Posts about evidence, logic, and rational thinking
Part 1 – The Monkey Myth Religion has always tried to place humanity apart from nature. It promises that we are chosen, designed, watched, and judged. Evolution shattered that illusion. It placed us back among the animals, as one branch on an immense and ancient tree of life. Since Darwin first proposed it, the simplest […]
No, We Did Not Evolve from Monkeys Read Post »
There is a certain human arrogance in believing that the Universe was created for us. To look at the staggering scale of the cosmos and conclude that it all exists for one species on one small rock in one minor galaxy is to misunderstand the most basic data of reality. The evidence is overwhelming that
A Universe Designed for Us? You Must Be Joking. Read Post »
Introduction: The Return of the False Scholar Across social media, blogs and glossy pseudo-academic websites, a new kind of missionary has emerged. He is not robed in theology but cloaked in the white coat of science. He writes long essays filled with biological jargon, geological data and chemical complexity. He dazzles with vocabulary, pretends to
The Cult of Complexity: How Pseudo-Scientists Hijack Evolution to Sell Design Read Post »
Why is it dangerous to ask questions in many religious settings? In God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens observed:“Religion ends and philosophy begins, just as alchemy ends and chemistry begins and astrology ends, and astronomy begins.” Questioning is the death knell of dogma. In societies where religion fuses with power, curiosity becomes subversion. Blasphemy laws,
Sacred Silence: The Cost of Questioning Faith Read Post »
Richard Dawkins once wrote, “Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree, you can f** off.”* It’s one of his more famously blunt remarks—but behind it lies a profound idea: that science is not only a method for understanding the world, but a worthy replacement for the myths we’ve outgrown. For centuries, religion answered the
The Dawkins Dilemma: Is Science Enough to Fill the God Gap? Read Post »
