The guidance they give says …
Anti Islamic Groups to be removed no more insult of Islam in the Name of freedom of Speech
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Catholicism in Ireland facing financial bankruptcy
Religion & Money – Where does the $$ come from, and where does it go?
Belief is a very powerful tool for gathering wealth, and because of this some of the wealthiest organisations around are religious groups that also often attract followers that are quite poor. Here now are some interesting statistics that list where some of the main players get their wealth from, how much they have, and what they spend it on. I confess that some of this was a surprise to me.
Looking down the list, if I was to vote which were the slimiest scumbags around, its really difficult to decide between Scientology, Catholicism, and Televangelism.
- The catholics have spent over half a billion in compensation to abuse victims and also kept a pile of plundered Nazi gold for themselves
- The scientologists have simply scammed all their loot
- The Televangelists use all donations for ‘God’s work’ to maintain a life of luxury
Fraudlent Islamic Claim – Professor Kroner confirms Qu’ran is scientific
Atheism Debunked by Muslims – You know this will be silly, right?
For the past week I’ve had a bit of free time on my hands, so for fun (and perhaps also for a bit of Critical Thinking practice), I’ve been hanging out in a couple of Facebook groups where Muslims attempt to debunk Atheism.
It has been exactly what you might expect …
- Number of silly utterly insane arguments presented – lots
- Amount of credible evidence presented – zero.
I must confess to being a bit naive, for I truly had no idea just how loopy things would get. Purely for your entertainment and amusement, here now are some examples (I’ll not be providing any names).
“There are no Genuine Atheists” claims an Astrophysicist
Before we get into details, I think I better first introduce you to the claimant. This comes from a chap called David Klinghoffer. He works for the Discovery Institute as a … well, that does not really matter, because knowing that it is the Discovery Institute tells you all you really need to know; its basically kook central for the Intelligent Design movement.
Since it is indeed “them” you know in your heart of hearts this is going to be truly silly (it is), so here we go. He starts out with …