‘Militant’ Atheism
Posted on July 21, 2009 - Filed Under Religion | 4 Comments
I’m sick and tired of reading about ‘militant’ atheists. I’ve never heard of atheists trying to advance their goals through violence, but ardent atheists are almost always yoked with this adjective, even when they receive largely favourable press coverage, as in this Economist article. Needless to say, there are plenty of religions out there with [...]
Religion & Morality vis-à-vis Homosexuality
Posted on July 2, 2009 - Filed Under Politics, Religion | 2 Comments
Here’s a smattering of BBC News readers’ opinions about an Indian court’s decision to decriminalise gay sex. For every sensible “good for India” comment there seems to be a comment along the lines of “homosexuality is an abomination forbidden by God”. Defenders of religion are fond of claiming that religious values promote things like treating [...]
Abuse Victim on Q & A
Posted on May 27, 2009 - Filed Under News Item, Religion | Leave a Comment
I saw this video on Gavin’s blog and I’m reposting it here because I think it’s important that people see it. I felt sick watching it. I’ve never been keen on religion, but I’m genuinely shocked by just how downright evil the people running religious institutions in Ireland were/still are. These swine are worse than [...]
Dermot Ahern’s Proposed Blasphemous Libel Law
Posted on April 30, 2009 - Filed Under Ireland, Politics, Religion | Leave a Comment
This debate is a little tiresome and legalistic, but in essence the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has proposed making blasphemous libel a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to €100,000. This article provides a bit more context, with Ahern explaining that he has to introduce a law like this since it is [...]
Life Under The Taliban
Posted on February 28, 2009 - Filed Under International Politics, News Item, Religion | Leave a Comment
Here’s a NYTimes video report from Swat Valley in Pakistan. The Taliban have succeed in shutting down all girls’ schools in the region, and the Pakistani government recently more or less ceded control of the area to the Taliban in exchange for a cease-fire. If the Pakistani state can’t control parts of its territory 100 [...]
9/11 Jumpers
Posted on February 1, 2009 - Filed Under American Politics, News Item, Religion | Leave a Comment
Something I stumbled across on YouTube. It’s pretty striking, seeing a camera track a falling body as it flails and spins. I’d forgotten just how wretched the whole event was.
Religion Motivator
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Religion | 5 Comments
I’ve posted this before, but I think you’ll agree that it bears reposting. It’s probably a little too kind to religion though. I wouldn’t despise it so much if religion was limited to just worshiping imaginary gods, but instead they almost all contain prescriptions (or, more usually, proscriptions) on how to live your life, because [...]
The Hitch in Fine Form
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy, Religion | 1 Comment
Christopher Hitchens speaking in Toronto in November 2006 on the motion “Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.”
Maher, Hitchens and Other Sundry Pundits Thrash Religion (Mostly)
Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny, Religion | 4 Comments
Lulz all-round.
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Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Religion | Leave a Comment
Pictures
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Religion | Leave a Comment
These both came from 4chan:
Censorship, Islam & “Fitna”
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Freedom, Internets, Media, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion | 9 Comments
“Fitna” is the name of a rather nasty, polemical film by right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders that equates all Islam with violence and, portrays all Muslims as extremists. Or at least that’s what I gather based on the testimonies of those who have seen it. I can’t watch it myself because LiveLeak, the main channel [...]
A Flip-Flop on Mitt Romney
Posted on February 13, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Colbert '08, Funny, Religion | Leave a Comment
On the basis of these highly selective out-of-context clips he really does appear to be a complete douche bag. This video is funny too, especially the last line.
“The Golden Compass”
Posted on November 17, 2007 - Filed Under Film, Religion | 3 Comments
“The Golden Compass” is what Northern Lights was retitled for its release in America. It’s a smashing book, and so I had high hopes when I read that a film was in production. However, it seems that the people at New Line Cinema have opted to bowdlerize Philip Pullman’s story by stripping away all the [...]
Trolling in the IT’s Letters Page
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Religion | Leave a Comment
A joker/cretin writes: A chara, A letter from Ivana Bacik (September 27th) concludes as follows: “It is time for religion to be left outside the school door”. She need have little fear. The weakening of religious practice inside and outside the school door is a major reason for the spate of shootings, murders, rape, abortions [...]
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