Author: Ophelia Benson

The news of death sentences sparked immediate condemnation from international human rights groups.

Dennett admitted there’s a Higher Purpose! No he didn’t.

Dennett ‘declared that life on earth shows signs of having a higher purpose.’ Not.

A curious working definition of ‘diversity’ now includes funnelling public money to an occult society.

‘Mr Tatchell is not Islamophobic and is not “part of the Islamophobia industry.” Nor is OutRage!’

Catholic bishop tells a Representative what to do.

Double-blind testing show it’s the ‘facilitator’ who is typing.

It seems as if in order to be a ‘good’ atheist one has to feel bad about not believing in god.

Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.

Thy neighbor is not everyone, it is thy group.

In 2001 Ratzinger issued an order ensuring the church’s investigations into child sex abuse claims be carried out in secret.

More concerned about the ‘eucharist’ than about the molested ‘minors.’

If there’s a God gene, there must be a hat gene, and a jeans gene, and a singing gene, and…

‘Racial slurs would not be tolerated or defended, but the use of sexist language was acceptable.’

It is not being homosexual but the prevailing atmosphere of homophobia that makes some people miserable.

Even a cursory review of the report reveals many potential flaws.

If the idea of God is inexpressible, just get on with the gardening.

A skeptical massage therapist/science writer is being sued for being ‘offensive.’

Punish girls for taking pictures of each other semi-naked, do nothing about boys who distribute the pictures.

In case after case after case, I’ve been impressed with the sincerity with which people tell their stories, the power of feelings connected with this.