Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Do you speak Carey? When hearing Carey or some other foreign language, does it require some translation to render it into plain English? Oh wait, perhaps you are not familiar with Carey, well it is a rather specialized dialect of English that is only spoken by one … specifically Lord Carey, the former archbishop of … Read more
It is that time of year once again when I am reminded of the rather impossible things that I used to believe in, but no longer do. Perhaps one way to think about these claims is to look at what is known as the Nicene Creed. In short, it contains the basics, the core elements … Read more
This is utterly tragic … almost beyond words. Syrians fleeing the conflict to places like Jordan are finding themselves destitute and out of sheer desperation are forced to extreme measures. The Toronto Star has the details … Nezar too was a homemaker in Homs who arrived in Jordan last year. Her husband was a taxi … Read more
Alan Yuhas has a simply hilarious take on the latest attempt to bring the Bible to TV (gosh, the Bible on TV, that has never been done before). There have been various other “observations” made about it all such as the portrayal of Satan by a chap who looks just like Obama, or the list … Read more
Some believers might be sufficiently paranoid to think that non-believers wish to grab every copy of the bible or quran to burn or ban then, but not at all, the truth is quite the opposite. I fully support and encourage everybody to read both of these books … properly. What is true is that there is an … Read more
19 year old Tunisian Amina (FEMEN Tunisia) posted a topless photo of herself bearing the slogan “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour”, what happened next is oh so predictable. The HuffPo has the details … Tunisian newspaper Kapitalis quoted the Wahabi Salafi preacher Almi Adel, who heads the Commission … Read more