When Eve met Adam…

When Eve met Adam, Paradise was lost… Source: http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip/2012/02/01/. Happy Valentine’s Day anyway… 🙂

Williams, Dawkins, and Kenny on the nature of human beings and their ultimate origins, 23/02/2012

On 23 February, there will be an interesting debate between Rowan Williams (the Archbishop of Canterbury), Richard Dawkins and Anthony Kenny on the issue of “The Nature of Human Beings and the Question of their Ultimate Origin”. Time and venue: THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD, THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2012, 4.00-5.30PM (UK time). Because of the huge … Lees verder

Nicholas Rescher: “Productive Evolution: On Reconciling Evolution with Intelligent Design”

Nicholas Rescher is an American philosopher, an extremely productive one (or at least, he used to be like that). He has written a lot on epistemology. And he is also a theist, a religious believer. Just a couple of minutes ago I received an e-mail from a German friend who pointed out to me that … Lees verder

Dawkins, jewelry, atheism, symbolism

Have you ever looked at the website of the Richard Dawkins http://richarddawkins.net, and then I mean especially the store section: http://store.richarddawkins.net/? I recently noticed that “they” (I don’t presume Dawkins is selling stuff in person) sell jewelry. In itself there’s of course nothing wrong with that. But notice that The Richard Dawkins store sells jewelry … Lees verder

Jesse Bering: “The God Instinct” (Part 2)

In this post the second, revised part of my final evaluation of Jesse Bering’s The God Instinct (in the US published as The Belief Instinct). FOR DUTCH VISITORS: De Nederlandse samenvatting van Berings boek, is in delen HIER te vinden. Jesse Bering, The God Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life. … Lees verder