religion

Petition Alert: Please sign this petition in solidarity with the victims of the State Religion of Pakistan

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Mr Ghulam Mustafa Lakho is a very brave man. He is a non-believer who lives in Karachi, Pakistan and is also Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has a petition that he would like you to sign … The Secretary-General, United Nations: Recognize “The International Day Against State Religion” The petition reads … … Read more

More Saudi Insanity: Woman changed with Witchcraft faces beheading

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When you are in the game of believing utterly crazy things, and then start to impose this delusion on others, you will find truly outrageous things happening. The news, as reported in the Guardian today, is … Saudi Arabian authorities may order execution of woman after man reported her for casting a spell on his … Read more

Coping with “Crazy”

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I’ve been having an on-line debate with an Islamic Creationist today, and as you might expect, it’s the usual bat-shit crazy stuff. After pointing out that 99.98% of scientists accept evolution as a well-established fact, you find such a reality does not in any way initiate any pause for thought, but instead results in statements … Read more

Head-to-Head with Islamic “God did it” claims

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Right now I am having a semi-friendly “discussion” in a Facebook group with a bunch of rather committed Islamic folks. It’s their thing, they have this concept called Da‘wah. That literally means “issuing a summons” or “making an invitation”. If this is not something you are aware of, well think of it as being similar … Read more

Mr Stanley has a daft Telegraph article – In response I’d argue that secular morality is superior

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Tim Stanley writes in the UK’s Telegraph a rather strange religious blog posting entitled “Christianity is neither Left nor Right, but radical and daunting“. I guess this is perhaps the time of year when the religious go into overdrive … here are a few extracts with my thoughts (in red) … I’ve always found Easter … Read more