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February 06, 2014

Thoughts on the Nye/Ham Creationism/Evolution Debate

The end is Nye! Sorry, made that joke last time, but now it seems better...

February 05, 2014

Nye vs Ham – who won?

Well, without having yet finished, it seems open and closed. Don't get me wrong, both...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

The Exposing Pseudoastronomy Podcast takes on the Star of Bethlehem … with Me, Aaron Adair!

As part of the continuing efforts to get the message out about the Star of...

December 21, 2013

The Star of Bethlehem in the News

It’s been a while since I have posted, but I have been super-busy with getting...

December 09, 2013

List of scientists who became creationists after studying the evidence

Brilliant H/T John Loftus at DC.

December 06, 2013

Fearful Memories Passed Down to Mouse Descendants

Certain fears can be inherited through the generations, a provocative study of micereports. The authors...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Why Parenting Can Never Have a Rule Book: Children’s Genetics Significantly Affect How They Are Parented

This is a fascinating article which will feed in to a post I will write...

November 05, 2013

SCIENCE AND RELIGION: 5 QUESTIONS

Author Gregg Caruso, who has written some really useful academic books on free will has...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

That SOB sure is worth reading about

[Just to remind readers that the book I have recently edited, written by contributor Aaron...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View — My Upcoming Book

Nearly two millennia ago, a story was told of a wondrous star in the heavens,...

September 26, 2013

Bill O’Reilly is #killingjesus Scholarship–A Short Review

This week the next big book in Jesus scholarship hit the stores. Well, I guess...

September 20, 2013

Is Comet ISON the Star of Bethlehem?

It’s been a good, long time since I have seen a bright, naked-eye comet in...

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July 22, 2013

Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?

Yonatan Fishman, PhD, Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, wrote a really interesting...

June 2013

June 16, 2013

Creationism, science denialism and other childhood indoctrination and intellectual abuse

Having attended a fascinating talk by James Williams (a science educator) last night at Portsmouth...

June 15, 2013

Star of Bethlehem Conference in the Netherlands

About two weeks ago I was contacted about participating in a conference next year at...

June 14, 2013

Answers in Genesis and Dragons. Fact or Fiction? Er, fiction, silly.

Wow. So, thanks to Andrew Marburger who tweeted me the link to this absolute corker....

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Moving the Stones of Baalbek–The Wonders of Roman Engineering

Previously I had talked about an amazing piece of computational engineering from the ancient world,...

April 13, 2013

The Ancient Computer–NOVA Special

I just learned from Jason Colavito that PBS NOVA the other day aired a documentary...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Dang. The Republicans: dinosaurs + people = pass your exams…?

Oh shit. UPDATE: On February 19, HB1674 passed through the Oklahoma Common Education committee on a 9-8...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

The Relativity of Wrong – Asimov on science and the fuzziness of right and wrong

This excellent letter by Isaac Asimov was brought to my attention by Andy Schueler in...

November 18, 2012

The Relativity of Wrong – Asimov on science and the fuzziness of right and wrong

This excellent letter by Isaac Asimov was brought to my attention by Andy Schueler in...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Are Creationists Liars?

Aaron Adair, who has kindly contributed a previous blog article on whether the Star of...

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