I've done three shows for Premier Radio's Christian / non-Christian discussion show, Unbelievable?. Do check out their archives, they've had some great debates. Two of mine were discussions with Dr Craig Keener, author of a rather large compendium of modern-day miracles, on both the miracles of the New Testament and modern-day miracles. I've done two articles on those he's judged to be reliable witnesses of miracles and recommend having a read before listening. The first was the cash-hungry Dawit Molalegn, megapastor of the FBI miracle church, the second was on Reinhard Bonnke, who advocates burning non-Christian religious material in Muslim Nigeria, with predictable consequences.
My third show was with Andrew Wilson. He's the author of a book I referred to as disappointingly good, and I think he puts forward a fair and honest case for Christianity that starts a conversation, without trying to shut down the opposition. We discussed "What's wrong with the world?" I enjoyed our chat.
Atheist Ireland were kind enough to give me a slot at their monthly atheists in the pub gathering. (Come along! Full details on Facebook.) I gave a talk on what we can learn from street preachers. I was quite happy that the Q and A was about the same length as the talk itself. Great crowd, some really interesting questions.
The talk:
The questions and answers:
My special thanks to Michael Nugent, chair of Atheist Ireland, for filming, editing, and uploading within twelve hours. I'm unsure when he sleeps!
I've had a few mentions in newspapers, like this discussion of Americans funding Irish anti choice groups in The Atlantic, or the (UK) Independent's review of a campaign to change Facebook's policy on images that trivialised or celebrated violence against women.
I'm a big fan of Philosopher Stephen Law, so I was chuffed to bits when he let me guest post on his blog. Twice. I also had the pleasure of meeting Law when he gave a talk in Trinity university. Do read his books. All of them.
Speaking of blogs, the inimitable PZ Myers has been kind enough to reference me occasionally on Pharyngula. I generally discover this when I see a spike of two to three thousand visitors. An hour. He mentioned my discussion of a Muslim apologist's 'borrowing' of a Christian apologist's work, my analysis of the (pseudoscientific creationist) Discovery Institute's Twitter stats, and my review of the secret weapons held by anti choicers here. I also enjoyed a collaboration with Aoife O'Riordan, and have found Atheist Ireland most kind when it comes to mentioning me in their excellent newsletter.
I've had a few mentions in newspapers, like this discussion of Americans funding Irish anti choice groups in The Atlantic, or the (UK) Independent's review of a campaign to change Facebook's policy on images that trivialised or celebrated violence against women.
I'm a big fan of Philosopher Stephen Law, so I was chuffed to bits when he let me guest post on his blog. Twice. I also had the pleasure of meeting Law when he gave a talk in Trinity university. Do read his books. All of them.
Speaking of blogs, the inimitable PZ Myers has been kind enough to reference me occasionally on Pharyngula. I generally discover this when I see a spike of two to three thousand visitors. An hour. He mentioned my discussion of a Muslim apologist's 'borrowing' of a Christian apologist's work, my analysis of the (pseudoscientific creationist) Discovery Institute's Twitter stats, and my review of the secret weapons held by anti choicers here. I also enjoyed a collaboration with Aoife O'Riordan, and have found Atheist Ireland most kind when it comes to mentioning me in their excellent newsletter.
