Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
No serious posts or ranting today, but instead just a bit of entertainment for you from the Irish Comedian Dave Allen. His observations were a way of looking at religion from different perspectives and that then enabled many to laugh at the absurdities revealed. So here now is a collection of some of his religious jokes that … Read more
Citizen Khan (pictured above) is a family-based British sitcom produced by the BBC and created by Adil Ray. It is set in Sparkhill, Birmingham, described by its lead character a Pakistani Muslim Mr Khan (Adil Ray) as “the capital of British Pakistan.” Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of Mr Khan, a loud-mouthed, patriarchal, self-appointed community leader, and his long suffering wife (played by Shobu Kapoor) … Read more
Just how truly weird can claims made by serious intelligent people become? The answer would appear to be really really weird, because this latest example is truly quite stunning. David Klinghoffer, an author and Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute, the organization that is the driving force behind the intelligent design movement has written an article within “Evolution News & … Read more
Now here is a small snippet of potentially good news, it has been officially announced that Ireland will indeed now hold a vote on their rather silly Blasphemy law. The report on this reads … Junior Minister Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin told the Dáil: The Government accepts the main recommendation of the [Constitutional Convention], which is that a … Read more
Now here is a nice little collection of Bill Maher doing Stand-Up About Religion … Like bees to the scent of nectar, the clip has attracted the usual collection of believers within the comments frantically trying to make a coherent rebuttal … and totally failing to do so. Number of comments – 7,230 Number of thumbs down for … Read more
Sarah Palin just finished her speech to the Values Voter Summit, in which she told the far-right audience that they are “the most slandered group in America today.” After explaining that people who believe racism exists in America today are the real racists, Palin said that it is high time for someone to speak the truth … Read more