Another victim in the war on reason. This time, it was an 11-year-old girl who died, due to her parents’ belief that it was a lack of prayer, and not a lack of medical attention, that was causing their daughter to become increasingly ill. Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis, which is [...]

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PZ Myers has a very  amusing story posted on his blog.
I’d summarize it here, but I can’t, in good conscience, steal Myers’ fabulous setup and punchline. Read it. Now.

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According to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, virtually everything with mass can be turned into energy. That, as Sherlock Holmes would say, is elementary. Outside of Albert Einstein’s work, and far beyond the borders of any conceivable logic, however, many desperate for either fame or for a solution to the so-called ‘Energy [...]

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“The Information Age offers much to mankind, and I would like to think that we will rise to the challenges it presents. But it is vital to remember that information — in the sense of raw data — is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information [...]

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Well, there goes another reprieve. We’re back, and I’ll be sure, this time, to staple our feet to the ground.

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In an article I stumbled across recently, I discovered that ’science’ has managed to show how god can exist, yet remain completely unobservable. Apparently this is tantamount to proving the existence of god. The only catch is that (as it turns out) god is invisible. This theory states that god [...]

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According to recently unearthed documents, MI5, that is, Britain’s spy agency, hired an astrologer by the name of Ludwig von Wohl to ‘assist’ them in figuring out Hitler’s next moves during World War II. Specifically, Wohl claimed that Hitler himself relied heavily on astrology in his plans.
He said that by figuring out what advice [...]

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No.
What do I mean when I say that? An accusation often incorrectly leveled against atheists is that they are just as dogmatic as theists; that their belief in no god is just as faith-based as belief in god.
What I do not mean is that I am absolutely certain that there is no god. [...]

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