Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Jesus and Mo illustrates what happens when you raise the topic of stoning in a public debate … Now this is where you might be tempted to chip in and suggest that the above is a cartoon, and that it does not in any way represent how a devout Muslim would really reply …. well, hold … Read more
Given that I do quite often focus upon Islam it is perhaps appropriate for me to turn my thoughts towards the ISIS Jihad in Iraq. First, the rather obvious details; Tarek Fatah writes about it in the Toronto Sun as follows … The brutality of this mayhem was best captured in a deeply disturbing video … Read more
When you think of Islam, perhaps the place that in many ways defines the very heart of it all, its Mecca (yes pun intended), is of course Saudi Arabia. In fact, that is not strictly true, because while it may indeed be the place that is the geographical origin of the belief, the form of … Read more
There is of course much that is being written by many as both Syria and Iraq rip themselves apart and so while this latest turn of events might appear to be a surprise, it should not be. This is because the sequence of events that is playing out is the inevitable consequence of the belief … Read more
We do not just impart information, but often construct a narrative and tell stories to each other – now here is something odd / amusing / strange / funny / scary that happened to me / a friend / somebody famous – and often when doing so we are simply repeating something we have heard … Read more
Archbishop Robert Carlson has been making a few rather weird claims, no not the god turns into a cracker bit, but rather assertions regarding him having a complete lack of any kind of moral compass. The context here is that he has been deposed as part of a lawsuit against the Twin Cities archdiocese and the Diocese … Read more