1. Richard Dawkins Replies to David Sloan Wilson

Comment #55801 by Badrx on July 12, 2007 at 11:16 am

I am solidly behind Prof. Dawkins in his response to David Sloan Wilson, but I hope none of this will put people off reading Sloan Wilson's rather splendid book, Evolution For Everyone, which I think offers an illuminating view of evolution for the layperson.

2. I Believe In Evolution, Except For The Whole Triassic Period

Comment #46473 by Badrx on May 31, 2007 at 11:49 am

Oh come ON! That was hilarious. Perfect deadpan parody of exactly what creationists sound like. It's not the funniest Onion piece I've read, but it's one of the funniest creationist satires I've read in several months.

3. Prayer can improve physical health

Comment #43767 by Badrx on May 22, 2007 at 2:21 pm

The thing that's the same, the thing that is in a sense "controlled for," is humanity. The gods are not controlled for. "Spirits" are not even gods. It's the human act of prayer, if anything, that is effective. This is an argument for a human activity, perhaps, that says nothing about any spiritual reality, and if anything militates against it, since if it doesn't matter which gods or spirits one is praying to, then the "one true god" is merely fostering a damnable chaos. Paul writes that "God is not the author of confusion." Really? Then he has nothing to do with this.