Forced to acknowledge the problem, the Vatican has tried to play down its gravity.… Read the rest
A miscarriage could be a felony 
Feb 26th, 2011 |
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A Georgia legislator has introduced a bill that would make miscarriages and abortions potentially punishable by death.… Read the rest
Atheists are so stooooopid
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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“According to Scripture, the evidence for God is overwhelming.”… Read the rest
Jonathan Derbyshire on philosophy for the public
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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A growing number of professional philosophers are realising that rigour and accessibility need not be mutually exclusive.… Read the rest
Islam and the emerging Arab World
Feb 25th, 2011 | By Leo IgweWith the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and a series of ongoing protest sweeping across other countries of North Africa and the Middle East, a new Arab world is imminent. The old Arab world is slowly and gradually fading away and ushering in a new era of hope, freedom and progress. But there are uncertainties and anxieties as to what this wind of change holds for the people in the region and the world at large. There is a growing concern as to what would be the role of Islam in the new dispensation particularly in this era of Islamic terrorism. The Arab world and the Islamic world are often seen as identical. North Africa and the Middle East are … Read the rest
Social pressure? What social pressure?
Feb 25th, 2011 12:16 pm | By Ophelia BensonGreta Christina observes that atheism is not always greeted with open arms. It doesn’t always get even a mere hostile silence. It sometimes gets just plain forcible rejection. Just good old “no you may not.” Just “sit down and be quiet you hateful atheist you.”
… Read the restResistance to atheist groups from high school administrators, while not universal, is depressingly common. According to JT Eberhard, campus organizer and high school specialist for the SSA, “Most of them seem to elect to try and drag their feet until the interested students either lose interest or graduate. The ‘objections’ are varied. I’ve heard ‘it would be too controversial’, ‘all clubs are secular’, ‘other groups already do the same thing’, and a whole host
Kadyrov looking for 2d wife, can’t find pretty one
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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Chechen leader has described women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children.… Read the rest
Lysenko’s tomb: Darwin, Dawkins and the left
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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Misunderstanding the selfish gene, decade after decade.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo and Moses don’t want to be specks
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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Therefore god.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne wins FFRF Emperor has no clothes award
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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Yes really.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Obama on Arab uprisings
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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The Obama administration contrived to come up with an argument that maximized every form of feebleness.… Read the rest
High school atheists organize, schools resist
Feb 25th, 2011 |
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Atheists are the most distrusted and disliked of all minority groups in the US – more than blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, immigrants, and gays and lesbians.… Read the rest
Abortion is not an option in Chile
Feb 24th, 2011 |
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The Catholic church has a stranglehold on Chile.… Read the rest
Good morning, Mr Ratzinger, please come with us
Feb 24th, 2011 1:01 pm | By Ophelia BensonNo doubt it will just be filed and forgotten, but it’s good to see, all the same…
… Read the restTwo German lawyers have initiated charges against Pope Benedict XVI at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity…
They claim the Pope “is responsible for the preservation and leadership of a worldwide totalitarian regime of coercion which subjugates its members with terrifying and health-endangering threats”.
They allege he is also responsible for “the adherence to a fatal forbiddance of the use of condoms, even when the danger of HIV-Aids infection exists” and for “the establishment and maintenance of a worldwide system of cover-up of the sexual crimes committed by Catholic priests and their preferential treatment, which aids and abets ever new
ICC charges initiated against Ratzinger
Feb 24th, 2011 |
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Two German lawyers have initiated charges against the pope at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity.… Read the rest
Man convicted in “honor killing” of his daughter
Feb 24th, 2011 |
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He ran over her with his car because she refused an arranged marriage.… Read the rest
British teenager escapes forced marriage
Feb 24th, 2011 |
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But many others don’t escape.… Read the rest
Isn’t atheist morality a leap of faith?
Feb 24th, 2011 |
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No. Secular morality is an improvement on religious morality – one might even call it intelligently designed.… Read the rest
Women? What women?
Feb 23rd, 2011 1:02 pm | By Ophelia BensonThe PBS documentary show Frontline did a special on the Egyptian revolution last night, the first part on the events overall, the second part on the Muslim Brotherhood.
The second part was reported by Charles Sennott. He was on Fresh Air last week, talking about the same subject. I thought the Frontline piece was abysmal. Interesting, to be sure, and informative in its way, but abysmal. He never so much as mentioned women. Not a word. He didn’t mention the implications of a political movement that is a “brotherhood”; he didn’t mention women’s rights; he didn’t mention women in Egypt; he didn’t mention hijab; he didn’t even mention women, period.
Hello? Hello hello hello hello? Is anybody listening? I’m … Read the rest
Ryan Doyle on Tarek Fatah
Feb 23rd, 2011 |
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People can disagree on almost everything and still be friends.… Read the rest
