Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The news from Saudi Arabia is as dire as ever, Gulf News reports … Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has asked the interior ministry to arrest several people for apostasy and atheism. The commission did not divulge the number of people whose arrest it requested, but it … Read more
If you have not yet come across wikiHow then you should check it out, it is a web-based and wiki-based community, consisting of an extensive database of how-to guides. wikiHow’s mission is to build the world’s largest and highest-quality how-to manual. So on Wikihow I’ve come across a How-To that leads me to doubt the claimed “highest-quality”, it is entitled … Read more
Meet conservative firebrand attorney, Jonathan Saenz, and also head of Texas Values a very vocal group of anti-gay bigots. He is a complete and utter nut and has been one of the most vocal opponents of LGBT rights laws, alleging that they “terrorize women and children” and pave the way for Christian concentration camps. (yes really … … Read more
Andrew Brown (yes he is at it again) has an article in which he asks if Humanism is a religion without a church. OK, lets get a few quick points out of the way … The short simple answer is “no” it is not (but since you have a bit of common sense you had … Read more
If you have suicidal feeling, help is just one phone call away … US – Please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). UK – Please call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 Links Robin Williams’s death: a reminder that suicide and depression are not selfish
I managed to slip away from work early enough last night to take advantage of the fact that I had the car with me on this trip to Manchester and so I drove to Hebdon Bridge … no not to see the sights, but rather to listen to PZ Myers give a fabalous talk about … Read more