A new study from the UK claims that people with a high IQ are more likely to be atheists. Now I know you expect me to be gloating about this study but really, it’s not that interesting. From my perspective, it’s just common sense that people who have even an average level of intelligent wouldn’t [...]

It in the last few days I’ve had two startling, and somewhat depressing, conversations.
In both instances, I had a debate with people I admire, for their intelligence and intellectual rigour, about the merit of the scientific method. In both cases, my opponents made claims which felt unscientific to me. When I challenged their thinking on [...]

Have you ever stopped to think about how old you REALLY are? I don’t mean this arbitrary thing we call your date of birth - I mean how old you REALLY are.
Every atom in your body is old - REALLY old. Many of them, such as oxygen and carbon, are only produced via stellar [...]

I know I should restrain myself, but I really can’t.
Back in January I wrote a post about how many people the Judeo-Christian god “Yahweh” killed according to their “Old Testament” or “Tanakh”.
So far it’s had 69 comments. Some of them are hilarious but none more than the most recent one left by teenage [...]

I heard about this on a recent episode of the Skeptics Guide To The Universe Podcast. Some guys calling themselves the Extant Dodos have been taking videos posted to the web by the Creation Science Evangelism organisation which “prove” creationist theories and then debunk them, putting the re-edited videos on YouTube. The CSE people don’t [...]

While recording a new episode of the Advaita Show podcast today, my co-host Steve mentioned the recent book that has been published with Mother Teresa’s letters to her spiritual mentors which point out what a big bloody faker she was.
Check it:
Yet no sooner did Teresa start her work in the slums of Calcutta than [...]

Aaron Heath sent me this image:

Reminds me of the Point of Inquiry podcast I listened to this morning with Peter Irons. Irons is “a noted constitutional scholar, historian, and lawyer, he is the author of the bestselling May It Please the Court; The Battle for the Constitution; War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the [...]

My guest today is Chris Summerfield. Chris works for Drug Arm WA, writes an intelligent blog called “A Churchless Faith” and recently took me up on my challenge to Christians to answer the question “What would it take for you to become an atheist?”. We talk a little about the striking similarities between the key [...]

 

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Nick Hodge (aka Uncle Nick from episode ##) sent me this link to a story about a couple of rapscallions who infiltrated Ken Ham’s “intellectually depravity: The Creation Museum.”
Ken Ham, for those of you who don’t know, grew up in my home state of Queensland (there’s something I don’t often admit) and who is one [...]

On a recent show with Reggie Finley I mentioned that I like to ask Christians this question: “What would it take for you to convert from your belief system to atheism?”
Chris Summerfield responded today on his blog. I think it’s an excellent piece of writing.
To cut to the chase, his answer is:
I would [...]