Mark Vernon, former priest and current agnostic, had a piece on his website a while back addressing Swinburne's (pictured, right) argument for the existence of God. Swinburne's argument is a a variation on the traditional God as the "uncaused cause" argument, with a twist in appealing to the "simplest explanation is the best explanation" rule. But whether we argue forward from Continue Reading …
Massimo Pigliucci on In-Your-Face Atheism
Pigliucci strongly rebukes the organization of which he is a lifetime honorary member, for an ad calling all religions "scams": First, the ad is simply making a preposterous claim that cannot possibly be backed up by factual evidence, which means that, technically, it is lying. Not a good virtue for self-righteous critical thinkers... Yet, several atheists I have Continue Reading …