Some of you may be familiar with the name E. Calvin Beisner, as I have mentioned him before on my blog, but for many of you, this name will be a mystery. Let me give you a brief introduction to him, courtesy of his website: E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., is spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation and is also an author and speaker on the application of the Biblical world view to economics, government, and...

Since I started jotting down my ideas three years ago, I have only ever had one purpose, and that was to make people think more about their ideas, their conceptions and misconceptions. This stems from an observation I have made about society today, and it scares me. I have noticed that people are making decisions based on their “gut feelings”, that politicians and businesses are using our emotions to persuade us into buying this...

Bill Nye recently posted a YouTube video titled “Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children”. I agree with him totally, except for the point that he makes about the denialism being unique to the United States. We see some factors of that here in the Australia, not to mention the denialism coming from certain sectors of Islam. That aside, I think he makes some really salient points here. Watch it below. This caused members of The...

I’m not all negativity, doom, gloom and criticisms. Sometimes I like to share something awe inspiring. And I love space. I really, really, REALLY love space. Remember this? I saw this clip over at PZ Myers’ blog, and thought it was too good to not share with you all. It’s a welcome relief from all the negativity I’ve been putting on the blog, and I hope you can enjoy it as much as I do. Watching the globe spin away...

I know this has been posted all around the net already, but this is PZ Myers’ talk from 2012 Global Atheist Convention, where he mentions me! He drops the “M-bomb” at around 37 minutes. Self explanatory really! Thanks PZ, it was a great talk. VN:F [1.9.18_1163]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes...

A growing phenomenon in the world is the distrust of science as a valid way to view the world. It is caused by a number of factors, including religious affiliation, political conservatism, lack of a sound education, and fear. And it is particularly bad in the USA, and driven by the conservative movement in their political sphere, by people such as Sarah Palin, and in the religious sphere by people like Ken Ham from Answers in Genesis. Between...