You Don't Need All the Answers
When your friends bombard you with questions, how can you cope? Here's one suggestion to take the pressure off.
Why Bother Arguing?
This talk covers some of the basic concepts of truth, logic and persuasion which are helpful when we are 'defending and communicating the…
Studying ... Physics?
A look at some of the challenges and opportunities for Christians studying Physics.
“This House Believes God is a Delusion”
On 22 November 2007, the Birmingham University Debating Society considered the motion: “This House Believes God is a Delusion”.…
'Mind Viruses and Memes' - thinking errors in a freethinker
My focus in this essay is to illustrate, through a detailed analysis of one particular article, the range of fallacious tactics that are…
The Faith Based Dawkins
At the start of 2005, online magazine ‘Edge The World Question Centre’ posed the following question to a number of scientific…
"Is Seeing Believing?"
Is our own experience the final and only arbiter for what we can accept as true?
The Importance of Asking Honest Questions
Sometimes Christian pastors, parents and teachers are afraid of the questions young people and others might ask. Questions of another…
Atheism and Child Abuse
I woke up this morning to a radio news item about the continuing scandal of child abuse carried out by some Catholic priests during the…