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ISIS and Taliban Have Announced Jihad…On Each Other.

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This, if true (and I harbour some doubts), is quite frankly hilarious – ISIS, a group that embraces a rather extreme, violent, and completely intolerant variation of Islamic belief, have declared Jihad on the Teliban, another group that embraces a rather extreme, violent, and completely intolerant but slightly different variation of Islamic belief, and the Teliban … Read more

Rightwing Republican Christians introduce bill in Oklahoma that will endorse gay marriage

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The Popular Claim The news of what has just happened is explained in the UK’s Independent and many other places as follows … A bill that would restrict the right to marry to people of faith and require all marriage licenses to be approved by a member of clergy was approved by the Oklahoma state House … Read more

Saudi Cleric claims that sun revolves around the earth – #cleric_rejects_rotation_of_Earth

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Yesterday, when I posted some of the rather strange claims being made by Pat Robertson on US TV, I had convinced myself that perhaps that was as weird as it gets. Well, it turns out that I was quite wrong about this because a friend shared something even more eccentric. A Saudi cleric has popped up … Read more

Daft Claim: Humanism is a ‘first-class ticket to a sea of wantonness and deabauchery’ and generally ‘demonic.’

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I like watching the BBC’s The Big Question, not simply because I wish to learn something, but because it can be quite entertaining to see ideas openly tested in public. Additionally, you can also depend upon the BBC to seed the audience with a few nuts who will quite happily commune with the mother ship … Read more

9 year old suspended for threatening to deploy magic

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This one left me scratching my head and wondering if we had received the full story. Nine year old Aiden Steward (pictured above) has apparently been suspended from school in Texas for threatening to deploy magic. The UK’s Telegraph reports … The eager Middle Earth fan ended up suspended from Kermit Elementary School, after telling a … Read more

Richard Dawkins gets “Love Letters” (Be warned NSFW and yes it is comedy gold)

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OK, nothing too serious today, but instead a bit of entertainment. Because he is rather well-known, Richard Dawkins, tends to attract some rather amusing “fan mail” from those who vigorously disagree with him … except of course, being more that a tad eccentric, their strident and rather abusive criticism is actually quite entertaining. So dive in and … Read more