccupation with woo-woo is bifold: religion & creationism — to the study […]
Dillahunty vs. Giunta: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead
Matt Dillahunty will debate Blake Giunta tonight at the Bible and Beer Consortium Debate Series. This is RationalWiki’s opinion on their last debate about the existence of god. Apparently, his opponent plays with probability in a way that weights his conclusions about god more heavily and discounts natural explanations while leaving out other possibilities. He […]