The Skeptic Zone

The Grounding of Morality Having been involved in many discussions with religionists on the topic of morality, I often hear claims that h...

When Parody Turns On Itself I have found myself the subject of yet another post at Christian Cadre.  This time, by none other than JP Ho...

Mikey's Alternative Facts Never admit you're wrong.  This is the modus operandi of arrogant and dishonest people for whom winnin...

Wall of Separation It seems to be a common trope among religionists that the First Amendment to the US Constitution is designed to keep g...

Trump's Orwellian Speech One thing that struck me about the president's address to congress was it's positively Orwellian nat...

Best Thing to Happen Since Trump Inauguration It may be rather dated story by now, but I received the news of the firing of Trump's N...

Hard Determinism is Immaterialist Woo Back on the topic of free will again.  As you may be aware, I call myself a determinist who also be...

The Dishonesty of Atheists Those darned atheists.  One of them says one thing, and another says something somewhat different from that.  ...

The Problem of Divine Hiddenness I just read a strange argument from BK , over at Christian Cadre.  In praising Tom Gilson's review ...

Religion As Child Abuse Richard Dawkins famously argued that religious indoctrination is a form of child abuse.  Militant theists have us...