Month: September 2016
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A Betrayal of Confidence: A Review of The Faith of Christopher Hitchens
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris In a scathing review, Kathleen Schultheis over on Skeptic.com, demolishes Larry Taunton’s book “The Faith of Christopher Hitchens”, calling it a betrayal of confidence and much worse. An excellent article! Kathleen J. Schultheis reviews Larry Taunton’s book, The Faith of Christopher Hitchens. Source: A Betrayal of Confidence: A…
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The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris A great article from brainpickings.org, on ways to detect bullshit and fortify your ability to think critically. An inoculation against baloney. A must-read in my opinion. Taken from Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-haunted World“. Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood. Source: The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl…
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Top 10 reasons God does not exist
Last Updated on 2022-09-18 by Joop Beris As an atheist, I obviously do not believe in God. I can’t be absolutely sure that there is no divine being of some sort but I think it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the God of the Bible (or Torah and Koran for that matter) doesn’t exist.…