What it means to be a Skeptic

Tyranny of the Majority

Is Atheism a (Religion/Faith/Belief System/etc)?

An “interesting” bumper sticker
Running some errands today I was behind a car with what I felt was an odd bumper sticker. Unfortunately I was unable to take a picture of it while driving, but I found the same one online. I have seen many “god bless our troops” stickers, shirts, signs, etc since W’s crusade, I mean the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, began. But this was the first time I had come across one with this particular extra line added. The “god bless our troops” part actually make

Hard Evidence – Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
As always Christopher Hitchens seems to have a spectacular way with words to describe the situation at hand… [Originally posted at: Slate Magazine] The admonition not to rush to judgment or jump to conclusions might sound fair and prudent enough, perhaps even statesmanlike when uttered by the president, as long it’s borne in mind that such advice is itself a judgment that is more than halfway to a conclusion. What it plainly implies in the present case is that the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan should not be assumed in any meaningful way to be related to his Mus

Pat Robertson Non sequitur vs. Hitchens intellectual honesty
Compare and contrast the style and intellectual capacity of each side of this type of argument… It seems that Pat Robertson lacks curiosity and imagination. You look at the natural world and just say God did it? No study of evolution? Biology? Astronomy? No the christian god will suffice based on nothing but a ridiculous non sequitur and special pleading. He also lacks the imagination to think about the suffering of our fello

Ethical Question Of The Moment
One of the many podcasts I listen to is Skeptically Speaking. In the most recent episode on Human Research Ethics one of the listeners asked a question that made me laugh, but also made me question and wonder what the answer really would be. Question is paraphrased here: In the future if we manage to colonize another planet and discover life under the surface of that planet. How should we treat this life? And bonus question, what if it is tasty? Now I

Catholic Bishops Contradict Science Again
[Originally posted at: Life Without A Net] AP reports that the Catholic Church has again gotten things wrong with regard to gays and marriage: BALTIMORE – The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops have affirmed that t