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Filip The Czech Teacher - 15 May 2012 16 Comments
I teach at a village primary school in Giant Mountains, Czech Republic. During lessons in narrating, we'd written a short movie script, which was to be filmed a week later. Children, aged 13, had...
God and logic: help with theist conversations
anakatwstras - 07 May 2012 106 Comments
As I try to converse with theists (classmates, relatives and professors - I am 16) I often find myself at the point where through logic and reason I have made them admit that god is not made out of...
So what's the goal with theism?
dapperdontastic - 15 May 2012 30 Comments
I'm a new member here. Been thinking about this lately... What do we consider the end goal in our interaction with theists as a group? Do we want to convert them? Do we want to just agree to...
Bobwundaye - 15 May 2012 10 Comments
I was reading my Facebook status updates and came across one of my Christian friends status updates that read: "Not only hold the truth, but have the truth hold us." Rowland Hill Now...
Intelligent Design and the cruelty of nature
godzillatemple - 15 May 2012 35 Comments
I've recently had the chance to watch a number of excellent BBC documentaries ("Life", "Planet Earth", "Blue Planet", etc.) with my 7-year-old son, and if you haven't seen these yet I would strongly...
/Mike - 11 May 2012 67 Comments
I'm sure the kids are confused at the absurdity of the "adults". As the coach of the now state championship team said "I respect their views, but it's a bit out of the 18th century" . Many people...
Mitt Romney's Mormon God was a lousy CEO
ariosito - 15 May 2012 4 Comments
Mitt Romney combines being a Mormon with being a management consultant. I wonder how he would evaluate the performance of his chosen God as a chief executive. For several thousand years Mr God...
Evolution-denying Commencement speaker stirs controversy at Emory University
sarchila - 07 May 2012 44 Comments
I am a PhD candidate in neuroscience at Emory University. Here at Emory we have been dealing with a wave of controversy regarding the university's selection for commencement speaker. Emory has...
Sjoerd Westenborg - 07 May 2012 6 Comments
We all like to think of ourselves as tolerant and compassionate. Except when it comes to mosquitoes. As soon as spring or, if you're extra lucky, summer arrives, we smash/squash/electrocute them...
There appears to still be a Waco in Texas
Helga Vierich - 07 May 2012 22 Comments
My own feeling at first was that I had strayed back into the pages of the Onion. But I checked, and NO, I was actually browsing an account on Think Atheist of a recent debacle that happened in Waco,...
Evolutionary equivalents of human intelligence
godzillatemple - 23 April 2012 86 Comments
Hey, all! I am a confirmed skeptic, a dyed-in-the-wool atheist and a firm believer in the scientific method. My understanding of evolutionary biology, however, is rudimentary at best, so please...
Mathematics: stupid and clever questions for people who understand
Jos Gibbons - 07 May 2012 46 Comments
A few months ago we had two similarly named discussions on physics and biology which, in principle, could form part of a long series, limited only by our ingeniousness in thinking of pertinent...
pdw709 - 10 May 2012 70 Comments
My 11 year son has just returned from a week long Primary School trip (his first time away from home) at an outdoor activity centre run by the Abernethy Trust. After talking to my son it transpires...
The Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of The Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
worldmayor - 15 June 2010 41 Comments
I am curious as to other people's opinion of the book by Dr. Julian Jaynes entitled ' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind ' in which he argues that ancient peoples did...
We asked "Do you really believe ___" and they said yes. Now what?
nginere - 03 April 2012 583 Comments
In both his recent reason rally speech and his keynote at the American Atheist Convention in Washington D.C., Professor Dawkins challenged us to ask Catholics "Do you really believe that a wafer...
BBC Radio 4 request for participants
jel - 07 May 2012 7 Comments
The BBC is recording a program & wants atheist input. Hello, My name is Elizabeth Ann Duffy, and I’m working for a new BBC Radio 4 technology series called ‘The Digital Human’. Presented...
robaylesbury - 15 November 2011 37 Comments
It is thought that our ancestors emerged from the cradle of Africa somewhere between 100,000 and 250,000 years ago. Of course, our lineage goes back far further, but in terms of what we might...
hueman0un - 14 November 2011 24 Comments
Sadly, many people who are under the influence of religion had no choice in the matter. In much the same way as intimidation and the threat of violence can extort someone into doing something...
Advice for an Angry Gay Atheist
kohadril - 23 March 2012 67 Comments
Hi folks. This will be my first post on RichardDawkins.net, though I have lurked for quite a while. I am both gay and an atheist. About the former I have been certain for as long as I have had...
Religion is not the disease - lack of education is
mattmc86 - 11 April 2012 199 Comments
Ever since I hit the time I've been able to come about true rational thought, I have gone from a light-hearted Christian to a militant atheist. I drove people away in swarms with my constant...
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