Two goldfish swimming in a fish bowl. One says to the other, “Do you think it’s possible that there’s someone dropping that food for us, aerating the water, turning the light and off, and so on?” “Well,” answers the other… Read More ›
theism
WELL, THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
WHY THIS RATHER THAN THAT? As any mother of a small child can tell you, any answer to a why question invites a why to that, and then another to that one, and so on, until the child either declares… Read More ›
TWO CONCEPTS OF NON-FALSIFIABILITY
Descartes’ global dream argument predates The Matrix by almost half a millennium. Neither did Men in Black invent the conjecture that we’re in constant contact with creatures from other planets. That they’re fully visible. But they’re also very shy. And… Read More ›
SOME UNSOLICITED THEOLOGY FROM A SELF-CONFESSED ATHEIST
A being that wants for nothing wants nothing. That’s why it makes no sense to talk about the self-sufficiency of God. If there was nothing He felt was wanting He wouldn’t have bothered creating anything. But apparently He did. In… Read More ›
Creationism
WHY MY COLLEAGUES ARE IDIOTS – Rant # 174 – CREATIONISM My colleagues are idiots because they seem to think it unnecessary to tell us to what positions their various labels are attached. We’ve already seen this, back in Rant… Read More ›
My Colleagues’ Residual Theism
WHY MY COLLEAGUES ARE IDIOTS – Rant # 169 – MY COLLEAGUES’ RESIDUAL THEISM Look! I realize it takes time to adjust. But it’s been over a century and a half since you were offered the Darwinian turn. It’s time… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 