Evangelical approval of Trump remains high even if they don’t all support him signing his name on books he never wrote or even read! Most Democratic contenders identify religion as a source of division because they understand the real world, like the Nones do. Let us atheists pray that it all gets better soon. I wonder what Beto would think of Pompeo’s behavior at this press briefing? I am sure he is already impressed with Jacinda Ardern as she is helping to make things better.
This weeks’ Woo: More action and education is needed against the peddling of homeopathic products because anti-vaxxers are relentless child abusers. Then I found this WTF story. A plague on all their houses!!
West Virginia is suing the Catholic Church for knowingly hiring child sex abusers. I hope this is the start of something that will catch on.
Climate Change: Please, no more alternative facts.
The Flat Earth brigade are getting ready to prove us ballers all wrong!
It is good that Scientists disagree. It does not make it a crisis. It is the only way Science can advance.
A look at Ockham’s razor.
Pinpointing the role of Mitochondria, the power house of every cell.
Not every story needs to have a moral theme which can be a good or a bad thing 🙂
A treasure trove of fossils from the Cambrian period have been unearthed in China.
Let’s sit around the campfire with a while with our Neanderthal cousins.
Imagine being thrown in jail for posting on Facebook. As an atheist I stand by those abused for their religious beliefs by self-appointed religious police as much as I do for other atheists attacked for not believing what those religious police believe.
Is the recently signed Executive Order about Free Speech on campus just a solution in search of a problem?
This is a good article – Which came first: society or a fear of god?
Long Read: Rediscovering the Islands of Disappointment.
This week I am reading this book: The Pianist of Yarmouk. (100 second video).
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil…..
Coffee Break Video: From the Big Bang to the Meaning of Life – with Sean Carroll. God does not exist with Michael Shermer. Interpreting Scripture with Sam Harris.
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