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Evidence for the existence of Santa
Inexplicably, one of the more popular search terms connected with this blog is ‘santa science’. Given the current season, perhaps this should be cleared up once and for all (look away now if you are...
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So… what should I believe?
Psychologist Dorothy Rowe has a book out about religious belief, entitled What Should I Believe? She says, it is possible to create set of beliefs, which allow us to live at peace with ourselves and...
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Is it misleading to say there probably isn’t a God?
The Atheist Bus Campaign story just keeps rolling along. The latest is that after more than 400 complaints, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority is considering an investigation. Meanwhile in...
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Grid-group cultural theory and hierarchical churches
It came to my attention recently that there are still churches which don’t let women preach or lead worship. Choosing the leaders because they are men is a hierarchical approach to social organisation...
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Virtual Goods and the Greatest Story ever Told
Virtual goods make money In a recent post about the profitability of online social networks in the US, China and Japan, venture capitalist Bill Gurley presents evidence that the more financially...
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Is God literally real?
Philosopher A.C. Grayling writes about the illiterate roots of religion. The ‘roots’ of religion may be illiterate, but this is hardly a cogent argument since the roots of everything, including...
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Nipping and Biting: Characterising the Conflict between Science and Religion
Much of the supposed conflict between science and religion may well be imaginary, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any conflict. How then should this conflict be characterised? Gregory Bateson once...
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Fortify your group with religious belief! Homing in on the God Gene
“Groups fortified by religious belief would have prevailed over those that lacked it, and genes that prompted the mind toward ritual would eventually have become universal.” An article in the New York...
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Excommunicating Women priests
Just about to write something about the recent restatement of the Catholic Church’s opposition to the ordination of women – I realised, effectively, I already had. Add only this: it’s not actually very...
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Training the Self
Philosopher Peter Sloterdijk claims there never was a religion that wasn't actually a misunderstood personal training regime. But if self-improvement is indeed the new religion, why should we settle...
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