A curious working definition of ‘diversity’ now includes funnelling public money to an occult society.… Read the rest
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Robert Wright on Dennett at Beliefnet
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dennett ‘declared that life on earth shows signs of having a higher purpose.’ Not.… Read the rest
Tim Sandefur on Robert Wright on Dennett
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dennett admitted there’s a Higher Purpose! No he didn’t.… Read the rest
Tehran Plans to Execute Protesters
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The news of death sentences sparked immediate condemnation from international human rights groups.… Read the rest
The War on Women: Afghanistan and Eastern Congo
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are certain realities we should not lose sight of and certain people we should not sell out.… Read the rest
Susan Haack on ‘Irreconcilable Differences’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Between science and law.… 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
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
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
IHEU on superstition and witchcraft in Africa
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attacks on witches, persecution and killings still take place. Most of the victims are women and children.… Read the rest
Stepping Stones Nigeria on Child Witches
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An increasing number of children in the Niger Delta are being forced to the streets and trafficked as a result of a deeply held belief in child “witches”… Read the rest
Free Speech and its Postmodern Adversaries
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The theoretical stimuli for multiculturalism owe something to theories about “difference”… Read the rest
David Colquhoun on the problem of causality
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The problem is traded on by the vast and unscrupulous alternative medicine industry.… Read the rest
Sholto Byrnes criticizes secularism on the left.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For all the talk of tolerance, there are some who believe that certain subjects simply cannot be aired. And foremost among them is God.… Read the rest
Letter from a Birmingham jail
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.’… Read the rest
Fadela Amara and ‘Ni putes ni soumises’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“The veil symbolises submission to male dominance,” Fadela Amara explains.… Read the rest
Christine Toomey on gender genocide
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Far from the shortage of women increasing their worth and standing in society, as some might imagine, the result is the opposite. … Read the rest
Turkey’s forced ‘suicides’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A growing number of girls and women are being locked in rooms by their families, with a gun, poison or a noose, and left there until they kill themselves. … Read the rest
Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
19 of the bishops are among the 61 who signed a petition against Obama’s honorary degree at Notre Dame.… 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
