Verdict in: Catholicism is not a force for good

Excellent video of the Intelligence^2 debate entitled “The Catholic church is a force for good in the world”. The Roman Catholics represented by Archbishop of Abuja and UK conservative MP Ann Widdecombe  were trounced by the side of Reason represented by Hitch and Stephen Fry. If the proponents’ devastation was not obvious enough the poll at the end of part 5 hammered the point home. Interestingly the passion was coming mainly from Hitch and Fry (though especially Fry). I am thoroughly encouraged not just by the scale of the defeat but by the swing away from those that initially agreed the motion.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER83SF3-DoY

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PP6e5q6OtA

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeeRuJ6eBUw

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYWl5Zw2kbU

“Evolution is a FACT” Amen to that.

Great (and long) discussion about gentics, evolution and biology between Dawkins and Steven Rose.

Is it me…

..or is Dawkins’ latest book ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ not one of Dawkins’ greatest books?

Victor Stenger ‘God: The failed hypotheisis’

I’ve just discovered that Victor Stenger is brilliant, and it really surprises me that he is not more widely known. I’ve heard Dawkins mention him a few times but I’ve only recently made the effort myself to read one of his books and seek out videos on YouTube. If you consider yourself intellectually active in the atheism/theism debate (passively or not) you owe it to yourself to check out his book God: The failed hypothesis. I really can’t recommend it enough.

Welcome, and getting things rolling…

Welcome to my blog. I’m going to post things that interest me, and hopefully a few of you too. Mainly it’s going to be about Science, Philosophy, the Atheism/Theism debate and maybe some art too.