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The Pope Is Wrong About Global Warming
God bless Pope Francis. But he is wrong about global warming, and even wronger about "special interests" trying to keep global warming going. The Holy Father knows a lot more…
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Stream: There’s Big Money in Global Warming Alarmism
Cop21 is upon us. Dread it. The Pope yesterday spoke of the corrupting influence of "special interest" groups. Amen to that. Although these groups aren't who the Pope thinks they…
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Best Equivocation Joke: Open Thread
It being a slow traffic week and me being on the road and swamped---COP21 is coming up next week, working on a new book, news of the old one is…
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Ridley Claims Materialists, Atheists, & Secular Humanists Don’t Preach
Matt Ridley has a curious piece in The Times (no, the better one), "Why Muslims are turning away from Islam". (Incidentally, Ridley and I both have chapters in the new…
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The Crybaby Fallacy (Which Atheists Often Use)
Many atheists are notorious for arguing from desire. (Be ever careful of the So's-Yer-Old-Man Fallacy.) God doesn't exist, they say or imply, because He's a big meanie, because His demands…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Cannot Will Evil
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Two important…
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This Week In Doom: Meat Eating & The Sins Of Sexual Normalcy
Too many people eating too much meat? The Stream has the most hilarious, but eminently practical, article "There Aren't as Many People as a Lot of Environmentalists Think: Some Elementary…
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Keenan’s $100-Grand Climate Challenge & Randomness
Lots of people are asking me about Douglas Keenan's challenge to identify which time series meets a certain criterion. If our betters are as good as they say at identifying…