Saying evolution is not inherently anti-religious is religious, thus unconstitutional. Eh?… Read the rest
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PBS Ombudsman: Reactions to ‘Judgment Day’
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hey it was so totally one-sided!… Read the rest
Archbish to Target Non-homophobic Bishops
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Unity, schism, controversial, divisive, agenda, openly, compromise, pressure, boycotts.… Read the rest
Ofcom Rejects Charge Against ‘Dispatches’
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
West Midlands Police said Channel 4distorted what the imams were saying; Ofcom said no.… Read the rest
The mendacity and sheer nastiness
Nov 18th, 2007 1:12 pm | By Ophelia BensonSo pointless obsessive punitive hostility and meanness can repel religious believers. Close-up acquaintance with the strenuously devout causes people to back away. That’s good to know.
… Read the restWriting from New Orleans, where he was covering the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, [Stephen Bates] said: “Writing this story has been too corrosive of what faith I had left: indeed watching the way the gay row has played out in the Anglican Communion has cost me my belief in the essential benignity of too many Christians. For the good of my soul, I need to do something else.” Bates, who says he still regards himself as a Catholic, said he was turned off by the
The Religion Beat Demolishes Faith
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What really surprised me was the mendacity and sheer nastiness with which the feuds were conducted. … Read the rest
Another Religion Journalist Loses Faith
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bates was turned off by the intolerance towards gays and the self-righteousness of Christians.… Read the rest
Tutu Rebukes Church for Attitudes to Gays
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why the obsession with sexuality when we have poverty, Aids and wars to worry about?… Read the rest
Belief in Interventionist God Not All That Rare
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New atheists’ view of religion is far too crude, critics say; the criticism itself is out of touch with reality… Read the rest
Children Accused as Witches, Abused, Expelled
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Massive number of children in Angola and Congo cast out, often as a rationale for not having to feed them.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on a Mayoral Snow Job
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ware pointed out that all the criticisms of the MCB he broadcast came from liberal-minded British Muslims.… Read the rest
Every Group is Sacred
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Press Complaints Commission should ‘consider distorted inaccurate coverage of groups and communities.’… Read the rest
Liberal Conspiracy on Livingstone’s Report
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Three of the nine authors are MCB activists. One major theme is that the MCB has been unfairly criticised.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Livingstone’s Report
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report tries to bring the MCB back into the fold by accusing the critics of bigots of being bigots.… Read the rest
Jeanette Winterson Hugs Homeopathy
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Homeopathy seeks to understand everything we are, everything we do, as a web of relatedness.’… Read the rest
Why Evidence-based Medicine Matters
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Winterson tries to tell us that for some mystical reason the healing powers of homeopathic pills are special.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo Protest Homeopathy Conference
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ridicule is a powerful weapon in the struggle against silly beliefs. Barmaid is speechless.… Read the rest
Look at the Methodology and the Personnel
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Random’ week? Prince Naseem? Three MCB guys contributing to the ‘research’?… Read the rest
Livingstone’s Survey Finds Muslims ‘Demonised’
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sounds worrying.… Read the rest
A World Awash in Conspiracy Theories
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What difference does it make? When we believe in fairy tales, we keep ourselves timorous children.… Read the rest
