I have personally heard this claim from several Christian Fundamentalists. It usually doesn't survive examination. They were raised to the church, had a normal adolescent rebellion and denied everything to do with the authority structure they knew. Then as they matured they experienced the guided hallucination (revelation, dream, epiphany, psychotic…
...but I love science anyway. Just so you know, I'm not going to start every post with "Why I am ... ". It's an homage to famous 19th Century heretic Robert Green Ingersoll and his famous manifesto, "Why I Am An Agnostic". This style of title has also been used by, among others, Bertrand…
There was a recent online tempest about an article posted by Roger Ebert outlining, nay promoting, the Creationist way of thinking. For a few days, many were arguing about whether his site was hacked, or had he lost his rational mind? I voted for "hacked". Turns out, he was attempting…
I am not one to encourage a lawsuit, and am no expert in the law. But if you read the details about this suit, you might want to give to the cause. In brief, a Creationist posted a long monologue rehashing many long-disproved arguments claiming to be original and irrefutable…
But, before we get to that, a brief introduction: My name is Hank & I run a blog called Ethics Gradient (which, it should be noted, may - does - contain some coarse language. In my mind, it's all perfectly justified but I realise not everyone digs the sailor-talk). I also go by "Mandrellian" on various…