by Phil Braham | Apr 20, 2021 | Atheism, General, Scepticism, Science, The universe
The Darwinian view of evolution The classic Darwinism theory of evolution is very simply explained as follows: Every organism in the process of reproducing produces random mutations. These mutations may result in no apparent affect to the offspring up to an affect...
by Phil Braham | Dec 9, 2019 | Atheism, General, Psychology, Scepticism
What would it take to understand your partner? Suppose we’re talking about your wife, and she explains that she came from a large family where she had to care for her younger siblings and her mother was always busy and the father was never there. It may give you some...
by Phil Braham | Sep 2, 2018 | Atheism, General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Social commentary
Some years ago I saw an interview with a Jewish (or lapsed Jew to be more specific) professor where he talked about why he became an Atheist. He came from a very strict Jewish household, I think his father was a cantor at the local synagogue, but questioned his faith...
by Phil Braham | Sep 1, 2018 | Atheism, General, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism
Question 1: How old were you when you decided that you weren’t going to believe in what you don’t understand? If you had attempted to explain heavier than air flying, or radio communication to someone in the 12th century you would undoubtably be met with disbelief,...
by Phil Braham | Aug 20, 2018 | Atheism, General, Scepticism, Social commentary
There is a view which is expounded, predominantly by Atheists, that science is objective and impartial. I was told by a member of a skeptics association that peer review guaranteed that science was impartial. Apparently Richard Feynman said that Philosophy...
by Phil Braham | Jul 26, 2018 | Atheism, General, Philosophy, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism
We are often told that science and religion are mutually incompatible. The reasoning goes that religion is based on faith and science is based on facts and experimentation. I’ve even heard it said that religious people should not be employed in scientific...
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