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Christmas Cartoons

Heather Hastie — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:25:22 +0000

I’m currently writing a post about the resignation of General Mattis and US Special Envoy Brett McGurk over Trump’s dreadful decision to withdraw US troops from Syria. However, it’s Christmas Eve in New Zealand and I still have a lot to do to prepare for tomorrow. Therefore I’m not going to get the post done. […]

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Geoff Robson: Lying for Jesus and Wrong about Richard Dawkins

Heather Hastie — Mon, 14 May 2018 04:42:01 +0000

Richard Dawkins gave a couple of talks in New Zealand recently. He’s here promoting his new book, Science in the Soul. As usual that brought people out of the woodwork with the message the atheists are either stupid, lying, or just plain evil. None ever sees the irony in their statements. One prime example is […]

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Egyptian Imam: It’s Atheist Doctrine is to Murder Muslims

Heather Hastie — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 02:57:10 +0000

This video is from a debate on Egyptian TV on 27 January between an Egyptian Islamist imam Muhammad Hamouda and an Egyptian intellectual, Sharif Farouk. The TV host, whose name I cannot ascertain, is clearly on the side of the imam. Part of the debate is about atheism versus Islam, and part of that is […]

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Easter for Atheists

Heather Hastie — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:28:12 +0000

As we all know, Easter is a time that Christians all over the world mourn the death and celebrate the resurrection of their saviour, Jesus Christ. Outside their holy scripture, the Bible, there are no indications of the existence of Jesus. Even in the Bible, things are pretty confusing. Christians with tell you there are […]

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Atheists are Becoming More Popular!

Heather Hastie — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:17:49 +0000

In 2014 Pew Research did a survey about the way different religious groups within the US feel about each other. Within religious groups, there was also analysis by political affiliation. I wrote about it at the time, lamenting the low opinion most USIans have of atheists. I found that especially frustrating as studies show that […]

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The Authoritarian Left and Misdirected Animosity in the Atheist Community

Heather Hastie — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 05:57:03 +0000

The worldwide atheist community is growing every day. In northern Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand this trend has been obvious for some time. The 2015 Pew Research Center Report ‘The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections 2010-2050‘ says: During the next few decades, the number of religiously unaffiliated people around the world […]

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Competition Winner

Heather Hastie — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 23:16:47 +0000

Entries for the competition closed on 30 September, and I said I’d announce winners shortly after, so here goes. You will remember there were two categories: 1. Sokal-type Essay Write an essay of an experience that led to a “personal” epiphany of the “undeniable” link between religion and science. 2. Anti-Accommodationist Essay Write an essay […]

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Essay Competition: Science vs Religion

Heather Hastie — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 02:02:26 +0000

Many of you, like me, are readers of Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True website. Yesterday he posted a story called ‘Templeton-sponsored essay contest: Big bucks for telling stories about accommodationism‘. It detailed an essay competition offering large financial prizes for personal stories that show science and religion in harmony. Templeton, of course, is all […]

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Auē Tēnei Wiki: My Patron Saint is St Francis of Assisi

Heather Hastie — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:55:52 +0000

It must be true, because the internet said so. I’m not quite up to thinking too hard yet, but I thought I’d make the effort to do my weekly Auē a Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki posts anyway. In an experiment to see whether God would intervene in the heresy of an atheist taking the test, […]

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For WEIT Readers – Babies Galore!

Heather Hastie — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:48:45 +0000

Many of you will have read and enjoyed Jerry Coyne’s post this morning on the Why Evolution is True website: ‘Five things that atheists don’t want you to know.’ I made a comment about atheists eating babies. As you probably know, there are lots of memes relating to this myth that occasionally make the rounds […]

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