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Does God Hate Women? *

Aug 9th, 2009 | Filed by

Read extracts, check out the reviews, get some wisdom from Madeleine Bunting.… Read the rest



Bush Went to War to Thwart Gog and Magog *

Aug 8th, 2009 | Filed by

So he told Chirac in 2003 at least. Sans blague.… Read the rest



Iowa Governor ‘Disturbed’ That Atheists Exist *

Aug 8th, 2009 | Filed by

‘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

Ads 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

Idiots shouting ‘tyranny’ tried to silence The Enemy.… Read the rest



Norm Allen on the Nigerian Nightmare *

Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by

George 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

A book slight in both length and substance…… Read the rest



Leo Igwe on Child Rights and ‘Witchcraft’ *

Aug 7th, 2009 | Filed by

Thousands 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

A pretty story.

After 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

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More From Leo Igwe *

Aug 6th, 2009 | Filed by

Condemnation 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

Can 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

Raiders 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

In 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

Leo 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

Kurtz’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

Rejections of the Enlightenment result in premodern nostalgia or postmodern suspicion.… Read the rest



Journalistic standards

Aug 5th, 2009 12:25 pm | By

Andrew 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

‘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

Some 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

Research into how people behave at mass gatherings shows that crowds act in a highly rational way.… Read the rest