Not So Polite Conversation – when christians lie about Einstein, “fine tuning” etc.

I've been corresponding to Warren, who has made false claims about Einstein, quoting only part of a quote, to make it seem like Einstein agrees with christians, and who claims fine tuning exists. BTW, some memes at the end. Not much new in my responses. Just for my convenience, I'm posting my latest response to … Continue reading Not So Polite Conversation – when christians lie about Einstein, “fine tuning” etc.

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a revisiting of creationist failure

You may remember the Kitzmiller v Dover case, where creationists in Pennsylvania tried to sneak in their baseless nonsense into a public school. I live near that place so I got to hear and see lots about it. A christian is trying to retcon what happened here, claiming that it was only legal, not addressing … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a revisiting of creationist failure

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – claims of “design” and how they fail

The typical claims of "intelligent design" have raised their ugly head again. I caught this blog post which mentioned this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ImCoQJHw0 unsurprisingly, any comments disappear since they show this nonsense to be false. It's always fun to see just how much "faith" these christians have in their claims. FYI, Collins is a professor … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – claims of “design” and how they fail

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – more low hanging creationist fruit

Fruit. See what I did there?  😀 Unsurprisingly, Ray Comfort, the fellow who thinks oranges are evidence for his version of the Christian god, is now trying to glom onto actual science again and insisting paleontology shows his myths are true. And of course he’s trying to make money from repacking the same old creationist … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – more low hanging creationist fruit

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Science can’t explain how imaginary things work, therefore gods exist, a review of a God Squad column

In this past week’s God Squad column, Rabbi Gellman addresses “intelligent design”, the term invented by creationists to hide the religious origin and source for their attempts to have their myths taught in the classroom as the truth. (note: the column in my paper was severely chopped in comparison to the one in the link) … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Science can’t explain how imaginary things work, therefore gods exist, a review of a God Squad column