Is ISIS simply a group of Psychopaths?

When faced with the reality of their abhorrent behaviour, especially when they appear to relish and delight in proudly promoting it, a rather natural thought is that they are simply crazy, or to be a tad more clinical, they are a gang of psychopaths. A psychopath is an individual who acts in an uninhibited manner without … Read more

There are no Atheist Fundamentalists

A label that some of the religious will often deploy is the term “Atheist Fundamentalist”, but this is a meaningless combination of words. Try these combinations … Atheist Christian Muslim Atheist So what do the above describe? You might for example infer that such combinations apply to individuals who have a specific cultural heritage, but do … Read more

What Really Killed The Dinosaurs?

Dinosaurs dominated the earth for over 150 million years and it was not until about 66 million years ago that they ceased to exist. Whether this extinction was a gradual process or an abrupt catastrophic end has been subject for scientific and geological discussion for many years. In search for these answers, scientists research beyond … Read more

Irish Taoiseach says he has been branded a ‘murderer’ for his stance on Abortion

The Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, explains to the Irish Parliament that … “I am now being branded by personnel around the country as being a murderer. I’m going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies. I’m getting medals, scapulars, plastic foetuses, letters written in blood, telephone calls all over the system and it’s not … Read more

Selling your daughter … would you do it? – Today some are doing exactly that out of desperation

This is utterly tragic … almost beyond words. Syrians fleeing the conflict to places like Jordan are finding themselves destitute and out of sheer desperation are forced to extreme measures. The Toronto Star has the details … Nezar too was a homemaker in Homs who arrived in Jordan last year. Her husband was a taxi … Read more