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The Ark Encounter and Social Responsibility

Published: 24/07/2017

As a teen, I listened to Ken Ham speak, read Answers magazine, and visited the Creation Museum. I was a huge fan of Answers in Genesis, a young earth creationist organization that shaped my understand ... Read more

Source: www.patheos.com
Christians angry over Boots’ ‘morning after’ pill climb-down

Published: 24/07/2017

In a shockingly badly-worded response to criticism over its overpriced ‘morning-after’ pills, Boots UK’s chief pharmacist Marc Donovan said the company did not want to be ‘accu ... Read more

Source: freethinker.co.uk
Britain’s National Health Service about to ban homeopathy

Published: 23/07/2017

Reader Barrie called my attention to an article in The Independent that offers some good news: Britan’s NHS, based on a 48-page document about items that shouldn’t be prescribed in primar ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

Upcoming Chicago SlutWalk bans “Zionist displays” (but not pro-Palestinian or Iranian ones)

Published: 23/07/2017

Not too long ago, some Jewish lesbians who were carrying a “Jewish pride” flag—the gay flag with a Star of David on it—were kicked out of Chicago’s Dyke March. When questioned, the o ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Andrew Sullivan on the gender-and-sex morass—and the persistence of Obamacare

Published: 23/07/2017

I have to admit that I haven’t read much from Andrew Sullivan since he left The Dish and ultimately wound up writing for New York Magazine. And perhaps that’s my loss, for at least his rec ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Sweden mocked for bringing fun and laughter to refugees

Published: 23/07/2017

Now and again I get sent links to reports published by far-right hate sites and I routinely bin them. However, today I was compelled to dig deeper into a Front Page report which mocked the Swedish aut ... Read more

Source: freethinker.co.uk

Fire Brigades Union called out over heated Pride blog post

Published: 22/07/2017

The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) is awaiting a response from the Fire Brigades Union to a letter it wrote after a member of the union said in a blog post that there should be no place at Lo ... Read more

Source: freethinker.co.uk
Journal Hypatia’s editors resign, and directors suspend associate editors over their apology for the “transracialism” article

Published: 22/07/2017

Reader Robert called my attention to an article in the Daily Nous about the “transracialism” article that started a big kerfuffle in the social science/justice community. As you might reme ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
My Voice of America discussion of science versus religion

Published: 22/07/2017

The Voice of America World Service interviewed me last week about the compatibility of religion and science as part of a 30-minute program in the “Press Conference USA” series. My take, of ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

Caturday felid trifecta: Lego cats, cat dictionary, Ikea ad with “lion man”

Published: 22/07/2017

Bored Panda shows some nice cats made out of Lego blocks. You can even order the blocks and an assembly kit. Here a few pictures and some information if you want to order a kit, which you can do here. ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
US radio station slammed for cancelling Dawkins event

Published: 22/07/2017

A radio station in Berkeley, California, has pulled the plug on a talk scheduled to be given by Professor Richard Dawkins in August, much to the fury of free speech advocates. KPFA, organisers of the ... Read more

Source: freethinker.co.uk
How determinism can help insurance companies deny medical claims

Published: 21/07/2017

I think this article—which could have come from The Onion but actually came from another “joke news site,” The Beaverton—is hilarious. Here’s an excerpt; I hope compatibilists have ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

Richard Dawkins’s response to his de-platforming in Berkeley

Published: 21/07/2017

As I posted this morning, radio station KPFA had lined up Richard Dawkins for a public appearance in Berkeley, California, in which Richard was slated to talk about his latest book of essays, Science ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Sean Spicer out as White House Press Secretary

Published: 21/07/2017

It was only a matter of time; after all, Spicer holds the Worst Job in the World. He has to stand up there before an affronted press day after day, lying his tuchas off and evading questions. Now, acc ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Lindy West, New York Times’s Pecksniff, finds something new to be outraged about

Published: 21/07/2017

I am absolutely fine with minorities getting acting roles that have traditionally been given to men or white people. If qualified minorities have been overlooked, well, bring ’em in! What I̵ ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

Richard Dawkins deplatformed at a book talk in Berkeley for “abusive speech” about Islam on Twitter

Published: 21/07/2017

Richard Dawkins was supposed to speak at this event in Berkeley on August 9: a talk about his new book, Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Atheist. As you see, the talk has been ca ... Read more

Source: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Homeopathy Takes a Hit in the UK and Australia

Published: 21/07/2017

I have long considered homeopathy to be the softest of targets for skeptics, especially in the area of alternative medicine. Homeopathy is 100% pure nonsense. It is a pre-scientific magical form of me ... Read more

Source: theness.com
In just four days C of E trashed a bunch of biblical truths

Published: 21/07/2017

Susie Leafe, above, Director of the conservative Christian group Reform, has slammed the C of E’s latest General Synod meeting which voted to condemn gay conversion therapies. Leafe, according t ... Read more

Source: freethinker.co.uk

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