The Selfish Meme Strikes Back: New Atheism’s Failed Crusade
I am in the middle of going back through all of my blog posts over these past ten years and self-publishing various collections from all my work. Last month, I ...
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“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 13)–This is the End! (If I Were an Atheist…)
Well, we made it. Here we are: the final post of my extended book analysis of Jerry Coyne’s Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I want to not only wrap up my analysis...
The Preposterous Claims of the New Atheist Movement: Why “The Selfish Gene,” “Meme Theory,” and “The Evolution of Religion” are Baseless and Unscientific
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett have made a killing in their recent media blitz over the past 10-15 years. Nevertheless, I...
The Dawkins Delusion (Part 2): “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer” (Chapter 1)
Dawkins: The Philosophical Naturalist The first chapter of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is entitled “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer.” In it, Dawkins makes...
Disarming Richard Dawkins’ Delusions (Part 1)
Ah, the Gospel of Atheism! Atheism fascinates me. Not the kind of atheism in which someone simply says, “I don’t believe God exists,” and then just goes about l...
The Bible is Immoral! Christopher Hitchens Had Declared It to be So!
Christopher Hitchens is convinced. There is no doubt in his mind: the Bible approves of the worst kinds of cruelty! According to Hitchens, “The Bible may, indee...
The B-I-B-L-E! That’s Not the Book For Christopher Hitchens!
It is now time to analyze Christopher Hitchens’ take on the Bible. It should come as no surprise to find that, although Hitchens’ main argument is “religion” (o...
Warning! Christopher Hitchens will Spoil Your Bris! No Circumcision for You!
Circumcision: Sadistic Mutilation, or Meaningful Symbolic Act? In his book, god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens tries to arg...