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Bush Went to War to Thwart Gog and Magog
Aug 8th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSo he told Chirac in 2003 at least. Sans blague.… Read the rest
Iowa Governor ‘Disturbed’ That Atheists Exist
Aug 8th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Can understand why other Iowans were also disturbed.’ Indeed; it is very disturbing.… Read the rest
Des Moines Offended That Atheists Exist
Aug 8th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAds said ‘Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.’ They were taken down after three days.… Read the rest
Tampa ‘Town Hall Meeting’ Turns Ugly
Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIdiots shouting ‘tyranny’ tried to silence The Enemy.… Read the rest
Norm Allen on the Nigerian Nightmare
Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGeorge Ongere of the Center for Inquiry/Kenya says the violence will not deter humanists in Kenya.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne Reviews Unscientific America
Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA book slight in both length and substance…… Read the rest
Leo Igwe on Child Rights and ‘Witchcraft’
Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThousands of children alleged to be witches have been tortured, thrown out, abandoned or killed by family members.… Read the rest
Childhood in Nigeria
Aug 6th, 2009 5:38 pm | By Ophelia Benson… Read the restAfter being feted in Britain for exposing the appalling abuse of children accused of being witches, a Nigerian charity is apparently being intimidated by its own government. The headquarters of Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), which works with the British fund Stepping Stones Nigeria, was raided by a group of men claiming to be police officers earlier this month…These shadowy figures then went on to beat children kept in the care of the charity after they protested against the intimidation…It has since become apparent that the police were accompanied by a lawyer from Lagos, Gary says. This is the same lawyer who has been representing Evangelist Helen Ukpabio in the law suits that she has
More From Leo Igwe
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCondemnation of the recent campaign of terror inflicted upon the so-called ‘child witches’ at CRARN.… Read the rest
Gerald Cohen on Philosophy Bites
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCan differences in income be morally justified? Should we expect rich people to give their money to the poor? G A Cohen discusses.… Read the rest
Raid on ‘Witch’ Children’s Shelter in Nigeria
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRaiders accompanied by lawyer who represents evangelist Helen Upkabio, who spreads belief in ‘witches.’… Read the rest
Child Abuse in Nigeria
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIn Akwa Ibom State children were labeled witches, abused and thrown out into the streets. … Read the rest
Nigeria: Church Attacks Humanist Conference
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonLeo Igwe was attacked by church members at a conference he organised on ‘Child Rights and Witchcraft.’… Read the rest
Bill Cooke on Paul Kurtz
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonKurtz’s attempts to articulate a positive, active and compassionate humanism are a constructive contribution.… Read the rest
Susan Neiman on Moral Clarity
Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRejections of the Enlightenment result in premodern nostalgia or postmodern suspicion.… Read the rest
Journalistic standards
Aug 5th, 2009 12:25 pm | By Ophelia BensonAndrew Brown has no shame.
[Sam[ Harris has had an op-ed in the New York Times, in which, in his bold and exhilarating way, he makes the case against appointing a Christian scientist, Francis Collins, to the important American government post of Director of the National Institutes of Health. This is not because Collins is a bad scientist…But he is, unashamedly, a Christian. He’s not a creationist, and he does science without expecting God to interfere. But he believes in God; he prays, and this is for Harris sufficient reason to exclude him from a job directing medical research.
That’s false. It’s flatly, demonstrably, brazenly, offensively, in your facely, unprofessionally, what journalistic ethics?y false. The fact that Collins believes … Read the rest
Atheist and Out in Alabama
Aug 5th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘People in the grocery store say “Do you know Jesus?” And your boss asks what church you attend.’… Read the rest
Nesrine Malik on Lubna Hussein
Aug 5th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome 50 female protesters braved tear gas and baton beatings from police outside court yesterday.… Read the rest
The Wisdom of Crowds
Aug 5th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonResearch into how people behave at mass gatherings shows that crowds act in a highly rational way.… Read the rest