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Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category

Pope Is Moron

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Religion | 2 Comments »

Pope Benedict XVI has publically stated that homosexuality is a plague that must be eliminated, and that this struggle is just as important as fighting against global warming and other environmental issues, underlining how completely out of touch the old man is with ...

Tutu says what we’re all thinking

Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Religion | No Comments »

Desmond Tutu, charismatic African church leader, has, I believe, finally stood up and said what pretty much everyone outside of the Anglican church has been thinking for decades now: sex really isn't a big deal. Speaking at a conference in London, ...

The Genius of Charles Darwin – Review

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Biology, Creationism, Education, Religion | No Comments »

Professor Richard Dawkins has been at the forefront of the modern assault against religious fundamentalism for many years, culminating in his recent publication of 'The God Delusion', which has been translated into 31 million languages and sold over 1.5 million ...

Is Richard Dawkins a Raelian?

Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Creationism, E.T., Religion | No Comments »

Please don't ask me how I found this, but here you are: Is it possible that renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is a Raelian?  The article is on the Raelian news website, here. Many of you may have heard of Raelians ...

The Qu’ran

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Bad media, Religion | No Comments »

I wonder if anyone else out there saw the lengthy documentary on Channel 4, British TV, tonight on the subject of the Qu'ran? It was certainly fascinating and scary in equal measure, not least of which because I know exactly ...

Angels?

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in Paranormal, Religion | No Comments »

I was out shopping today and happened to go into a branch of WH Smiths so I could browse through some books. I couldn't help noticing that the science books section was way at the back of the store. There ...

More ID Craziness

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Creationism, Religion | No Comments »

Yes folks, guess what? Yet another wacky US state is sliding backwards to the dark ages with more legislation designed to sneak intelligent design into the science classroom.  And you thought it was all over with Kitzmiller vs. Dover.  Well, ...

The barbed hooks of delusion

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Health, Religion | No Comments »

I've recently discovered the excellent podcast recorded by the New England Skeptics Society, which you can find at this address. One thing I was struck by in an archive episode was a comment about faith healers, and the insidious Benny ...