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In West Palm Beach, Florida, the Jehovah’s Witnesses are beginning their convention season by hosting 14 consecutive weeks of conventions. That’s a lot of doom and gloom, considering that this year’s theme is “Keep On The Watch!”, relating current world events such as earthquakes and the swine flu to biblical prophecies of the apocalypse. Heavy [...]
There are many examples of words that mean different things depending on whether they’re used in a casual or common manner, or whether they’re used in a scientific manner. The word theory, for example, is often used as a synonym for guess or hunch in common usage, and in everyday talk, this is usually [...]
I have looked forward to this day for a long time, perhaps all my life. A politician has entered the highest office in the land, and he’s articulate, visionary and highly intelligent. Who woulda thunk it? We have had smart presidents in my lifetime before, and even articulate presidents (Bill Clinton comes to mind). But [...]
The creationists are at it again: Bizarre Legal Thinking on Evolution and Creationism. What he said. I would respond with a biting rebuttal myself, but someone else has already done it, probably better than I could: All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal. The key is here, right from the beginning: Jacob Bronowski used to say [...]
A creationism “museum” in Texas is apparently about to fold, so they are attempting to sell a large Mastadon skull to avoid going under. The skull is estimated to be about 40,000 years old. I wonder how creationists like selling an artifact that is advertised as being much older than their beliefs allow? Personally, [...]