Sunday School

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

First the important stuff – A fellow Pastafarian has won re-election to a town council. It is hoped that soon we will be able to wear our full pirate regalia to work. Praised be His Noodly Appendages!!

The religious left stand up to far right extremists including those in the cabinet of bigotry and those who want to roll back the twentieth century.

Seeing the true colors of evangelical conservatives.

That Ben Shapiro guy is a bit dull.

Atheist students in Kentucky will be eaten by bears.

The religious aspects of Christmas are declining in public life.

Why Muslims see the Crusades so differently from Christians. Meanwhile over in Jerusalem this year….

Only reform of the law can tackle the Church’s attempts at covering up abuse.

This weeks’ Woo: Modern air is a little to clean for optimum health.

Climate Change: Recent extreme weather events are caused by humans.

I was momentarily lost for words when I read that even Paleontologists are suing Trump for his monumentally poor decision. It’s enough that the new tax plan is a major attack on science.

Mankind has been trickling out of Africa for 120,000 years. In Borneo one man digs through 20.000 years of human history in three weeks while in Scotland an ancient meteorite is found.

It would seem that the central nervous systems evolved independently several times.

There seems to be something the anti-matter with Neutrinos.

This psychologist is confusing faith will magical thinking which most theists tend to do. If we know that our brains really hate being wrong can we be more critical in challenging our own beliefs?

Breakthroughs in the world of Physics for 2017. The most significant science setbacks of 2017. The biggest science scandals of 2017.

Sean Carroll on the layers of reality.

Of pronouns and heroines: When Bilbo Baggins becomes a girl can she take to the stage?

Some photographs taken last week.  Everyone’s a winner at the 2017 wildlife comedy awards.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil…..

Coffee Break Video:  Reality is not what you want to be true. The story of Human Evolution.

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[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Have a great week everyone!!

“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.”

Richard Dawkins.

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I wonder if that’s why some people end up with sensory problems…because the CNS evolved 3 separate times

 

I’ve seen lots of my conservative friends on Facebook talk about Ben Shapiro for president. He talks a good game and it’s honestly frightening…

[Simon Paynton]

The “religious left” – this sounds like a good thing.  Is it there to fight against the “religious right”?  Or is it there for “nonpartisan movement-building”?  I prefer the latter.  I don’t think these movements for change have to exist only within the zero-sum left-right conflict.  In fact, that is a very narrow paradigm.

I can see how the religious right can be seen as a “problem” in themselves – mainly because their position can seem stubbornly irrational – not because I disagree with their actual policies.  Maybe they have a point in some ways: they should be listened to for their perspective like everyone else.

[Strega]

Thank you, Reg!

[_Robert_]

RE:This psychologist is confusing faith will magical thinking

 

Imagine actually getting a PhD on “The Psychology of Religion…”

or should it be called the Pseudoscience of Fairytales

 

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Going to celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem for Christmas is like visiting a cave in Crete to celebrate the birth of Zeus.

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

@Simon  – The problem with the religious right is that they are wrong and the religious left have not. They are still here. Religion – giving both sides hope in a world torn apart by religion.

[_Robert_]

 

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Most excellent Robert. If you ever hear about people finding “The God Delusion” or “God is not Great” in a library or a bookshop’ “Religion Section”, I was probably there. In fact we should all do that at every chance 🙂

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Going to celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem for Christmas is like visiting a cave in Crete to celebrate the birth of Zeus

Crete sounds cool. Maybe do some cliff diving, roast marshmallows over a camp fire…lol…

What would it be like celebrating Allah’s birthday? You may be on to something here…

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

We could go visit his portrait gallery?

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In the Cave?

[Strega]

Reg has Plato’s cave under control, would that do?

[Simon Paynton]

That’s good, because Socrates’ beach party is getting a bit out of hand.

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