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When Faith Meets Logic
Via: TᵢG • Critical Thinkers • 208 Comments • 8 years ago
This is a remarkable call from a sincere theist expressing concern to an atheist talk show. The concern is that some of the younger members of his church are listening to this talk show. The parents are worried that by listening to the show God might condemn their children to a literal Hell...
The More We Evolve, The Less We Need God
Via: TᵢG • Religious and not News Chat • 408 Comments • 8 years ago
CLICK HERE FOR THE DEBATE IQ2 offers well moderated thoughtful debates. This debate has a number of interesting points. But be warned that the opposing side led by Deepak Chopra will get very tiresome and repetitive (typical of Deepak Chopra). The opposing side's argument style is also...
The Mind of a Flat Earther
Via: TᵢG • Critical Thinkers • 48 Comments • 8 years ago
Came across this video and decided to share it. I have never had a chance to talk with a flat Earther so I was not aware of what would drive someone to such outrageous nonsense. This video is a flat Earther caller explaining his views to a panel of skeptics. Quite fascinating.
Presuming Certainty
By: TᵢG • Critical Thinkers • 94 Comments • 8 years ago
Theological discussions often turn ugly. A major contributing factor is our terminology. Theists seem to equate 'atheist' with 'evil' while atheists liken 'theist' with 'mindless follower'. We routinely use the terms atheist, agnostic and theist yet it is not clear they mean what we think...
University Denies Free Speech to Ken Ham and Boots Him from Speaking
Via: TᵢG • Religion & Ethics • 135 Comments • 8 years ago
( full article ) The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), a school located in a region informally known as The Bible Belt, has booted Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis, from speaking on the Edmond campus next month. UCO has reneged on a contract it signed that allowed Ken to give a...
Existence
By: TᵢG • Critical Thinkers • 60 Comments • 8 years ago
Ever conduct a thought experiment? The idea is to engage in highly disciplined speculation to explore questions whose answers are beyond our ability to confirm (or even test). It is an exercise in pure logic. One fascinating topic is existence itself. This is where we try to answer the...
Guide to the New Comment Structure
By: TᵢG • TechMeta • 28 Comments • 8 years ago
One Newstalkers’ objective is a comment structure that encourages discussion and debate. Oddly, many sites have resorted to strict linear comments 1, 2, 3, … n. (In part because this is very easy to implement.) Each new comment simply falls at the end of the list. This works fine for small...
Guide to the Tracker
By: TᵢG • TechMeta • 68 Comments • 1 Like • 8 years ago
What is a Tracker? A tracker is a mechanism built within a discussion forum that tracks comment activity and presents a custom record of this tracking for each user. The tracker is based on the idea that each user wants to follow activity on one or more articles (a discussion or a blog)....
The New Origin of Species
Via: TᵢG • Health, Science & Technology • 334 Comments • 8 years ago
A review of: The New Origin of Species - Darwin’s Work Is Being Undone by Modern Genetics Answers in Genesis is, without question in my mind, a con outfit. They routinely put forth articles like this attempting to discredit science so as to push a literal interpretation of the Bible: Earth...
