Symphony of Science

Love Dawkin's voice on this!

Average intelligence predicts athiesm rates.

"Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations". Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.004."using data from a U.S. study of 6,825 adolescents, the authors found that atheists scored 6 g-IQ points higher than those adhering to a religion.""Among the sample of 137 countries, only 23 (17%) had more than 20% of atheists, which constituted “virtually all the higher IQ countries.”"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2111174/Intelligent-people-less-likely-to-believe-in-God.html

Why does God allow natural disasters?

At the heart of Haiti's humanitarian crisis is an age old question for many religious people - how can God allow such terrible things to happen? Philosopher David Bain examines the arguments.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8467755.stm

Join the debate - Should we be free to criticise serving soldiers?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8457885.stm

An act of love or an act of murder?

"I asked myself what Tom would want. He wouldn't have wanted to live like this."
Frances Inglis

Words from a mother who injected her brain damaged son with heroin. What are the ethics of this case? How would an absolutist view it? What about a relativist? How do you view it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8459388.stm

The Wootton Bassett March

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/jan/06/dan-bull-anjem-choudary-youtube

Any comments?

The exam song

A little light relief from all the studying!

Religious Experience - another school's project

An excellent video from another school discussing the different views of religious experience.