In this clip that Secular Talk guy covers, I think it's clear that regarding Gaza, Dawkins said "of course they're not driven by the horror of the slaughter", but I wonder if he misspoke and didn't mean to say "not", or - uh - not.
Well, hopefully he didn't mean to say "not", because if he did...
Israel is going to ban a news media outlet from operating there, censor their staff there, block access to their internet sites, and confiscate their equipment (so much for any notion that freedom of speech and freedom of the press exists there)...
These guys are trying to promote the "intelligent design" idea & claiming that evolution is disproven on the grounds that the odds for random mutations to produce functioning proteins are prohibitively low, something like: 10^-77 (that's "1 in 10 to the power 77", meaning a 1 followed by 77...
The job of a politician boils down to one simple task, which to reduce the tax rate; an alternative would be to reimburse taxpayers unspent revenue & this includes actively looking for ways to save on costs, cut spending, etc.
People are always looking to save money, and in a free market...
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Due to popular demand, I will show what the scientists are actually saying about human-caused climate change, and I will show that they seem to overwhelmingly be saying that there is no cause for alarm (meaning no reason to stop burning hydrocarbons for energy).
I will...
It is a well-established scientific fact that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and it is well-known that human activity can and does produce carbon dioxide; same goes with some other greenhouse gases, such as methane.
I don't think there's any significant objection to the position that...
There are those out there who say that we're a democracy, yet policy is determined by political party platforms and lobbyists.
I don't see how lobbyists have any business existing at all, because legislators are supposed to be setting policy based on their constituents who put them in office...
I've repeatedly heard the assertion that rights come from God. Do you think rights come from God? If not, then where do you think they come from, or how do we have them?
Why does the US need a military, especially one as large and spread around the world as it is now? We are a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights, not an empire.
I get that back during the Revolution against the British Empire, the 13 colonies were part of it and along with it had a...
There's a thread by @Estro Felino that asks folks to prove a negative regarding overpopulation; it just assumes by default and by implication that the world is overpopulated: Convince me that the world isn't overpopulated
Simply assuming that something is true doesn't make it so. I have created...
This is how it is in many versions of religion & from what I understand, there are some forms of religion where there is a deity, but the idea behind an afterlife isn't a thing. Supposedly there are some branches of Judaism where there isn't a belief in an afterlife, or something to that effect...
Is anyone here familiar with this book? Although I haven't read it, I have heard the author interviewed about it, so I have an overview or superficial idea of what it's about.
In an interview with the author, they're discussing the gene or series of genes involved in producing a belief in...
Before I explain, don't get me wrong - I'm totally for equal rights for women, I'm totally for separation of church and state (that's a right here in the US recognized by the very first clause of the 1st Amendment) & I'm opposed to having either any other way.
Here it is: marriage in the United...
Here are the 1st Amendment clauses:
1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
2. or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
3. or abridging the freedom of speech,
4. or of the press;
5. or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
6. and to petition the...
I have over a decade of experience with cryptocurrencies, and at this point I have to advise that everyone stay away from it.
I keep getting burned by stolen cryptocurrency, despite being careful or not even taking any action and getting cryptocurrency taken from my wallet; for instance, I was...
I first became aware of this when I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said "In God We Trust" along with the section where it's in the Koran. As far as I can tell, it's accurate.
Since the religious zealots who took over the US government tried to replace our real motto with it, does that mean...
It seems like there's this perception or stereotype that being pro-life is a religious thing & I'm interested in trying to find out why this is.
I don't have specific examples, but it seems to be like a popular & standard media narrative.
There are plenty of religious folks who are for...
Some might see it as being rather nitpicky, but to me it looks like a word created and designed by religious folks for religious purposes.
I think the same or something similar can go with related words such as "humanist."
To me it's like a way of saying that I don't opt into religion, by...
One of the purposes of science is to provide the steppingstones for finding solutions to problems, such as treatments for illnesses.
Scientific knowledge derived from the observations and discoveries pertaining to evolution has actually served practical and beneficial purposes, such as genomic...