The place is the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The outcome is predictable, but this video is nonetheless worth watching to appreciate the extent to which the creationists intentionally deceive themselves. Along the way, the creationist teachers work hard to avoid considering evidence that disproves their bizarre religious beliefs.…
At Daylight Atheism, Ebonmuse puts Rand's theory of objectivism under a bright analytical light and finds it wanting: Since Objectivists reject all notions of a social safety net, it's natural to ask what would happen to the poor and needy in an Objectivist society. This is Ayn Rand's answer: "If…
Where are all the historical accounts of all of those dead people who climbed out of their graves and mingled with normal living people on Good Friday? There's only one plausible answer. There are no such historical accounts because the Bible is incorrect. Formerly dead people never crawled out of…
I sit and watch the fluffy flakes descend this Easter morn. My cat peers in and loudly states his distaste of this dawn. I let him in and brush his fur with bare hand now quite dank. His pleasure shows with a loud purr but, "Phew!"…
Today is Easter. Colorful eggs (pagan tradition), bunnies and chicks (pagan symbols), and consuming dangerous levels of foamy sweetener in scary yellow bites (Peeps™). Let's not forget the "meaning behind it": The anniversary of yet another demi-god risen from the dead. I enjoy this take on that subject. Anyway, why…