nce upon a time in the dark Norwegian forest a clan of tomtens were busy at work making straw men for their screed patch. The tomtens had been doing this for so long that they had forgotten who … Continue reading
According to Islamic religious scientists, it is a well known fact that women lose their virginity the minute they drive a car. The exact mechanism for this event is not known, but several experts have been working on the phenomenon … Continue reading
When I wrote Atheism’s Little Idea I said atheists were small. But (and this is embarrassing to confess) I had no idea how clever. There’s a species of ant in Papua New Guinea that is so small you need a magnifying glass … Continue reading
Lieber Gott: Bitte kommen Sie wieder. Wir sind sehr traurig. Ihre Gottheit steht außer Zweifel. Ihr, Faust. I do apologize. It seems that everything I write these days is anti-atheist. And who can blame my unbelieving brethren for assuming I am fighting for the … Continue reading
Let’s pretend the year is 1757 and you have just come away from reading a new treatise by David Hume called an “Enquiry concerning Miracles.” Let’s assume you are a believing Christian who reads the Bible daily, as your grandmother … Continue reading
A New Oxonian pebble from 2010 We seem to be witnessing the rapid development of atheist orthodoxy. I say that as someone who has fallen prey to zingers used about the heretics in the fourth century Empire: According to my disgruntled … Continue reading
‘The public’ is a very strange animal, and although a good knowledge of human nature will generally lead a caterer of amusement to hit the people right, they are fickle and ofttimes perverse.” P. T. Barnum Robert Green Ingersoll … Continue reading
The original version of this essay appeared in Free Inquiry. A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds back to religion. – Sir Francis Bacon Two books published in the same … Continue reading
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this essay appeared in SOMA Review What do the late Antony Flew, allegedly the world’s most famous convert to deism, and the third century BCE author of the book called Ecclesiastes have in … Continue reading
It is a — most — provoking — thing,’ Humpty said at last, `when a person doesn’t know a cravat from a belt!’ `I know it’s very ignorant of me,’ Alice said, in so humble a tone that Humpty Dumpty relented. … Continue reading
