It's Sunday again! Thanks to everyone for your FB LIKE's, your +1's and shares on Google+, your thumbs up on StumbleUpon, and your tweets on Twitter. So glad you all find Sunday School valuable enough that you would want to share it with others. It makes the time spent on putting each edition together absolutely worth it! Thank you! Spread the word. The information is out there. Let's get it into people's hands, and into their minds.

Make sure you tune in to hear our interview with Philosopher of Science Maarten Boudry. Dr. Boudry is a philosopher and Doctoral Researcher at Ghent University in Belgium. I first became aware of Dr. Boudry late last year during the extended back and forth between Jerry Coyne, PZ Myers, Sean Carroll and others on the question of whether there could ever be convincing evidence for the existence of God. Dr. Boudry's work was cited and discussed and made quite an impression. His doctoral dissertation, Here Be Dragons (pdf), recently came across my radar, the reading of which gave me no less of a reason to be impressed. He joined us to talk about whether science can say anything about the supernatural, "irreducible complexity", and the demarcation between science vs. pseudoscience.

Always remember that you can listen to any of our previously aired shows from the archive. Do follow the show on the main page or on iTunes. Follow me on Twitter (especially if you're interested in one of our many book giveaways) or G+ for the latest updates on contests, scheduling, and guests! (if you enjoy the show please consider leaving a review on iTunes and telling others about the show! Take a look at the list of guests we've had join us. Listen to the show. Tell me that you don't think that others should be listening to us too!) And, remember, if you enjoy the show and you can spare a few bucks, you can really helps us out by donating to make sure we stay on the air! Alternatively, you can shop our book store where you'll get the same low prices you would in shopping Amazon direct, but in shopping with us Amazon gives a tiny slice of their profit from the sale allowing us to get some support from a book you were going to buy anyway! The titles in the store are those written by our guests plus some suggestions that Greg and I have put together for you. Thank you so much for the support of those that donate and shop the store!

and now..... LINKS!

The majority of Muslims accept an old Earth, but where does evolution fit in?

Answer No. 132,465,741 to the question What's the harm in believing in nonsense?:

The unvaccinated are behind the largest outbreak of measles in the US in years.

Astronomers spot the birth of an alien planet for the first time.

What's the status of dark matter? "The indirect evidence is overwhelming. If you try to build a theory without dark matter, you simply have to throw out a whole suite of very well-tested and verified physics, and you still cannot explain all the observations..."

New independent climate study confirms climate change is real.

The Big Bang: What really happened at the birth of our universe?

Biggest ever study on cell phones shows once again, no cancer risk.

The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) was more complex than previously thought.

William Lane Craig has been going around Britain essentially calling Richard Dawkins a chicken for refusing to debate him prompting Dawkins to respond. Jerry Coyne commented.

The eternally existing, self-reproducing, frequently puzzling inflation.... 

A British family with a bizarre speech deficit 
has led linguists to FOXP2: a gene that begins to 
explain how our ancestors acquired language.

Why the US needs to learn more science.

Computer model reveals what would happen if humans were to become immortal.

"Libertarianism presents itself as a simple, clear, and principled view. It appears to provide a moral basis, in the value of individual liberty, for a specific political program of limited government and low taxes.... Three lines of thought lead to conclusions that might be seen as libertarian. But none of these shows that respect for the value of individual liberty should lead one to support the political program of low taxes and limited government that libertarians are supposed to favor."

The Catholic Church diversified their portfolio apparently, branching out from the abuse of children to outright trafficking in babies: 300,000 of them over 50 years by one estimate.

Why child abuse is so acute in the US.

The scale of the universe as evidence for naturalism, does it hold up?

Game over for faster than light neutrinos?

Check out Stephen Law's opening speech in his debate with William Lane Craig a few days ago. Good stuff. See John Danaher for an exposition of what Law's points can accomplish. More from Law? Check out his appearance on the Think Atheist Radio Show!

Answer No. 132,465,897 to the question What's the harm in believing in nonsense?:

Evangelical pastors tell 3 congregants, AIDS patients, to stop taking their antiretrovirals; they're dead now.

Surely by now we've outgrown the soul?

J.L. Schellenberg's Argument From Divine Hiddenness

Theism cannot explain the nature or existence of the universe.

Why do young Christians leave the church? New research by the Barna Group finds they view churches as judgmental, overprotective, exclusive, and unfriendly toward doubters. They also consider congregations antagonistic to science and say their Christian experience has been shallow.