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Paranoia, meet theism. Theism, this is paranoia… your biological father.

John Zande — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Just so there’s no doubt: Anthropomorphic theism is about as natural as tennis rackets, ice cream cones and bikinis. It is neither automatic nor inevitable. No religion has emerged twice anywhere on the planet, no single deity has been envisaged by two populations separated by time and geography, and not a solitary person in history [...]

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Now theists, listen carefully….

John Zande — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:40:21 +0000

The Burden of Proof Like it or not, atheism is the default position. Theism is not automatic or inevitable. Theism is not natural. The gods all have to be learnt. They are new information superimposed over the default: a-theism. If this were not the case a single religion centred on a single deity (who we’d [...]

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Interview: Dr. Eugenie Scott on Science, Religion and Creationism

Admininistrator — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:46:53 +0000

Today on Rational Hub, we have Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director at NCSE, who was kind enough to give us an interview despite her busy schedule. One of the most popular critics of Creationism and advocates teaching of evolution in the public schools, she is also the author of various books, including Evolution vs. Creationism: [...]

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Interview: Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy on Science, Religion and Politics

Admininistrator — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:07:31 +0000

Eminent Pakistani physicist and activist, Professor Hoodbhoy wages a lone battle for secularism, rationalism and skepticism in Pakistan. We are proud to have him here on Rational Hub.

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A time to change Time

John Zande — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:05:52 +0000

Dear secular friends, it’s time to change Time. Let’s be brutally honest: A.D 2013 is not only an entirely meaningless date to 6 out of 7 people on the planet, it is also a demonstrably erroneous one. The Common Era did not begin 2013 years ago. Nothing in fact took place in or around this [...]

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All teenagers need to rebel in order to grow up

Wicked Monk — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:36:17 +0000

When I came back home this evening , my elder daughter of 13 years showed me an argumentative essay she wrote for her English homework. Topic she was given was , “All teenagers need to rebel in order to grow up”. Needless to say i was stunned. This is how it goes in-her-words as it [...]

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Let’s bake a God!

John Zande — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:10:39 +0000

Let’s cook up a god, a capital “G” God. Seriously. Let’s bake one right here, right now, and let’s make our God one that’ll be disconcertingly hard not to believe in. It can’t be that challenging. Tens of thousands of gods have been glued together by people far stupider than me and the ingredients to build another [...]

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The Women of Pakistan – You Have a Voice, Use it

Pakistani Feminist — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:27:35 +0000

I have only ever suffered one horrific attack in my life that will probably scar me forever. But it didn’t destroy me. I suppose I consider myself luckier than many other women in the world especially in my own ethnic-origins country. I have always been well-fed, cared for (despite some family ups and downs), had [...]

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The Islamist Memeplex

Saif Rahman — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:47:00 +0000

So how can Islam’s initial accelerated period growth during its first 1400 years be explained? Dawkins coined the term meme from the Greek word mimema (“something imitated”). It describes the way in which cultural traits and patterns evolve, spread and become the norm. As in the animal kingdom, only the most suited to flourish will [...]

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Interview: Arif Ahmed on Philosophy, Atheism and Religion

Admininistrator — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:06:21 +0000

People might know him mostly for his famous debate against William Lane Craig. We are extremely pleased to have Arif Ahmed, the brilliant British philosopher, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge University, and author here on Rational Hub.

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