Meet good interatheist Chris Stedman
An inverted Chris Stedman and his “awful giraffe,” which I find rather endearing. Stedman is a humanist interfaith activist. Yes, you read that correctly. Image taken from NonProphet Status, Stedman’s blog Read Stedman’s shirt (in a mirror). It says “Good (Without God).” This particular atheist cliché always makes my head hurt. On one hand, as [...]
Behold the Kepler Collection
Kepler‘s planets, seen in silhouette, against their parent stars. The star colors — which are accurate — indicate temperature: the redder, the cooler; the bluer, the hotter. These are not images taken by Kepler, but are generated from Kepler data; measurements of the stars’ temperatures and distances help astronomers determine their luminosities, and once these [...]
Live from New York: An atheist in free fall
This, from the New York Public Library: Author Mark Salzman (Iron and Silk, The Soloist, Lying Awake), became a stay-at-home parent in 2001. Eight years and three failed book manuscripts later, he had a nervous breakdown. Here he tells a sad story with a happy ending, and in so doing explores questions such as * [...]
Vatican, ASI to launch new S&R website
B16 in low earth orbit. Image courtesy of Freaking News This just in: The Vatican, along with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), is soon to launch a new science & religion website that will, according to the BBC, be available in Italian and English, [and will have] information on everything from astronomy to theology, from [...]
The futility of trying to base morality in science, or, Why Christian saints have always been total pains in the ass
A professor of mine once said, All true saints are pains in the ass. She was right. Mother Teresa at her Home for the Sick & Dying in Calcutta. Image source: The New Agency There’s nothing like starting off the day by reading about what a awful person Mother Teresa was. Just this morning we [...]
From the Dept. of We Can’t Believe We’re Doing This: Defending Papa Bear
Oh yeah? How’d the moon get there then? Bill “Papa Bear” O’Reilly talks philosophy for the benefit of pinheads everywhere. He may actually be onto something Bill O’Reilly knows nothing whatsoever about science. This is obvious. Bill O’Reilly is obnoxious. This is obvious. Bill O’Reilly is a buffoon. This is obvious. Bill O’Reilly is sometimes [...]
