It is the surrender of the mind to the body that AF cannot stand: mere body management, devoid of spirituality.… Read the rest
Review of ‘The Enemies of Reason’ 
Aug 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The new age caravanserai: astrologers, spirit mediums, faith healers, homeopathic medicine. … Read the rest
Dawkins on ‘The Enemies of Reason’
Aug 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Angel therapy, psychic energy, clearing energy blockages in the meridian system, and the like.… Read the rest
Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir Run 2 UK Schools
Aug 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘At age 9-10 children should be taught: “There must be one khali-fah”.’… Read the rest
Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall
Aug 4th, 2007 5:30 pm | By Ophelia BensonBest of luck, Haluk Ertan.
“Turkey is now the headquarters of creationism in the Islamic World. This is no longer only Turkey’s problem, it is now the problem of the whole civilized world,” says Haluk Ertan, a professor of molecular biology at Istanbul University. He’s one of a handful of Turkish scientists who have been working to counter creationism’s spread in the country.
But if you package pseudoscience nicely enough, it will win.
… Read the restIn the past year, BAV has blanketed several European countries and the US with its glossy “Atlas of Creation,” a lavish 768-page tome weighing more than 13 pounds, sending it to scientists, professors, journalists, and schoolteachers…”Every Islamic bookshop I know of stocks Harun Yahya’s material. It
Islamic Creationist Group Goes Global
Aug 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A handful of Turkish scientists have been working to counter creationism’s spread in the country. … Read the rest
Sunny Hundal on the Forced Marriage Bill
Aug 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rather than a huge leap forward all we have is a small step.… Read the rest
Drivel
Aug 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Harvard drivel, but drivel nonetheless.… Read the rest
Spam spam and spam
Aug 4th, 2007 9:47 am | By Ophelia BensonSorry I’m a little quiet. You can thank the spambot, for one thing – it deposits comments (porn ads) on an old N&C, and I have to remove them. The number of comments has been steadily rising; it doubled between yesterday and today. Yesterday I had 8 pages to delete, today it’s 18. It’s a slow process – click ‘check all,’ click ‘delete,’ then wait, then click yes, then wait; repeat. 17 times. It’s slow, because I don’t have broadband. I can do other things at the same time, but it’s jerky and interrupted. Deleting 18 pages takes a very long time.
Anyway, it’s just as well for me to be quieter. I’ve learned that JS has to pay more … Read the rest
Dangerous Nonsense
Aug 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The notion that faith is a form of moral fortitude needs to be given the full point-and-laugh treatment.… Read the rest
How Not to Do It
Aug 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If there is one feature which distinguishes medicine from quackery, it is that tradition of critical self-appraisal.… Read the rest
Ben Goldacre on Blah Blah Cannabis Blah Blah
Aug 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What’s really important is what you do with data. You can mispresent it, and scare people. Or not.… Read the rest
‘The Memory of Water is a Reality’
Aug 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Another example of ‘the hassle barrier’: pretend controversies that rely on bald assertion.… Read the rest
Lawrence Krauss Urges: Don’t Vote for Ignorance
Aug 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Because scientific literacy does matter, whatever Mike Huckabee thinks.… Read the rest
Johann Hari Replies to Nick Cohen’s Reply
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
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For the record.… Read the rest
The Barmaid Irritates Jesus and Mo Again
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
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They get so huffy.… Read the rest
Wendy Kaminer on Supreme Sectarianism
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
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All five anti-abortion justices are Catholics, but it’s impermissible to mention it.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen Replies to Johann Hari’s Review
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For the record.… Read the rest
The Grand Mufti of Egypt Clears Things Up
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘If the crime of undermining the foundations of the society is added to the sin of apostasy, then…’… Read the rest
The Apostasy Thing
Aug 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Only half a dozen or so Muslim countries actually stipulate capital punishment.’ Oh is that all.… Read the rest
