Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Abuse is the theme this week. Over and over, stories of religious abuse emerge. People in positions of trust continue to abuse such positions and often the religious response is to cover it all up and pretend it has not happened. During the past seven days the following tragic stories have emerged. Item 1 – Pastor … Read more
It is perhaps almost inevitable for Roy Moore to pop up in the weekly weird religious news. As the modern incarnation of rather extreme right-wing “Christian” values, he has garnered rather a lot of popular support from right-wing evangelicals despite the mounting and very believable evidence via multiple sources that he is rather fond of … Read more
Previously the selection of my personal top three items of religious weirdness have perhaps been dominated by US religious weirdness each week. So what happens if I apply a US filter this week, will I be left bereft and find nothing to choose because the US has a monopoly on religious weirdness? In a word … Read more
In a week that has seen the revelations regarding Roy Moore ramp up and up, you do have to wonder if he is simply one lone isolated case that stands out as a contrast to the normal. Yes he is … in the sense that most people with or without a specific belief generally do … Read more
OK, so let’s cut to the chase and give you the quick TL;DR; answer – He will most probably continue and will most probably win. There is much I could of course say. Since a great deal of it is being churned over by the primary media outlets I need not dig into it all … Read more
Today I’ll focus down on one specific person – Jerry Falwell Jr. He has managed to go full Trump … literally. Some of what he has been saying and doing in the past week is quite frankly jaw dropping stuff that truly does deserve a bit of spotlighting, and so all three items this week are … Read more