Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Now here is a truly weird bit of news. There is a Christian group that is rather eager to promote the idea that masturbation is evil, so much so, that they give talks to kids on the topic. Basically they have a guy dressed up as a Dolphin called Fappy who will turn up at the school … Read more
Folks who are fully committed hell-fire and brimstone evangelical preachers will often pop up in various public locations to tell you all about Jesus. They are compelled to do so because part of the success of the belief is not simply that it plays a psychological trick upon you by getting you to buy into … Read more
The fact that I need to add the word “Satire” to the title tells you that it is in fact very challenging to deploy Satire within a Saudi context. In fact, the pronouncements and actions of the various clerics make it almost impossible to discern the line between the things that are satire and the … Read more
Jesus and Mo have a few things to say regarding the lunacy in Saudi Arabia … I love satire, it is often the most powerful and effective way to communicate criticism. If you have never encountered Jesus & Mo before the I guess you have a few questions … there is an About that explains … … Read more
It is an Onion spoof of course… but funny because so much of the rhetoric that the Christian right spout is very much at odds with the philosophy they claim to embrace … love your neighbour (except those that are gay, or atheist, or voted democrat, etc…), give away all your money (but only so … Read more
As a parody of “Intelligent design”, Keith Gilmour, a UK-based secondary school teacher set up a website called “The Centre for Unintelligent design” last year. In response Creationists have been popping up and scribbling a few daft claims to him to put him right … except what they are claiming is simply making them look even sillier … Read more