Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Just a bit of fun, but the headline below is true. The survey on which it’s based is reported in this article in from the Independent, which you can see by clicking on the screenshot:(you can register for free with email and a password if it’s blocked; there’s no paywall) So, here are some results … Continue reading More than half of Americans oppose the use of Arabic numerals!
The article below appears in the liberal magazine American Purpose, and is written by a liberal author (Jonathan Rauch, who is also gay). It deals with a question that many of us have: how can we support transsexuals without having to buy into some of the claims we consider excessive (those involving sports, the claim … Continue reading How to be a good liberal but oppose the excesses of transsexual activism
Here we have another science-versus-religion piece—this time by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation—whose take-home message is that there’s no conflict: the two are compatible. Similar to the the last accommodationist piece I discussed, from the Voice of America, it uses me as the starting gate to trot out two scientists who assert that science and religion … Continue reading From Australia: People who choose God over reality
In today’s Easter edition of the NYT, Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren interviews the Jesus expert and Anglican bishop, N. T. Wright, introduced this way: Perhaps no one on earth has studied that event [the Resurrection] and the subsequent responses to it more than N.T. Wright. He serves as senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, … Continue reading Tish Harrison Warren interviews an Anglican bishop who says the Resurrection was real, and he has evidence
UPDATE: Philosopher Maarten Boudry has issued a series of tweets also criticizing Harrison’s take on the relationship of science and religion. Here’s the first one, but there are about two dozen in the thread: I've been away from the debate about science & religion for a few years. This interview with historian Peter Harrison (@uqpharri) … Continue reading Five books, all trying to show that science and religion are BFFs, get my kishkes in a knot
You already know the answer. But let me blather a bit. I don’t read Patheos much, but an alert reader told me about an article at it’s sub-site Public Theology—a name that would normally make me click away immediately. I’ve read enough theology in my life that my craw is full of it, and I … Continue reading Does science need religion because only faith gives us “meaning and purpose”?
Reader David Milne, chair of the Greater Manchester Humanists, got the letter below from the “Engagement Manager” of the University of Manchester’s Museum (I use David’s name and position with permission). It announces the creation of a “multifaith space” at the Manchester (University) Museum. Read it and see if there’s any justification for this project. … Continue reading Manchester Museum to add “multifaith” space (presumably largely for Muslims)
According to a survey just published in Public Understanding of Science, acceptance of evolution is increasing in the United States. Click on the screenshot below to read the article (it’s free), or access the pdf here. The survey continued data collected over 35 years, but a lot of the methodology is described in the Supplemental … Continue reading Public acceptance of evolution grows in the U.S.
