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Our guest this week on Think Atheist Radio is Dr. Erik Wielenberg. Dr. Wielenberg is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana's DePauw University. He spent a year at the University of Notre Dame's Center for Philosophy of Religion while doing his graduate work at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Wielenberg's research interests include moral psychology and epistemology plus the philosophy of religion. He is the author of two excellent books: Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe and God and the Reach of Reason. We asked Dr. Wielenberg to talk to us about the subject covered in these books– why the case for God fails, and the answers to the questions of how to have meaning and morality in a world like ours where God doesn't exist. Enjoy!
How humans shape the evolution of other species.
Jerry Coyne wrote to describe some things that would disprove evolution.
Two new papers, just released, show definitively now that life cannot live on arsenic. Done and done.
When it comes to morality, why do atheists answer a question no one is asking?
Scientists use x-rays to raise the chemical ghost of a 120 million year old bird.
An examination of the workplace environment shows the problems and inconsistencies in libertarianism. Massimo Pigliucci comments.
What do thoughts of mortality do to a person's religious beliefs and, more interestingly, their lack of religious belief?
Here's the fundamental problem with religious belief.
A woman, wanting to dispel the vision people have, thanks to anti-abortion protesters, of an abortion necessarily involving tiny dismembered fetuses, secretly takes photos of her own abortion. Thisismyabortion.com is the result. Her reasons for doing so are published in the UK's Guardian newspaper.
The great "detox" deception. On this idea that there's something we need to detox from and that our bodies couldn't do it on its own even if there were.
Some problems with the Fine-Tuning Argument.
Creationism is the enemy of education.
The climate of the climate change debate is changing.
The US just endured its hottest 12 month period on record. Again.
Ten cliches, plus ten more, that Christians should never use.
Different parts of the brain are linked to religious practice, spirituality, and fundament....
Why do we judge others to be careless but ourselves as just unlucky? It's about cognition.
Is autism an "epidemic" or are we just noticing more people who have it?
Scientists watch as E. coli bacteria evolves after they insert a 500 million year old gene into its DNA.
Hilarious: Katie Holmes, in divorcing Tom Cruise, and on subsequent news that she is returning to the Catholicism she was raised in, has embraced a more conventional lunacy.
Mormonism: turning capitalism into a religion.
The marketing gimmick conservative Christianity uses to try to keep old-time religion afloat.
A new moon has been discovered in orbit around Pluto, its fifth.
As both are uniquely American, Scientology and Mormonism have a good deal in common.
Marriage equality is now a mainstream value among Americans.
Chicken vaccines merge to form a live virus, cause an outbreak. Why the translation of this to fear about human vaccines is wrong.
New Gallup polling has it that confidence in organized religion is at an all-time low.
Why atheists don't think the Bible is historically reliable.
Some black holes existed prior to the Big Bang
How many church/state violations can one school district be guilty of? Turns out... a lot!
CT scans reveal early human fossils in stone.
The leading cause– 40%– of homelessness among children is down to rejection by their family due to gender or sexuality issues.
Taste, nutrition, and safety; the scientific evidence of conventional versus organic foods.
Michael Shermer runs down 12 answers to the Something From Nothing question.
Biblical contradictions and the Christian mind.
The discovery of the Higgs will help shed light on the missing 96% of the universe.
Comment by Dave Gibbs on July 15, 2012 at 5:49am Some fun reads here. Thanks for the post, Nelson.
The article on the list of “clichés that Christians should never use” is good. Surprising to see it is compiled by a Christian. Hopefully some Christians will read it too. The article on the list of “something from nothing” questions is excellent. No surprise that it is written by a Scientist. Hopefully some Christians will read it too!! Now more coffee.
Comment by Robert Karp on July 15, 2012 at 8:25am Thanks Nelson! Everyone please share and post.
Comment by Karen Lollis on July 15, 2012 at 11:55am So many great links! Not enough time!
AWESOME like always...thanks!!!
Comment by Will Fuqua on July 16, 2012 at 1:18pm I would sign up for DropBox, but I already use it. Love the thing and if anyone doesn't have it...get it.
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