Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The majority of humans have inherited a cultural religious tradition and will in general accept various aspects with varying degrees of confidence, for example thinking that story X has some truth to it, but creation myth Y is just a metaphor designed to illustrate a point. For most that is reasonable, but there are however … Read more
The degree of weird that emerges from the blending of right-wing politics and religion is fast becoming the norm. What is listed below is neither unusual nor rare, but instead is just another week of more of the same. It is tempting to be complacent about it all, but I’ll continue to mock the utter … Read more
Once again the right-wing religious deliver a stream of utterly bizarre and truly weird claims and declarations during the last week. Each and every week it is like this, and no doubt it will continue to be like this. This spotlight is not a criticism of people for being religious, but rather is an opportunity … Read more
This weekly column of religious weirdness has quite naturally evolved into a spotlight focused upon that caravan or lunacy; the right-wing evangelicals. The scope of the utter insanity is of course not just them. The utterly useless wall proposal has more or less demonstrated on an epic scale just how religiously cult-like and weird the … Read more
When you scan the output from the religious-right, then perhaps the word “Weird” is a bit of an understatement. You have to wonder if they seriously believe the claims that they promote, or if they are simply grifters playing a religious card. It is most probable that we have a full spectrum that runs from … Read more
When you mix right-wing politics and religious belief, what you get is a blend that results in some truly weird claims. Each and every week many from this camp pop up to promote complete and utter lunacy. It is also perhaps appropriate to point out that this is not criticism for simply holding a belief … Read more