Published inScience and Critical Thinking·4 days agoMember-onlyWeird Claim: Climate change is God’s way of pointing us to Bible versesSelf appointed “prophet” Hank Kunneman, who is famous for “predicting” a Trump win in 2020 and now doubles down on the “stolen election” lie to maintain his credibility, has a well-established reputation for offering up some truly wild stuff. Here is Hemant’s tweet with Hank’s recent rather unique take on…Psychology6 min readPsychology6 min read
Published inThe Cult of Fools·6 days agoMember-onlyThe Cult of Fools (May 21, 2023) — “Giuliani Made me work Naked”The 70 page (yes 70) lawsuit filed last Monday by Noelle Dunphy against Rudy Giuliani contains some truly jaw-dropping accusations. You can find the full court filing here. Here are a few extracts … Clause 3–4: … Giuliani worked aggressively to hire Ms. Dunphy, offering her what seemed like a…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Published inScience and Critical Thinking·May 16Member-onlyConservative Christian Expelled from Tx State LegislatureRep Brian Slaton, pictured above, is a former pastor who was elected to the State Legislature of Texas. He ticks all the boxes that you would anticipate … He previously introduced a bill to make abortion a Criminal offence. It was a bill that was advocating for the death penalty…Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
Published inThe Cult of Fools·May 14Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (May 14, 2023) — “Trump is now officially a Sexual Abuser”The head of the Republican Party and 2024 candidate is a sexual abuser. We all knew Mr “Grab them by the pussy” was like this. All that changed this past week is that “Trump the Sex Pest”, is no longer just an opinion, it’s a legal fact, so he must…Society8 min readSociety8 min read
Published inScience and Critical Thinking·May 9Member-onlyHow can you effectively debunk False Beliefs?I can more or less guarantee that you will encounter people who sincerely and very deeply assure you that something that is very obviously not correct is a fact. You don’t need to think very hard for examples. Here are a couple of very obvious ones: Religion: The Book of…Belief7 min readBelief7 min read
Published inThe Cult of Fools·May 7Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (May 7, 2023) — “Christian Left vs Christian Right”Here is a twitter thread by TX representative James Talarico (he is the good guy here). As a committed Christian he proceeded to explain why the bill to mandate a 10 Commandments poster in every school is deeply offensive and very very wrong. He masterfully slices and dices it all…Society10 min readSociety10 min read
Published inScience and Critical Thinking·May 2Member-onlyCan you be Good without a God?On April 20th Pew Published a poll regarding secular non-religious morality. The results are truly wild, jaw-dropping, and also really encouraging. Before we mull over the results I better set the stage by briefly covering the topic of Religious morality and explain what the core problem with it is. Religious Morality A…Religion5 min readReligion5 min read
Published inThe Cult of Fools·Apr 30Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Apr 30, 2023) — “Tucker is Fired”So yes, it really happened, you were not dreaming. It was a surprise to almost everybody, including the racist white supremacist himself, and happened with immediate effect. He apparently found out only about ten minutes before the rest of us did. …Society11 min readSociety11 min read
Published inScience and Critical Thinking·Apr 24Member-onlyDoes Josh McDowell have Evidence That Demands a Verdict?Back in 2018 the Christian Post published an article by Josh McDowell in which he made some amazing claims. Apparently he had Forensic evidence that Jesus rose from the dead. Normally I’d roll my eyes at such religious claims, but I paused and made a few notes at the time. …Religion9 min readReligion9 min read
Published inThe Cult of Fools·Apr 23Member-onlyThe Cult of Fools (Apr 23, 2023) — “$787.5 million”When the news dropped last Tuesday I was shocked. They had Fox, they really did, and yet Dominion let them go for just $787.5 million … Trial by jury takes time, a lot of time, years even, and the outcome is never certain. It was rather a lot of…Society8 min readSociety8 min read
