Getting random stuff organised
The universe certainly started out chaotic, with subatomic particles flying every which way at high speeds. But over time certain things happened: Particles collided. Some of them annihilated each other, some of them bounced apart at lower speeds, having lost energy in the collision, and some of them joined together. Those that joined together began …
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There are no reasons for ‘paranormal activity’, because there are no paranormal activities. But there are plenty of clear, well-understood reasons for reports of paranormal activity, and here are some of them: People tell lies. People misinterpret their experiences. People misremember their experiences. People recounting their experiences elaborate and adapt them to what their audience wants to …
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Some Christians like to try and make a big deal about the number of professed Christian Nobel Laureates. They usually get their information from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_Nobel_laureates So I decided to do a little analysis. Here’s a chart of Christian Nobel Laureates as a proportion of the total, both on a yearly basis and cumulatively over …
It’s a bit silly asking questions about what people do ‘secretly’, because they’re not going to tell you, are they? But most atheists seem to be perfectly sincere in their responses: they are no more scared of your god than you are of Thor or Anubis, and for the same reasons.
Evolution by natural selection is not a blind force, or a force of any kind. It’s a description of a process extending over billions of years, which involves millions of different forces operating in millions of different ways on millions of different individuals. Some of these forces are blind; others are directed and purposeful, and …
Very few Christians worry about whether their beliefs are incorrect and Buddhists, or Hindus, or Moslems, or Sikhs, are actually correct. And that’s usually because they know there is no evidence for the beliefs of Buddhists, or Hindus, or Moslems, or Sikhs. Very few Buddhists worry about whether their beliefs are incorrect and Christians or …
There’s a simple and obvious way to determine whether something exists or not, and that’s to look for it. If you find it, then it exists. If you don’t, and you’ve looked hard enough, then it probably doesn’t. Millions of people have been looking for gods for thousands of years, and they haven’t found any yet. …
Because they are useful analogies. They provide a way for us to try and get past the childhood indoctrination that causes many theists to start from the unassailable assumption that gods exist. Rather than trying to overcome that directly, we can draw parallels between gods and other entities which theists clearly regard as fictional. Hopefully, …
The ‘problem’ with atheists is the same as the ‘problem’ with people that don’t believe in unicorns. No matter how hard you try, you’re generally not going to get them to believe in your favourite mythical creature, because they have a commitment to evidence, and there is no evidence that mythical creatures exist. The best …
Many atheists have, back when they were believers, and got no answer. Most of us are quite happy to do it again, if you can put forward the slightest reason to think that we will get an objective answer. But it would be a lot less work for your god if he just turned up and gave …
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