Jeff Schweitzer On Nicholas Wade
Does that sound dirty? Sorry.
If you haven’t read my previous entry yet, you might enjoy this one more if you go back and read it first. (Then again, you might not.)
If you *have* already read my previous entry and left a note on it, thanks. It’s always great to feast my eyes on the wisdom [...]
Nicholas Wade On Religion
The Evolution Of The God Gene (Nicholas Wade/The New York Times; Nov 15, 2009)
In the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico, the archaeologists Joyce Marcus and Kent Flannery have gained a remarkable insight into the origin of religion.
During 15 years of excavation they have uncovered not some monumental temple but evidence of a critical [...]
Fathima Rifqa Bary
If you haven’t heard about Fathima Rifqa Bary, I envy you.
My local newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch, published its 29th item about her last month.
That comes out to about one item a week, every week, since she first made the news back in August. Like John Freshwater (who has now had nearly 60 items devoted to [...]
Sean Gets A Spanking
And was it a well-deserved spanking?
Judge for yourself:
Hannity Falsely Claims Obama Administration Gives Special Treatment To Atheists (MediaMatters.org; Feb 27)
Commenting on a White House staff-level meeting with leaders of atheist groups, Sean Hannity claimed that religious groups “have not received this treatment from the Obama White House.” In fact, President Obama himself has met [...]
Eugene Robinson Speaks Out!
Kidnapping Of Haitian Children Was No Act Of Charity (Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post; Feb 9)
Anyone sitting in a dank, fetid Haitian jail for any reason probably deserves at least a measure of sympathy, so in that sense I feel sorry for the Baptist missionaries from Idaho charged with kidnapping 33 “orphans” and trying to take [...]
The Apology I’ve Been Waiting For
Former Christian Apologizes For Being Such A Huge Shit Head For All Those Years (Rechelle/My Sister’s Farmhouse blog; Jan 27)
1. I apologize to all the homosexuals. I am sorry that I believed in a religion that condemns you. I am sorry that for many years I thought that the bible was right in it’s condemnation [...]
Roger Ebert on Death and the Afterlife
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same [...]
James Carroll Speaks Out!
Political Prayer Breakfasts Are Bad Religion (James Carroll/The Boston Globe; Feb 8)
There are only three things wrong with the National Prayer Breakfast: the past, the present, and the future. Last week, President Obama presided at the annual Washington event before what the New York Times called “a bipartisan array’’ of national and international [...]
Faith-Healing Parents Convicted Of Murder
Jeffrey, Marci Beagley Found Guilty In Oregon City Faith-Healing Trial (Steven Mayes/The Oregonian; Feb 2)
OREGON CITY, Oregon: A Clackamas County jury sent a clear signal Tuesday that parents who rely solely on faith healing to treat their children face prison if a child dies.
Jeffrey and Marci Beagley were found guilty Tuesday of criminally negligent homicide [...]
A Modest Petition
I generally don’t like petitions but this one seems to be a good and easy way to express our support for reason and science:
Please Sign Our Petition Urging President Obama To Recognize Darwin Day (International Darwin Day Foundation)
We need our elected leaders to speak out about the importance of scientific knowledge and its contribution [...]
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