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Overwhelmingly, the first impression, the first piece of feedback given by other non-fundamentalist attendants, is shock expressed at how the fundies swallow absolutely anything they are told, no questions asked. Writes a Christian I met there (Update: Chris Venter, great guy ): Die ergste vir my was om te sien hoe die mense daar alles [...]

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After a nearly six hour session of listening and talking to creationists, I don’t know what to say. I have had ample warning about what it would be like, but did I really believe it? Yes, it was everything they said it would be. All the standard logical fallacies, all the standard tactics, reverse psychology, [...]

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Creation Seminar Details Apologies about the short notice, but tomorrow there is a “Creationism Seminar” in Stellenbosch. Gary Bates from Creation Ministries International is touring South Africa, visiting a number of other venues as well, including Gauteng. For more information and the touring schedule, see Creation – A Matter of Life and Death. As much [...]

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How many people find my Google Reader Shared Items useful? Would you like me to share more, or less? And what about the balance between humour and serious stuff? Answers to these questions will provide me with some guidance, however, in the end, I naturally share what I want to share. These items appear on [...]

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Why do ex-Christians so often become militant and angry atheists? As I stand here, outside, looking in, I am amazed at effectively how deep I really was, despite my beliefs to the contrary. It reminds me of the smoker that says “I’m not addicted, I only smoke every now and then, I could quit any [...]

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I do hate labels, but they are necessary. Labels serve to classify things, and convey a lot of information in a word or two. As misleading as labels can be, they are necessary for good communication in a limited amount of time and space (for example, a tagline for a blog). Other than announcing I [...]

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Hello World! My name is Hugo, and I’m a secular humanist… (I’m a secular humanist with a passion for Jesus. <grin>) I come from a Christian background, and have great respect for liberal Christianity, and am keeping an eye on the “emerging church conversation”. I am a member of a church (Stellenbosch Gemeente), and have [...]

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I cannot say Jesus did think the earth was flat, Aristotle provided observational evidence for a spherical earth as early as 330 BCE, and this knowledge was apparently widespread by late antiquity. (There are a number of myths in circulation, e.g. that Christopher Columbus had to convince people at the council of Salamanca that the [...]

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