Many Atheists, myself included, point to the ambiguities, contradictions and inaccuracies in the holy books as evidence for a lack of a perfect God. After all, if God can’t convey his thoughts and instructions in a clear, consistent and unambiguous way, then why should he be followed at all?  For many people who see the world through [...]

One would have thought that out of everyone, the Catholic Church would understand the Easter Message.  Rebirth, sacrifice to absolve sins.  One might also assume that given the bad press the Catholic Church has been getting recently, it might have taken the opportunity to follow these themes. I am, of course, referring to the ongoing, [...]

A previous article on this site that referenced a study stating that there was a correlation between intelligence and religiosity has garnered a huge response, with 100 comments at the time of writing. Studies like this are very difficult to refute. The raw data is taken, analysed, and a conclusion reached. The conclusion is simply [...]

Why do good things happen to bad people? And why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? These fundamental challenges to the existing of a benevolent, all powerful deity are often dismissed by theists with the often espoused, and always misguided “free will” argument. The salient point apparently being that even though [...]

I always find clashes between the law, specifically equality laws, and the Church fun.  It really hammers home just how out of date and close minded religious leaders are.  The latest example comes from the UK, where Church groups are running scared or new proposed equality laws that would force them to equally consider sexually [...]

Unbelievably, I still get asked about evolution. How can I possibly believe that we evolved from monkeys? If we did evolve from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys? There are people out there who just don’t want to accept the evidence, the mountain of evidence, that’s been gathered over the years. So instead of [...]