To be clear, we are not certain the physical constants of the universe can vary and if they can, by how much. It is the assumption of those ...

It used to be that wearing a shirt with the headline “Atheist” was considered to be the gold standard in testing public reception of the la...

Words are ultimately invented, with definitions that were chosen arbitrarily. They are meaningful today, because most of us have a common un...

I find that the best premises used in apologetic arguments for God take something that is true for the things we observe then assumes it is ...

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Faith is a polarizing word in my circles. Depending on what side one comes down on regarding the existence of God, people have biased meanin...

They See Concepts As Transcendent Over and over again I see believers talk about concepts as if they exist outside of the mind that concep...

Is incest a sin? If you are representative of my primary audience you are probably saying “no.” Nothing is a sin. Sin isn’t a thing. Howev...

The religious ask me from time to time what would convince me that God exists. I have written about various ways that I would be convinced,...

God, or any sufficiently powerful supernatural entity (if such a being exists), could have designed us to operate miraculously. We could see...

In my experience talking to Christians I’ve learned to not assume I know the beliefs of the individual...with a few exceptions. Every Christ...

Why do I talk about about something I don’t believe in? I get this a enough that I should probably address it no matter how obvious the answ...

I recently had a discussion about what it would take to falsify evolution with another atheist. We both agreed that theories based on evid...

One. A good friend of mine died this week, so I’ve been thinking a lot about grief. It is a surprisingly selfish process. I don’t feel bad...

If you claim something is true and intend to convince others, you have the burden of proof. If you claim something is likely and intend to...

Mathematically, .9 repeating is equal to 1. Here's the proof: two-thirds (.6 repeating) plus one-third (.3 repeating) is equal to 1 (.9 ...

Darwin Day was last week, or as religious apologists call it "question evolution day." In that spirit, I posed a question to those...

Christians are skeptical. Christians, and theists in general, are skeptical of life arising from non-life and the universe originating fro...

I see both atheists and theists finding a scientific study or paper from somewhere on the internet and posting it as a central support to ...

Many arguments for god(s) take something the apologist intellectually doesn't understand and compensates with an assumption that reinfor...