by Carl Howard | Aug 10, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Philosophy, Society
Picture me this: a maths graduate student comes up with an amazing proof for one of the great unsolved problems in mathematics. He/she submits this to a supervisor, who checks it thoroughly and points out an error. On page 137, an extra minus sign popped into the...
by Carl Howard | Aug 5, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
There’s a wonderful pair of verses in the book of Proverbs. The first of the verses is 24:17 which is a very famous verse. I’ve seen it used many times to show the righteousness of the Bible and I believe I’ve even seen it in a Jewish context as a way of showing that...
by Carl Howard | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, History, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
I’ve blogged before about the dark side of population control. Over the years though I’ve come to take a still-dimmer view of most attempts at population control. One thing that’s gotten to me is the supposed tension between aid/development and population control....
by Carl Howard | Jul 22, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
Quite a few things happen in these 2 chapters which I’ll breeze through. David hides from Saul in a cave system and Saul with his soldiers go in to pursue him. The first interesting point is that the text says Saul went to “cover his feet”. In the Hebrew Bible, the...
by Carl Howard | Jul 12, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible, Language, Science and Skepticism
I’ve been moving and in the pandemonium have stuffed up the schedule so you might have seen a half-baked version of this yesterday. Here’s the real thing! A recent episode of the Atheist Experience has made me aware of one of the most ridiculous arguments for...
by Carl Howard | Jul 7, 2010 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Language
To start with, I humbly ask the reader to pronounce these two words out aloud. If you’re not sure, do your best: victuals, island. Within the realm of science/atheist/philosophy blogosphere, spelling and grammar pedantry abounds. I’ve found the stereotype of the...
