Atheism: The Case Against God

I have FINALLY finished reading George Smith’s seminal work Atheism: The Case Against God. I say finally because this book is a very substantial work and I don’t recommend you read it while you are sleepy because I could barely get 3 pages into it before nodding off.
When you read this you will clearly see [...]

End of Faith & it’s little cousin

I completed reading Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation several weeks ago but found that it was very short (only about 100 pages) and that if I wanted to better understand Harris’ position I should read his longer and more in-depth book End of Faith.
End of Faith definitely has more meat than it’s little [...]

I may be a legend but the movie wasn’t

First and foremost this blog post will contain MAJOR SPOILERS, if you don’t want to know how the movie or book ends click away now… go on, git.
Let me prefix the following post by saying that the book I Am Legend is perhaps one of my top 5 books of all time, if I were to [...]

Where have I been?

Long story short, it’s that time of year, plus work has been busy, very busy.
However, what little intertoob time I get for myself I’ve been spending over at FriendlyChristian.com. I find it very stimulating, why don’t you take a gander. hee hee gander. Anyway, the guy who runs it approaches his Christianity in a very [...]

Help The Skepchick get on NPR

If you are not aware Rebecca Watson of Skepchick and Skeptical Guide to the Universe podcast fame entered an NPR contest and won her own pilot NPR show called Curiosity, Aroused. The pilot is currently being shopped around. Why don’t you help her out and send the following link to get your local NPR station [...]

Remembering Carl Sagan

Man, I have been grossly neglecting my blog.  I know you’ve missed me.
Anyway, 11 years ago today Carl Sagan died. 11 years ago I wasn’t really even aware of who Carl Sagan was and the real impact he was having in popularizing science. Hell, 11 years ago I was barely out of high school and [...]