politics

Bishop wants to see a Theocratic dictatorship imposed

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The Christian Times reports on the rather bizarre proposal made recently by Church of England Bishop, Tom Wright. He completely rejects any secular ideals and would very much like to see everything rolled back into a pre-enlightened era where the church and the state are one and the same … “The Gospels tell the story of … Read more

New unofficial language in Wales … Klingon.

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So the story is this, shadow Health Minister Darren Millar sent the following questions to economy minister Edwina Hart in the welsh assembly … Will the minister make a statement on how many reports of unidentified flying objects there have been at Cardiff Airport since its acquisition by the Welsh government? What discussions has the Welsh … Read more

Daft Claim: Congressman Can Prove God Exists With A Simple Equation

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It always strikes me as more than a little bit odd when somebody pops up and claims that they have “proof” that god exists. Think of this this way, take the specific religious claim and replace the word “god” with something else such as “pink unicorns”, “magic” or “elfs” and the claim would simply result in … Read more

Barney Frank could not talk about his atheism while in Congress – why?

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Barney Frank is a Democrat who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts from 1981 to 2013. In 1987 he came out as gay, and to the great credit of the majority of the public this had little impact on his electoral prospects, and so he was returned to office again and again as the most prominent gay … Read more

Some rather strange responses to Obama’s new Climate Change rules

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As I’m sure you are aware, Obama announced some rather sensible regulations that mandate that coal-fired power plants in the US need to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions by 30%. In fact Al Gore has chipped in and said the new rules were “the most important step taken to combat the climate crisis in our country’s history”.  Sigh! … if … Read more

Atheism – The Last Taboo

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Jennifer Michael Hecht,  the poet, historian, philosopher, and author, has written an article in Polotico all about the last Taboo … Atheism. She sets the stage well like this … On Real Time with Bill Maher last August, Maher asked his guest, newly retired Rep. Barney Frank, if he felt liberated now that he was a private citizen. Frank said … Read more