Reporting on the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, Fairfax journalists Barney Zwartz & Jacqueline Maley, in their respective articles “Dawkins delivers the sermon they came to hear” (The Age, 15/3/10) and “Dawkins derides sainthood as Pythonesque” (SHM, 15/3/10) both misquoted evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, which has resulted in a misunderstanding being propagated throughout the entire Australian […]
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It’s time for the second installment of my “Chronicle of Belief” where I attempt to put into words my own world-view and the opinions and positions that help define me. This entry is about my identification with the label Secular Humanist, a particular world-view with which I sympathize and identify strongly. […]
Tickets on sale now.
My own blog, Homologous Legs, is currently hosting the 135th edition of the Carnival of the Godless blog carnival, featuring a delightful selection of godless posts from various excellent bloggers, including (but not limited to) the Digital Cuttlefish, Podblack Cat, Atheist Revolution, and Secularism Examiner. Check it out if you like good writing about religion […]
Well, a new year is upon us and boy oh boy do we have some things to look forward to. 2010 will be a renaissance of skeptical thought and culture with the The Rise of Atheism: 2010 Global Atheist Convention in March to kick off the skeptical calendar, then later in the year we […]
Mapkats iPhone app tracks parking inspectors
Whale fossil!
Study finds some studies state the bleeding obvious
Richard Dawkins on ABC last night
I was always under the impression that most Australians use rational thinking in at least most parts of their lives, barring religion, which is the very antithesis of rationalism. But this survey clearly proves me wrong. The results of a recent Nielson poll on supernatural beliefs have just been released and I was more than […]
During a recent late-night attack of insomnia, spent cruising Youtube, I stumble on a debate from January 2008 between Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Schmuley Boteach. The link is here, it is a little on the long side at an hour and a half but it well worth the look, if only to see Hitchens in […]
Those of you who have been reading YAS for a while now may remember that back in July of last year I started writing a chapter by chapter review of Ray Comfort’s excrementally bad book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence But You Can’t Make Him Think. For those who haven’t been around that long, […]
