Sempre circula por emails, ou em comunidades, fóruns ou em blogs a mesma ladainha de sempre, trazendo um monte de personalidades famosas com frases dúbias que “provam” que Deus existe. Tudo na linha do “Newton acreditava em Deus, logo Deus existe”. Isto chega às raias do absurdo ao declararem que Einstein acreditava em Deus (quase) […]

Hoje em dia é muito comum que as principais religiões monoteístas do mundo façam uso de seus “livros sagrados” para lançar condenações contra os homossexuais, e vociferar maldiçoes e pragas de modo insidioso, dizendo que a pratica sexual entre os gays é uma “abominação aos olhos do Senhor” (Levítico 18:22). E todos os dias, padres e […]

What’s an atheist to think when thousands of believers (including prominent rabbis and priests) are praying for his survival and salvation—while others believe his cancer was divinely inspired, and hope that he burns in hell Related: The first in the series, “Topic of Cancer,” by Christopher Hitchens. When I described the tumor in my esophagus as a “blind, e […]

The Institute for Creation Research is apparently conceding defeat in its lawsuit over the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 2008 decision to deny the ICR's request for a state certificate of authority to offer a master's degree in science education from its graduate school. The United States District Court for the Western District o […]

This is the transcript from the live webchat with Richard Dawkins, Ruth Gledhill and Hannah Devlin from 2.30pm Wednesday 2nd September 2010, in the wake of Stephen Hawking’s assertion that God played no role in creating the Universe. Chat originally hosted on The Times here and on this page. 14:24 Hannah Devlin: Hello everyone. Welcome to the Eureka Live deb […]