Why Skeptics Don’t Have to be Atheists
Michael De Dora speaks about atheism and skepticism at Skepticamp NYC 2009. [You can read Michael De Dora's response to this post here, and an additonal commentary by Massimo Pigliucci here.] A...
View ArticleWhy Skeptics Should be Atheists
Enrapt audience at SkeptiCamp2009 (photo by Mitch Lampert) Editor’s note: this is a rebuttal to The Quixotic Man, about De Dora’s talk, “Skepticism Includes Atheism (So Deal With It),” at SkeptiCamp...
View ArticleOne more on the relationship between atheism and skepticism
I’d like to make a few comments on Jake Dickerman’s piece about Michael De Dora’s recent talk concerning the relationship between skepticism and atheism. (A fuller version of my thinking on this topic...
View ArticleA Skeptic Gets Squeamish
Photo from NASA Yes ladies and gentleman, it’s that that we all love, time for Jake to dazzle you all with an anecdote where something uncomfortable happens to me and I do my best to twist it into...
View ArticleThe Temptation of Misrepresenting the Past
As some of you may have seen, one of Lisa’s posts and one of mine have been nominated for inclusion into The Young Australian Skeptics Blog Anthology. I’d like to congratulate my fellow nominee, and...
View ArticleHolidays, Miracles, and Describing God as a Non-Theist
I think I deserve to be at this table Author’s note: This post is probably about two weeks later than it should have been. It took me a little while to get to write it. What can I say? I’m a busy...
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