http://atheism.amhill.net Empowering you with knowledge Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:10:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been thinking about stereotypes lately. There are stereotypical images: "The Angry Atheist", "The Ignorant Christian", etc. There are stereotypical arguments, mostly involving God's existence, or Creationism vs. Evolution, etc. And there are stereotypical approaches -- namely butting heads. The thing is, if Monty Python has shown us anything, it's that ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2008/03/11/leading-by-example/ Back from break, finally. The Creationist ministry website, Answers in Genesis, has developed some rather shrewd tactics for combating modern science. Occasionally, I check into their site to prepare myself for possible counter-arguments when debating Creationists -- invariably, most Creationists eventually discover AiG. When they do, they copy-paste and ditto-head ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2008/01/23/anatomy-of-an-aig-article/ Foreword: Sorry it took so long to get this up here. This post is a product of a week or so of writing, research, and editing. More to follow soon, but likely not until the New Year. Have a happy end-of-year season! This is a claim I hear a lot. "Evolution is ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/12/24/debating-yecs-no-evidence-for-evolution/ In the local paper, my editorial was responded to by Kenneth Ridden, a local retired minister. I sent a letter to the editor in response to his editorial. Here's that letter. The article author severely misunderstands the scientific process. No one has "proven" evolution in the same way that no one ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/12/14/defending-evolution-in-local-newspaper/ I have read in a number of places that in a formal debate, if either party knowingly uses a logical fallacy, the debate is essentially over. It's sort of an unwritten rule that debators stick with the facts, the issues, and not personalize the whole affair. That said, debating an issue ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/12/14/debating-yecs-spot-the-logical-fallacy/ There are some arguments that you will encounter time and time again. They are generally levied by Creationists that are either not well-read, or are new to the Young Earth/Old Earth debate. There are also some more complicated arguments that require more finesse (and more sources) to properly defend. This ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/12/10/debating-yecs-common-arguments-that-are-easily-dismissed/ A lot of the reason why this blog has been sparsely updated is because I spend so much time on other blogs and forums (and occasionally youtube) debating Young Earth Creationists (YEC's) and Intelligent Design (ID) proponents. Part of constantly standing up for Observable Reality (tm) means doing a lot of ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/12/06/debating-yecs-purpose/ I seem to do more writing on other people's blogs than I do my own! First, in response to a blog by Dinesh D'Souza: Pat Robertson and I discuss Atheism (Which is kind of like two fratboys discussing childbirth), 2 comments (1 response to another commenter, and the other to the ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/11/29/response-to-some-articles-by-dinesh-dsouza/ This is in response to an article written by Bruce Walker, "The Godless Delusion." Full disclosure: I read your article from a link on rationalresponders.com and I do disagree with a lot of your comments, but I'm not here to flame you. I *do* agree with you that evil is the product ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/11/12/response-to-godless-deliusion/ I just submitted my editorial to the local paper. It should be published in the next few days! It's in response to a recent event put on by Answers in Genesis. Check it out! On October 12th, Answers in Genesis invited Wayne County to Examine the Evidence at Civic Hall here ... http://atheism.amhill.net/2007/10/26/pal-item-editorial/