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Entries by Victor Stenger from 10/2012

Is Evolution Compatible With Religion?

| Posted 10.06.2012 | Science
Read More: Religion Evolution, Evolution, Evolution and Religion, Divine Theory, Evolution Theory, Charles Darwin, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Natural Selection, Science News

Most scientists and science organizations in America wish to stay on good terms with the believing majority, and so the fundamental incompatibility between random evolution and divinely-guided evolution is kept under wraps.

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Not Dead Experiences (NDEs)

| Posted 10.11.2012 | TED Weekends
Read More: Neuroscience, Fine-Tuning, Religion and Science, If Your Life Were to End Today.., Near-Death Experiences, Death, TED Weekends News

The way to defeat ignorance is with evidence. After thousands of reported religious experiences of various kinds, including near-death-experiences, no one has ever provided a single item of verified new knowledge.

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The Argument from Ignorance

| Posted 10.23.2012 | Science
Read More: Near Death Experiences, Consciousness, Religious Experience, Afterlife, Heaven, Science News

The argument from ignorance is a logical fallacy, also known as the God-of-the-gaps argument, whereby someone says, "I am unaware of a natural explanation for [some phenomenon]; therefore we have evidence for the supernatural."

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