Oxford researchers investigate likely innate human tendencies to believe in gods and the supernatural. Prompted by Israeli President Shimon Peres’ suggestion for an 11th commandment (bumping up the next 603, I suppose), Alex Tabbarok asked his readers for their suggestions. How could it be this easy to improve on the work of a perfect god? [...]
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Friday Link Roundup #40
Posted by NFQ on July 22, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/friday-link-roundup-40/
On Christian charity
I’ve had some harsh words here in the past about how Christians actually behave with respect to their supposed values of charity and generosity. While I was writing this last secular morality post about charitable giving, though, I got to thinking about what the Bible actually says about helping those who are less fortunate. It’s [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 7, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/on-christian-charity/
Refuting the Abrahamic faiths
Sometimes, I feel sort of guilty for spending as much time on Christianity as I do. I knew that this would happen when I started the blog, because I live in the US and Christianity is the primary form in which I encounter religious belief, and the primary form in which religious zealotry threatens my [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 28, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/06/refuting-the-abrahamic-faiths/
Review: Science and the Bible
Ted Burge’s Science and the Bible: Evidence-Based Christian Belief is another book I found for myself at the library. It sounded like exactly what I was hoping my Christian friend would have recommended to me. I thought, “All right, if someone’s going to answer my problems with the bad science in and lack of trustworthy [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 27, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/06/review-science-and-the-bible/
Friday Link Roundup #37
Neuroscience suggests that extreme brand loyalty and religious devotion have a lot in common. (Via Slashdot.) You probably already read xkcd, but just in case, don’t miss this great comic about experimentalist monotheism. (And don’t forget the hover text!) Vjack is right: most Christians don’t believe the Rapture is going to happen tomorrow, but as [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 20, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/friday-link-roundup-37/
Friday Link Roundup #36
Shorter Soul Surfer: “Thanks, God and/or Jesus, for making a shark eat my arm off! Now I really understand the depth of your love and inspiration.” Gregory Paul and Phil Zuckerman ask, Why do Americans still dislike atheists? Many thought-provoking statistics follow. Check out the first Q&A in this week’s Dear Prudence column! There are [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 13, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/friday-link-roundup-36/
Awkward social justice
While idly perusing the job listings in the back of my April issue of Physics Today, I noticed an advertisement for a position at Berea College, in Berea, KY. (No, I’d never heard of it before, either.) At the end of the listing, where many other ads mentioned being Equal Opportunity Employers and the like, [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/awkward-social-justice/
Friday Link Roundup #35
If you’re looking for a better lesson in how to be an evangelist than the ACT training courses could provide, maybe you should check out Ebonmuse’s recent essay, The Apologist’s Handbook. It’s very educational. Stanley Fish praises Kagan’s dissent in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. This is really creepy. I’m not sure what [...]
Posted by NFQ on April 15, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/04/friday-link-roundup-35/
Friday Link Roundup #33
The Bible says both that atheists are fools, and that anyone who calls someone a fool is liable to burn in hell. Formerly atheist cartoonist Box Brown converts to Christianity. The Atheist Experience gets pwned by infamous troll “DM.” (For context, see here or here.) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that, since a [...]
Posted by NFQ on April 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/04/friday-link-roundup-33/
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