It seems as if in order to be a ‘good’ atheist one has to feel bad about not believing in god.… Read the rest
Flashback
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
The Skeptic’s dictionary on alien abductions
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
John Mack claimed that he could think of no better explanation for his patient’s abduction stories than that they were true.… Read the rest
IHEU against OIC censorship at the UN
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
EU will not accept that the notion of defamation of religion be integrated into the framework of human rights… Read the rest
Journalists in shock after abduction by FGM group
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Head of group said the women were taken into “our custody because they spoke unfavourably on radio against FGM”… Read the rest
Controversy over Tariq Ramadan
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ramadan, integration advisor for Rotterdam council and a guest professor at the city’s Erasmus university, is under fire for presenting a weekly talk show on the Iranian channel Press TV.… Read the rest
Communal justice in Bolivia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.… Read the rest
Alaina Podmorow in action, age 11.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Canadian government matches funds raised by Little Women For Little Women in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
IHEU and CFI defend the rights of women
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
IHEU also attacked the culture of censorship that now prevails in the UN HRC.… Read the rest
Afghan women protest law despite bullies screaming ‘whores!’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One provision makes it illegal for a woman to refuse to “make herself up” or “dress up” if that is what her husband wants.… Read the rest
Karen Armstrong explains about God.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist.’… Read the rest
John Hartung on ‘Love thy Neighbor’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thy neighbor is not everyone, it is thy group.… Read the rest
Steiner racism and state funding
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
At Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship ‘special pre-election seminar’ … Read the rest
Prince of Wales joins ‘detox’ fraud
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The word detox has no agreed meaning. It is a marketing word, designed to separate the gullible from their money… Read the rest
Fuambai Ahmadu cheers Bondo women
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For protesting ‘a brazen attack by anti-FGM activists against female initiation.’… Read the rest
Polish woman was refused an abortion
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind. … Read the rest
The Ethics of Belief
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A shipowner was about to send to sea an emigrant-ship.… Read the rest
Canada will not participate in Durban II
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Durban I degenerated into open expressions of intolerance and anti-Semitism that undermined the very goals the conference sought to achieve.… Read the rest
Pigliucci on Fish on atheism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He has to reduce science to just another faith in order to salvage the “reasonableness” of religious belief.… Read the rest
‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest
April 2002 HRW report on Gujarat riots
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We Have No Orders To Save You.… Read the rest
