Month: February 2014
“Observational Science” vs. “Historical Science”
Posted by KevinB on February 10, 2014 at 8:37 PMI recently replied to a post on facebook. Out of respect for the person, I will not include the original quote. However, the post mainly claimed that there is a difference between “observable science” and “historical science” (referring to the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham). The person then went on to claim that […]
Continue Reading...Mormonthink.com
Posted by JonathanS on February 8, 2014 at 7:51 PMMormonThink.com is one of the best websites around today for LDS people or even non-LDS people for understanding what issues critics have with the Book of Mormon in particular. It does a great job of presenting both the LDS Church’s current, on-the-record stance for each issue, and a thorough description of the criticisms presented by […]
Continue Reading...JW Survey
Posted by Aaron Mclaughlin on February 6, 2014 at 3:43 PMJW Survey is a website that covers news events that are pertinent to the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The site is run by John Cedars, a former Witness from Britain. Stories on the site include a wide variety of topics, ranging from leaked internal documents to the proceedings in child abuse cases. The website also […]
Continue Reading...29+ Evidences for Evolution
Posted by KevinB on February 5, 2014 at 5:02 PMTalkorigins has a compiled list of evidences for evolution. For each piece of evidence, there are two parts: 1) “Confirmation” – this part explains how evolution correctly accounts for the described evidence, and 2) “Potential falsification” – this part describes how this piece of evidence could have falsified the theory of evolution, if the evidence would […]
Continue Reading...Bill Nye Vs Ken Ham
Posted by JonathanS on February 4, 2014 at 10:21 PMIn case you weren’t aware, Bill Nye (yes, the science guy) is debating the notorious founder of the Creation museum, Ken Ham tonight. Since the arguments for creationism pretty much revolve around believing something first, and then trying to back it up with pseudo-scientific evidence, this isn’t so much a debate as it an episode […]
Continue Reading...Richard Dawkins at TED
Posted by JonathanS onBiologist Richard Dawkins launches into a full-on appeal for atheists to make public their beliefs and to aggressively fight the incursion of religion into politics and education. Dawkins’ scornful tone drew strongly mixed reactions from the audience; some stood and applauded his courage. Others wondered whether his strident approach could do more harm than good. […]
Continue Reading...Secular Morality by Theoretical Bullshit
Posted by JonathanS on February 2, 2014 at 8:15 PMYoutube user Theoretical Bullshit presents on why secular morality is “better” than a theistic morality system.
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