Wayne

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Posts by Wayne

What is Science?

March 6, 2010 - 6:34 PM

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Posted in Atheism, Religion, Science | 1 comment

It’s not only white coats and Coke bottle glasses, that’s for sure.  It’s also not a religion.

Auckland Church Fights Back… Kinda

December 16, 2009 - 10:43 PM

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My mate Spankermatic over at Reality Dysfunction writes about a retaliation ad campaign launched in the wake of the NZ Atheist Bus initiative.  The words “desperation” and “hypocrisy” spring swiftly to mind, as they so often do with modern religion.
A minister of the church was quoted as saying: “See?  We can be hip, cool, funny [...]

New Page: Literature

December 13, 2009 - 11:09 PM

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I’ve just added a recommended atheism / evolution reading list, on the new Literature page.  If you’d like to learn more about these topics then the books listed on that page are a good place to start.

What is Atheism?

December 12, 2009 - 7:48 PM

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Seems like a simple question, right?  It is.  The answer is equally simple: An atheist is someone who does not believe in a god.
That’s all.
And that’s a problem.

NZ Atheist Bus, 1st Religious Donation

December 12, 2009 - 9:58 AM

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So, it’s the first day into my donation commitment and the grand total committed thanks to religious and otherwise ignorant commenters comes to:
$31
The biggest contributor was Thomas Christopher, with a grand total of $17, so I’d like to thank him specifically for his support in ignorance.
Being a Saturday I suspect today’s “debating” won’t be as [...]

NZ Atheist Bus Donation Commitment

December 11, 2009 - 9:11 PM

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Since the Atheist Bus project was announced on Stuff this morning the comments section on the project’s latest blog post started going pretty wild.  The religious crazies were out in full force, with their irrational cannons fully loaded and firing away.  To counter this I’ve committed to donating an additional $1 per uneducated, irrational religious [...]

Chances of a Random Miracle

December 11, 2009 - 8:57 PM

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There are two things I want to talk about today: chance, and randomness.  I’ll also talk about how these relate to what some choose to perceive as “miracles”.
Chance is a purely scientific, mathematical concept.

Rational Truth for Goodness’ Sake!

December 11, 2009 - 12:36 AM

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In light of the recently-announced NZ Atheist Bus Campaign I’ve become inspired to start a blog I’ve been meaning to for some time now.  The aim of this blog is simply to encourage freedom of thought and honest exploration of the truth, in the name of goodness and humanitarianism.
I’m a regular guy living in Wellington, [...]