this is a phenomenal Tribute to Christopher Hitchens - 2012 Global #Atheist Convention (by AtheistFoundation)
after roughly three months of on-and-off reading, i finally finished the portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever, which is a collection of essays, excerpts and writings concerning religion, belief, atheism, and science. it was compiled by the late christopher hitchens, a…
#evolution
-Every so often, some creationist will come out with the claim that flagellum of the bacteria is an irreducibly complex system. This points to
a dead-Jew on a stick designing it- I mean, an unspecified intelligent creator (wink, wink)- designing it.The only problem is that we know that the flagellum is not irreducibly complex. It can be shown to form in a stepwise fashion as per the article attached.
Of course, it does seem that it would be easier to find another way to leave a biological clue for design than the flagellum of a bacterium. That creator is such a tease…
My family was talking about the different branches of Hinduism and how they do not believe in a certain guru from one branch. I told them how nothing exists, but science.
