The God Debate: Hitchens vs. D’Souza
In The God Debate, Christopher Hitchens obliterates Dinesh D’Souza. Hitchens rhethorical skills always impress me.
“Religion will be defeated by science”
My favourite scientist, Stephen Hawking: There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, (and) science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.
Sam Harris: Why We Should Ditch Religion
Sam Harris on religion: We have people who think you should throw battery acid in the faces of little girls for trying to learn to read in Afghanistan, so clearly, there are real world correlates of that kind of thinking, that kind of orientation. And it’s not our job to not judge it and say, [...]
Irish Atheists Publish 25 Well-Known Blasphemous Quotes To Test Ridiculous New Blasphemy Law
January 1st, a brand new blasphemy law takes into effect in Ireland, in which it’s now criminal with fines up to 25.000 euros for: publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby intentionally causing outrage among a substantial number of adherents of that [...]
Debate Between The Catholic Church And Christopher Hitchens & Stephen Fry
An absolutely interesting video debate on the topic: “Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?”. Needless to say, Hitchens and Fry deliciously and absolutely crush their opponents.
Nova Documentary On Intelligent Design
It’s no well-kept secret that I’m not fan of the pseudo-science known by some as “intelligent design”, yet it is a guilty pleasure following the ideological tennis match that’s been playing out in American schools this last decade. And so, I loved this — now somewhat old — documentary on the Dover trial on intelligent [...]
Exit War President
George, Today you cease to be president, and I have to be honest: I will not miss you nor will I remember you fondly. I have, in fact, been waiting for this moment for 8 long years. I have never been one for “what ifs”; at the very least my imagination has been limited to [...]
Things To Look Forward To In 2009
While every government is busy buying up bad dept and obsolete car companies and every company is busy firing people (out of a cannon, into the sun), it may be hard to see what there is to look forward to in 2009. But there is stuff. Good stuff. Here’s my top 7. January 20th, in [...]