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January 20, 2015
Official report finds Ark Encounter executives inflated attendance projections
When the Ark Encounter filed their request for an 18 million dollar tax incentive last year they had to submit to a review by Hunden Strategic Partners in Chicago to review and evaluate the parks projected attendance to qualify for such subsidies.
January 19, 2015
Why doesn’t Ken Ham understand religious liberty?
Okay, so I know two articles about Ken Ham in one day is a bit much, but the guy is literally feeding me blog posts to tear apart, and well, I have to do it don't I?So now Ham has posted a new blog titled, What’s Happening to America’s Free Exercise of Religion?In it, he claims that the right to freely exorcise religious beliefs is under attack in the US, meaning he thinks his right to demand religious privilege is under attack.
MLK, Facts, and Values
To mark Martin Luther King, Jr. day, I thought it was important to note how the civil rights leader felt about the conflict between science and religion. In short, he felt that there was not one to speak of. In his book Strength to Love, King discusses how “Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals [Read More...]
My Husband’s Not Gay is a dangerous and irresponsible program
The following is a guest post byThomas Essel Last Sunday, TLC aired their controversial special My Husband’s Not Gay. The show follows four stereotypically gay men as they try to be stereotypically straight men so that God won’t burn them in hell forever. The producers of this hard-hitting drama have brilliantly managed to combine two [Read More...]
Answers in Genesis has made up 12 arguments ‘evolutionists’ should avoid
The folks over at Answers in Genesis love to explain to “evolutionists” or as they should be called, “most citizens of the world”, what we don’t understand about creationism, and they are often laughable pieces that misuse science in an attempt to make creationism sound plausible.
January 16, 2015
Von Daniken’s Delusion: An Introduction
As a child, I remember being fascinated by the idea beings from another world visit our planet. I owned books, read comics, and watched every program pertaining to that particular subject. Still today I enjoy science fiction books and movies relating to other-worldly entities. But after some time, my skepticism grew greater than my belief [Read More...]
Responding to Ken Ham’s creationist propaganda
Ken Ham is back at it. Yesterday he released a new blog post titled, Responding to Atheist Propaganda, in which he attempts to combat “atheists” use of certain words that he does not agree with.I will go ahead and look at each of these claims one at time.
January 14, 2015
The Inane Accusation of Racism Needs To Stop
I wrote on a similar theme two days after the attack on Paris, when the AQAP released a statement that they were responsible for the bloodshed and that it had, in fact, been done in the name of the prophet. One might have thought that that would have been enough to silence the two days [Read More...]
Charlie Hebdo has a right to offend you and it is not a double standard
Writing for the Huffington Post UK, Mehdi Hasan has decided that free-speech has its limits and he also believes that Muslims are being held to a hypocritical double standard. Are they? Is there truth to Hasan's claims?
January 13, 2015
A Voice for Atheism and Skepticism
Hello everyone! My friend Dan Arel kindly asked if I’d be willing to contribute to his blog; of course, I happily accepted the offer. I’m grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts and feelings with his gracious audience and I hope to find a place of acceptance with those who’ve found his writing [Read More...]
