Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
It is rather popular for the more conservative US elements to promote the idea of erecting a religious artifact in a public space. Remember now, the context here is that there is supposed to be a wall of separation between church and state to avoid granting a special privilege to a specific religious faction. OK, … Read more
The statistics from a July 29 House of Commons research report entitled, “Prison Population Statistics” show that the number of Muslim inmates in England and Wales jumped to 11,248 in 2012, up from 3,681 in 1997. To put that another way … over the past 15 years, the number of Muslims in British prisons has … Read more
The horrendous news is that Afghanistan wants to start stoning people in public for the crime of …. (can you guess) … murder? Nope, adultery. As reported by the Telegraph … Afghanistan is planning to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery 12 years after the Taliban was ousted from power, according to a new … Read more
Jennifer LeClaire is a news editor at Charisma, a “Christian” magazine with a “Christian Agenda” … can I say that, or have they already trademarked the word “agenda” when used in scare quotes? Anyway, she has written an article about the “Athiest Agenda” that perhaps warrants a few comments. It is positively drenched in hostility and … Read more
In an appearance that was filmed and posted online [No, I’ll not post the video here], a gang of religious thugs paraded a severed head before a crowd in Aleppo. They triumphantly described the execution of what they said was a member of an Iraqi Shia militia fighting for President Bashar al-Assad. The Telegraph explains what actually … Read more
If you happen to know who Russell Brand is and also happen to know what the Westboro Baptist Church are all about, then you will know that this will be a fun video … oh and the audience joins in. I always feel that the very best way to handle Westboro Baptist Church is not to … Read more