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Entries by Victor Stenger from 10/2012

Is Evolution Compatible With Religion?

| Posted 10.06.2012 | Science

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.

Not Dead Experiences (NDEs)

| Posted 10.11.2012 | TED Weekends

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.

The Argument from Ignorance

| Posted 10.23.2012 | Science

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."