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ID Supporters Play the ‘That’s Religion’ Card *

Nov 19th, 2007 | Filed by

Saying evolution is not inherently anti-religious is religious, thus unconstitutional. Eh?… Read the rest



PBS Ombudsman: Reactions to ‘Judgment Day’ *

Nov 19th, 2007 | Filed by

Hey it was so totally one-sided!… Read the rest



Archbish to Target Non-homophobic Bishops *

Nov 19th, 2007 | Filed by

Unity, schism, controversial, divisive, agenda, openly, compromise, pressure, boycotts.… Read the rest



Ofcom Rejects Charge Against ‘Dispatches’ *

Nov 19th, 2007 | Filed by

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

So 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.

Writing 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

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The Religion Beat Demolishes Faith *

Nov 18th, 2007 | Filed by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

‘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

Sounds worrying.… Read the rest



A World Awash in Conspiracy Theories *

Nov 17th, 2007 | Filed by

What difference does it make? When we believe in fairy tales, we keep ourselves timorous children.… Read the rest