Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Dr. Peter Boghossian takes the stance that the word Fath is simply pretending to know things that you do not really know at all and I truly do agree with that thought – but don’t take my word as a basis for accepting this, because here is the man himself describing it … This stance … Read more
Michael Peroutka is a well known right-wing religious nut in the US who once tried to get elected as US president. A “nutter” … really? OK, you be the judge, here he is claiming that teaching evolution is an “act of disloyalty” to the United States … So this is how it plays out, his logic … Read more
Today in Iraq you can not get married until you reach the age of 18, except of course if you have the support of your parents then that drops to 15. Well, it is all about to change if a new proposed bill passes and becomes law. The UK’s Telegraph reports … Children in Iraq … Read more
The news is quite astonishing, a 70 year old chap was married to a 13 year old child and now, quite rightly, faces arrest for doing so. Dawn reports the details … Tharushah SHO Aijaz Ali said after receiving information about the marriage of an under-age girl, he along with his team raided the place … Read more
As I’m sure you may be aware, a UK Government Minister, Eric Pickles, has been making statements … “Militant atheists” should accept that Britain is a Christian country and “get over it”, the communities secretary Eric Pickles said yesterday. Pickles changed the law in 2012 to ensure that English parish councils could not face legal challenges for … Read more
The claim here is that a Norwegian skydiver wearing a helmet camera was almost hit by a Meteor, and that it was caught on his camera as it flew past him. If indeed true, then he clearly had quite a close call and if he had delayed his jump by just a few seconds then … Read more