One argument that I tackled in an earlier post was the fine tuning argument. I thought about it for a while, and I thought of one of my interests: Astronomy. I realized that there are thousands of galaxies and millions of stars and planets out there. So are we really "fine tuned"? Why us and not any one of the other millions of planets? Why haven't we found life on other planets? For those of you who do not know much about cosmology or astronomy there is a certain Goldilocks zone that a…

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Charles Darwin 

12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882

 

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Hey guys! Hope you all had a great week! Radio Show stuff first and then we'll get to some links!

But first! I trickle out Sunday School links throughout the week on Google+. No reason to wait to read all the fascinating stuff! There's a great community of people I share the links and interact with. And on…

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Last night on PBS NOVA aired a new showed entitled "What Darwin Never Knew." It is 2 hours of fascinating insight on recent scientific developments into the "how to's" of evolutionary biology. Explanations on homo sapien's brain expansion, DNA switches, analysis of the human genome, and genetic mutation are clearly and graphically presented. I really can't recommend this particular programming enough. The god equation loses great "face" in the process. 

Over the past few months, I've had that urge to get another tattoo. After some searching, I decided that I wanted something featuring Darwin's evolutionary tree. I gave my artist a picture of Darwin's 'tree' and told him to get creative. I'm so ecstatic about how it turned out and it's my new favorite piece! I absolutely love it! :) Ink by Moto @ Amber Island Tattoo in Easley, SC

 

And now..for your viewing pleasure...

(It's on my wrist, btw)…

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The Ancestor's Trail http://www.ancestorstrail.net/ (see also the Think Atheist events page) was inspired by Richard Dawkins’ book the 'Ancestor's Tale' and combines atheism, biodiversity, walking and evolution. Effectively it is a secular pilgrimage celebrating our shared ancestry with all life. This is the second Trail but the event remains at a vulnerable stage. Currently the event is 'booking'…

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The Ancestor's Trail - Sunday the 29th May 2011.

Religious folks certainly know how to throw a party; festivals, ceremonies, feasts, sacrament, Hajj, Vesak, Bar Mitzvah and the list goes on....

 

But what if your beliefs are rather more down to earth? In 2010 a small group of Humanists ran our very first 'biological pilgrimage' on the Quantock hills in Somerset UK ~ a secular celebration of our shared origins, based on Richard…

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This film is a partly biographical, partly fictionalised account of Charles Darwin's relationship with his eldest daughter, Annie, as he struggles to write On the Origin of Species. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the film was directed by Jon Amiel and stars married couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles… Continue

2009 BBC







Charles Darwin & the Tree of life







(Hosted by David Attenborough)











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Everyone knows about Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection, but did you know that he once ate an owl, just for kicks? Or that he almost didn't make it aboard HMS Beagle because of the shape of his nose? Behold Neatorama's 10 Fun Facts About Charles Darwin:



1. Darwin Once Ate an Owl



Darwin was an inquisitive man. Sure he was curious about nature and all that science stuff, but he's also a guy. So when he saw strange animals, he often wondered… Continue

Charles Darwin's great-great-granddaughter Ruth Padel 'humbled' to win most important academic poetry position in UK

Key paragraph:

Padel has given seminars for the Euroscience Forum Barcelona, the Royal Society and Royal Society of Medicine. In her new role, she will work to unite poetry and science.

Abiogenesis is the explanation (theory) of how chemical compounds could form Ribonucleotides which then become life. Creationists assume that you are talking about Evolution, but this is the step before Evolution. To the point, it has now been replicated in the laboratory.



According to Sutherland, these laboratory conditions resembled those of the life-originating “warm

little pond” hypothesized by Charles Darwin if the pond “evaporated, got heated, and then it rained… Continue

Darwin My Ancestor Episode 1

Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God



* Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent

* The Guardian, Tuesday 27 January 2009



David Attenborough in a still from his forthcoming television series 'Life In Cold Blood'



David Attenborough in a still from his series 'Life In Cold Blood'. Photograph: BBC/PA



Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his… Continue