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Teaching Evolution and Moral Panic (SS#5)
In today’s episode of Science Sunday, I will be discussing a rather dated article from Sociological Viewpoints, Fall 2005, titled “The Quasi-Theory of Godlessness in America: Implications of Opposition to Evolution for Sociological Theory.” As a general rule for SS I … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Evolution, God, Religion, Science, Sociology
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Taking on the Burden of Proof
I’m going to make this very short. Today I had a conversation with a non-religious man who believed in some vague, nondescript god. At some point in the conversation, the issue of the burden of proof came up. I accepted the … Continue reading
The Islamic State through Three Waltzian Lenses: An Analysis in IR Theory
In 1959 heavy-hitting, contemporary political scientist Kenneth Waltz published Man, the State, and War, a required reading for both undergraduate and graduate students in international politics. It’s often the fist book students of politics read because it gives them an … Continue reading
Posted in Political Science
Tagged Atheism, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, political science, Religion
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ISIS Shows Christians What True Persecution Is
ISIS is great at making terrible and extremely graphic and overproduced propaganda films. In the latest piece to cross my desk, an ISIS branch in Libya parades 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian men onto a beach in Northern Libya. The orange … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Tagged Atheism, Christianity, God, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Religion, terrorism
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Trusting Atheists: Remember Kids, the Police Exist (SS#4)
There’s a general consensus that atheists are to be distrusted. Without belief of an all powerful being who ultimately serves as a judge, jury, and executioner for all of our earthly transgressions, who’s to say atheists aren’t breaking any and … Continue reading
When I win, Everyone Wins: Burning Flags Does Not a Failure Make
A few months back my criticism of the Islamic State reached a point many felt had obviously crossed a line. In response to a movement my friends began in Beirut, Lebanon, I made two videos (Part 1 and Part 2) … Continue reading
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Why Objective Morality Can Be Bad
Previously I’ve tackled the objective morality question, arguing, in part, that we can all agree that certain acts are immoral. These include things like murder, rape, and torture. If we all agree these things are wrong, then we have a … Continue reading
“Divine Wind”: New research supports 13th century “Kamikaze” typhoon legends
In this episode of Science Sunday, I’m leaving behind religious discussions and opening up Geology, January 2015; v. 43; no. 1; p. 91–94 to a rather interesting article titled, “Depositional evidence for the Kamikaze typhoons and links to changes in typhoon climatology.” … Continue reading
A Brief Analysis of the ISIS Problem Post-Burning Video
“ISIS Burns Jordanian Pilot Alive” has been a major headline in the news during the last two days. It’s such a major story that the news articles of the Jordanian executions of Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli have been swallowed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Conflict, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, politics, Religion, War
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Science Sunday #2: Atheism and Anger
In the upcoming May 2015 issue of The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied (Vol. 149 Issue 3, p219) researchers from Gettysburg College, North Dakota State University, and Lebanon Valley College ask whether or not people view atheists as angry individuals and … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged Atheism, Christianity, God, Psychology, Religion, Research, Science
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The Atheist Papers 