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Hitchens Brothers Disagreement over God on NPR
Posted by Greg Laden on October 13, 2010 The brothers have publicly argued over faith for years. But now that Christopher Hitchens has been diagnosed with cancer, the theoretical argument has become real. Just how real was apparent at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, where the brothers were having a public conversation about God. Read and listen here.
“I bless this teddy bear in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost.”
Posted by Greg Laden on October 7, 2010 When I was a little kid, my cousin, who was an actual Catholic Arch Bishop (Archbishop of Anchorage) came over to the house one day, and I saw family elders approach him, one by one, genuflect and kiss his ring. Then one or two of my relatives brought him sacred objects for him to bless.…
The following cartoon has been banned by over 20 newspapers
Posted by Greg Laden on October 3, 2010 Owing to Fear of Fatwa … From the Daily Cartoonist: Universal Uclick has confirmed that several papers (upwards of 20) have asked for a replacement for this Sunday’s Non Sequitur because it mentions the word “Muhammad.” The cartoon by Wiley Miller depicts a lazy, sunny park scene with the caption, “Picture book title voted least…
Happy Blasphemy Day: How I became an atheist
Posted by Greg Laden on September 30, 2010 It was Blasphemy that led me to Atheism by a somewhat circuitous yet in the end well marked path. This is the story of my first step on that path.
Most Americans are deeply ignorant about religion.
Posted by Greg Laden on September 30, 2010 Except Atheists and Jews. They know stuff. Watch Penn Jillette take a quiz on religion: I love this quote: “I gave my daughter a bible. That’s how you make atheists.”
It’s fairly likely that this video will be flagged to death on YouTube
Posted by Greg Laden on September 26, 2010 It’s PZ Myers, who has been no friend to the crackers, burying two books of holy scripture and planting daffodils on them. Or, at least, I think it’s PZ (I can tell by his nice suit). And it might not be daffodils. Whatever. The point is, if you support the right of a person to…
Andrew Brown is an Ignoramus
Posted by Greg Laden on September 23, 2010 Andrew Brown has written a blog post about the atheist rally in England at which Dawkins gave his now famous speech. Brown quote mines Dawkins in a way that is utterly abominable. Dawkins, in his speech, discusses a somewhat complicated relationship between certain facts … not too complicated but complicated enough that an ignoramus would…
Hitler’s (Christian) Pope
Posted by Greg Laden on September 17, 2010 Summary of Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII from Library Journal: Relying on exclusive access to Vatican and Jesuit archives, an award-winning Roman Catholic journalist argues that through a 1933 Concordat with Hitler, Pope Pius XII facilitated the dictator’s riseAand, ultimately, the Holocaust.
The German Nazis were Christian and the German Christians were Nazis
Posted by Greg Laden on September 16, 2010 Germany was a Christian nation long before the Nazi’s came along in the 1920s. When the Nazi’s took power in Germany, they were widely and generally supported. Even after the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, a majority of the German People (in a survey conducted by the US military) remained sympathetic to the…
Ad using religious iconography banned in Britian
Posted by Greg Laden on September 14, 2010 Do you remember the controversy over nuns painting a naked guy as part of an advertising campaign? (Click here, not work safe if anyone is looking and they’re a prude.) Well, apparently one thing led to another and one of the nuns got pregnant!
Facebooking Moose Busted for Bombing Conspiracy
Posted by Greg Laden on September 13, 2010 Justin Carl Moose used his Facebook page to advocate violence against health care clinics where abortions are preformed, and urged violent attacks on people who work in such facilities. But, just like if you get stone drunk and photographs of you half naked wearing a lampshade on your head in some dive appear on Facebook…
The September 11th Quran Burning is Cancelled, and No Mosque will be Built!
Posted by Greg Laden on September 10, 2010 Everyone who went out and purchaced Islamic Holy Books for the big burning on September 11th needs to just take it down a notch, put the Qurans on the book shelf next to the Bhagavad Gita and that copy of Catcher in the Rye you’ve always planed to read and switch to plan B for…
Is it really “irresponsible” for Hawking to be an atheist?
Posted by Greg Laden on September 9, 2010 “Maybe Hawking should leave God alone,” claims Marcelo Gleiser. Poor god. Getting beat up by a guy in a wheel chair.
CFI Restates its case on the “Ground Zero Mosque and Rec Center”
Posted by Greg Laden on August 29, 2010 The statement is not a lot different than before, and it is still one I agree with:
The Mosque at Ground Zero: “Don’t Build It”
Posted by Greg Laden on August 27, 2010 The Center for Inquiry in Amherst NY has come out against the mosque. I’ve been pretty much avoiding this topic (not for any particularly good reason) other than to note the gagging teabaggers beating up on non-pink people that they assume are Kaaaaiiiiliiii terrorists or something. But DuWayne Brayton posted a link, with commentary, to…
Is Obama really a Muslim?
Posted by Greg Laden on August 25, 2010 Or is he merely …. an atheist?
US troops punished for avoiding religious concert?
Posted by Greg Laden on August 25, 2010 From Military.com via the TFN: The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band’s concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up.
Half of Americans think evolution did not happen
Posted by Greg Laden on August 16, 2010 Therefore, we should teach that as fact in schools, right?
“Evolution? Creation? Both? Neither?”
Posted by Greg Laden on August 15, 2010 Genie Scott at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, Kansas, delving into the creationism/evolution controversy, how evolution is misunderstood, what evolution really is, and more. Event date: 9/8/1999
A good example of appeasement
Posted by Greg Laden on August 12, 2010 … can be found here, in this talk by William Phillips speaking at the AAAS:
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery Boycott In Progress
Posted by Greg Laden on August 9, 2010 Yeah, I used to go to the Town Hall a lot, when I worked a couple of blocks away. I still stop there for lunch now and then when I’ve got something to do on the West Bank campus of The U or nearby downtown. But no longer. Recently, an atheist-linked event was scheduled there,…
Yes, folks, it isn’t just the priests engaged in the whole child abuse in the name of religion thing
Posted by Greg Laden on August 4, 2010 First, the horrific, over the top, original video: Then, the funny version:
Own The Poll UPDATED (Or, more proof that Christian = Liar)
Posted by Greg Laden on July 30, 2010 This one is very much worth the effort. Stop here first for some instructions on strategy, then go here to do this thing. UPDATED!!!!! Holy crap! The Kent Hovind poll started out looking like this: What do you believe about evolution? It’s a religion. * It’s a fact! * It’s a reasonable scientific theory. Then…
Livingston, LA School Board To Implement Discovery Institute’s “Academic Freedom” Law
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2010 Barbara Forrest, author of Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design, has a major blog post addressing the current maneno in Louisiana. A Parish school board there wants to place creationism on equal or higher footing than evolution. Read Barbara’s piece here.
Faith Healing is Child Abuse
Posted by Greg Laden on July 27, 2010 Or, more accurately, it is the rubber-meets the road part of the broader abuse known as religion.
Louisiana Parish will Legally Require Creationism in Public Schools, May Ban Evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on July 26, 2010 Unless they are stopped which, frankly, does not seem very likely.
Religion has a major conflict with science, but does this conflict also exist within the sciences?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 16, 2010 …. because your proof of your god is falsified by science. But that is not a problem that science has. It is a problem that you have. It is also not a problem that the Secular Public School System in the US has. Unless you make it so. This explored in a recent iNewp piece:
God, Darwin … or Both?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 13, 2010 Speaking of Accommodationism and New Atheism and stuff, check out this 10 year old discussion:
The French are about to Ban the Veil
Posted by Greg Laden on July 13, 2010 The French have moved one step closer to banning purdah and other veil-wearing in public. In France, this intolerance of religious freedom /slash/ protection of vulnerable populations from the patriarchy is a feminist issue. Would this be the final paragraph of the final chapter of the recession of Islam (from France) following its high water…
Dumb Canadians Get to Maintain Dumb Standards for their Dumb Kids
Posted by Greg Laden on July 9, 2010 And we’re talking about bigots and creationists in Alberta, which I figure is more or less the Canadian equivalent of Texas …. the dumbest province in the Great White North.
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