religion

Weird Claim of the week: “There is hope for Atheists”

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Ken Ham, the chap who runs the Creation Museum, is I must admit a truly entertaining individual and does appear to be rather gifted at coming out with some truly weird stuff at times. His foundational thing is that not just planet earth, but the entire universe is only 6,000 years old and so apparently … Read more

Iran offers new bounty of $600,000 for the murder of Salman Rushdie

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Now that sanctions are being lifted in Iran and they finally have funds, one of the very first things that they have decided to spend it on is a bounty for the murder of a foreign citizen whose only crime was to write a book (shudders, oh the horror). The UKs Independent reports … Forty state-run Iranian media … Read more

Saudi Religious Police getting trained in “Magic”

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Much to my complete surprise, I came across a report that describes how the Saudi Religious Police are being trained in how to identify and stamp out magic. Seriously, they really are … Saudi Arabia’s influential religious police have started training its new members on how to fight magic and arrest those involved in black art in … Read more

Weird Claim of The week : “I believe because science has not disproven it”

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I often trip up over some rather strange claims being promoted by people who are in reality both decent, reasonable, and intelligent. This week’s example comes from a piece written by Jerry Fogltance, a retired Air Force chaplain and lieutenant colonel. Within his column he writes …  Atheists take pride in claiming that what they believe … Read more

A case study of Islamism within British Universities

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The UK’s Council of Ex-Muslims has published a case study on the prevalence of Islamism within British Universities that has been written by Ibn Al Qalleb, and edited by the Iranian Human Rights activist Maryam Namazie. Much of what it contains documents recent events … On 23 March 2015, Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson of the Council of Ex-Muslims … Read more

Catholic bishops not obliged to report clerical child abuse, Vatican says

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I can only perhaps suggest just one simple response to the latest Guardian article, and basically it is – WTF! The article reads … Vatican guide says ‘not necessarily’ bishop’s duty to report suspects to police despite Pope Francis’s vows to redress Catholic church’s legacy of child abuse. The Catholic church is telling newly appointed … Read more