The Wedding from hell

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OK, just a bit of fun today, nothing too serious. Photographer Josh Newton (who now gets a hell of a lot of free advertising) was taking some photos at the Oregon wedding of April and Michael. During the proceedings a small wildfire grew out of control and so they have ended up with some rather … Read more

Nigerian Man ‘Beaten to a Pulp, Choked,’ Then Committed to Psychiatric Ward for being an Atheist – #FREEMUBARAK

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The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is deeply concerned about the Nigerian Mubarak Bala (pictured above). Now this is important, so I’m reproducing their posting in full here (it originally came from here) … A Nigerian man has been detained and medicated for over a week on a psychiatric ward in Kano state, Nigeria, on the … Read more

The problem is not the Fanatics but rather the Fundamentals of Islam

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Andrew Bolt the Australian journalist, newspaper columnist, radio commentator, blogger and television host, has come up with a little list entitled “Just one week in the world of Islam” where he writes … What the hell is the problem with Islam? In the past week.. In Kenya: At least 34 people have been killed after … Read more

Islamophobia or fact-based Criticism?

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A genuinely nice chap who is a member of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect recently wrote an article entitled “‘Talibani Atheism’ & how it fuels Islamophobia”. For background context, the Ahmadiyya are a fringe Islamic sect that renounce all violence, which is of course praise worthy, and in fact they suffer a considerable degree of intolerance and discrimination … Read more

Did Jesus really exist?

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Can we ever really discover the facts here? We can perhaps gain some insights by looking at how belief systems portray their founders, and what the historical documented facts really tell us. When  we look, we discover a rather consistent pattern. If we review belief systems that have recently emerged such as Mormonism or Scientology, we have … Read more