Abiogenesis: the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds . The prevailing scient...

The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with global influences...

"Life begins at conception" is the major reason given by the anti-abortion folks to make it illegal. The following links are to so...

Magical Thinking Resistant to objective evidence Primarily uses  amygdala (first part of brain to develop) for basic survival/instinct/int...

Anyone who has studied religions knows that one of the most dogmatic religions is the Catholic Church, with its volumes of promulgations con...

Yes, this period of political campaigning has been extraordinary in its polarity and vitriol.  To accept what the activist partisans from th...

"What newswriter (anchors don’t write their own copy) would say such a thing—and get away with it? The sooner that newspapers and tele...

Why do I say this?  How can one have an important conversation with someone who, when challenged on matters that challenge their beliefs, ...

In recent decades, there has been the phenomenon of Catholic health corporations purchasing secular hospitals.  This has caused the serious ...

One of my favorite podcasts is the John Batchelor Show .  It is out of NYC on WABC and is syndicated across the USA.  Mr. Batchelor is one o...

No scientific field has elicited more emotion than embryology.  This is because it is the study of cells prior to birth.  This article highl...

Wikipedia does as good of a job in defining dogma as any source.  As one can see, it is totally resistant to evidence and is ubiquitous.  In...