Click below for a concise YouTube video that explains what science knows about the controversial hypothesis that the universe came from nothing:
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Emergence Explained, From Atoms To Humans
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
The Gaps Continue To Get Smaller and Fewer
Anyone who is aware of the interactions between religious apologists and their counter-apologists knows that virtually ALL arguments for a God involve the God of the Gaps fallacy: a theological perspective in which gaps in scientific knowledge are taken to be evidence or proof of God's existence.[1][2] It's clearly a logical fallacy, an appeal to ignorance.
Click on the link below for a podcast discussing a recent finding that gets us much closer to solving one of the mysteries that is used by religious apologists; abiogenesis:
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
God Of The Gaps Explained
Place yourself at home in the morning and there is just you and two others in the house. You prepare your breakfast of toast and coffee and are ready to eat. However, nature calls and you have to answer it. When you return, one of the two slices of toast is gone. You asked the two others, "Where is my toast?" Both of them deny taking it. There is no evidence pointing to either one (a gap in knowledge), however, you make the claim that one of them did it (a leap of faith). THIS is what we are talking about when religious apologists make claims for a God.
The above can be illustrated by debunking the Cosmological Argument (Argument from First Cause, and its variants). The religious claims that there must be the first cause of everything and it is God. The science-based thinker states that such a claim is unsupported by objective evidence and, in fact, given the weirdness of reality at the sub-atomic level and some suggestive evidence for an eternal system of multiverses, the only reasonable stance is to say, "We don't know."
Friday, July 17, 2020
Atheist: Don't Fall Into A Theist Trap
- Making a positive claim that there is a God is assuming knowledge not justified. This is the "God of the Gaps" argument.
- Making a positive claim that all reality is natural is assuming knowledge not justified. This is Philosophical Naturalism.
- Saying "We don't know" to a claim that can't be falsified is Methodological Naturalism and is a major feature of the scientific method. Let's not give the theist any evidence of faulty reasoning.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Theologians Are Backed Into A Corner
The theologians in the video are attempting to accept that the universe probably had no beginning by saying that: "God could create an infinite universe"; "God is not the 'cause' of the world, He is the 'reason' for the world." Ah, the dishonesty of apologetics. Yes, the gaps, indeed, are closing.
Click on the link below for the latest cosmological information regarding the beginning of our universe:
Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
Monday, April 20, 2020
Consciousness And The Double-Slit Experiments
The link below is one of the best retorts to the misinterpretation of the Double-Slit experiments:
Thursday, November 7, 2019
How Did Life Begin?
Origin of life. Where did life come from? Abiogenesis
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Let The Mystery Be
Why not just stay within what we really know and just "Let the Mystery Be?"
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
God Of The Gaps Is All They Have
What are the Big Questions that science can’t answer but religion can?
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Misunderstanding Science
A reputable professor uses The God of the Gaps argument.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
The New Science of Afterlife Research and Its Benefits to Society?
Classical argument from ignorance/God of the Gaps thinking. SMH
The Huffington Post touts the Afterlife
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson Shows He Can Think Unscientifically
Neil deGrasse Tyson says it’s ‘very likely’ the universe is a simulation
Friday, February 12, 2016
Belief Without Evidence In Math Terms
Friday, January 1, 2016
Evolution 2.0?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District.
Now the apologists are trying a new challenge to the consensus of the experts in evolutionary biology called Evolution 2.0:
http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Is-it-time-for-Evolution-2.0-Perry-Marshall-vs-PZ-Myers
Monday, June 8, 2015
Are Some Physicists Getting Into "Fill In The Gaps" Pseudoscience Thinking?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/a-crisis-at-the-edge-of-physics.html
Thursday, April 9, 2015
The "God Of The Gaps" Is Dead
The "God of the Gaps" should not be used in support of a god..... full stop.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2015/04/08/398227737/what-the-god-of-the-gaps-teaches-us-about-science
Click here if you want to see an example of how Christian apologists don't really understand what the God of the Gaps means. I responded to this ignorance with, "You do not understand the god of the gaps argument. Science simply states that any claim must be supported by evidence. Every claim in support of an interventionist deity has been falsified. Philosophy will never provide empirical evidence for anything. Instead of positing a god where there is no evidence, a science-based thinker says, "I don't know." (full stop)" The website blocked this response by saying it is spam. Ironically, apologists say they have "The Truth" but will not really have an honest and open discussion when challenged.