Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A Muslim has been posting on Facebook some rather selective cherry-picked quotes from John Lennox’s Daily Mail article of 3rd Sept 2010. The fact that our Muslim friend did not attribute the source of his quotes and so by default implied they were his own is rather dishonest, but perhaps understandable because he was in fact … Read more
A few weeks ago in Morocco a boy and a girl aged 15 and 14 kissed as their 15-year-old friend took photos outside their school in the northern town of Nador, and they then posted the pictures on Facebook. What happens? – they were then arrested and put on trial. Yikes! So far this response … Read more
Answers in Genesis, a creationist group that promotes the belief that the world is only 6,000 years old and that “God did it”, has been putting up billboards in New York City and San Francisco with the purpose of engaging atheists. They read (as you can see from the picture) “To all of our atheist friends: Thank … Read more
Sometimes attempts to censor go very wrong, and something it is spot on, so lets look at two examples that illustrate where the line is when it comes to freedom of expression. First case – Getting it wrong over at the London School of Economics Carrying on from my Saturday posting about the students at … Read more
There appears to be a bit of a competition going on between the UK based Reading University students union (RUSU) and the London School of Economics students union. Last year we saw the RUSU get themselves worked up into a tizzy because student secular society had a Pineapple on their stall at the Fresher fayre labelled … Read more
The Salvation Army is of course a group that embraces traditional Christian views, but we all know that. In fact, they have a rather good public image because their mission is to help the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their “physical and spiritual needs”. I’m not so sure about the “spiritual” bit, that is … Read more