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Tag Archives: religion
A licence to persecute
According to a story in today’s paper, Muslims in Egypt have already used their new Islam-friendly provisional constitution to persecute Coptic Christians. This follows the wacko fundies in the American south pushing for the definition of the United States as … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, religion, Religion and booze, religion as a drug, religion is dangerous
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The “science can’t . . . ” gambit
So you’ve demolished the arguments advanced by your woo-loving religious adversary: astrology trashed; homeopathy shredded; creationism flushed. But then your opponent’s eyes light up and a wry smile crosses his lips. You know what’s coming, don’t you? “Science may have … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism and Religion, Crank science, Religion, Science and Medicine, Skepticism
Tagged arguing with believers, atheism, Logic, religion, rhetorical trick, science
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VIFF Film Reviews: No; Paradise; We’re Not Broke; Virgin Tales; Salman Rusdie: Imagining India; Frankenstein: a Modern Myth..
October 5. More films from the Vancouver International Film Fest. No. (Drama, Chile/USA/France, 117 minutes, director Pablo Larrain). Gael Garcia Bernal plays a creative advertising executive who joins the 1988 “No” campaign to oust the murderous Chilean president Augusto Pinochet, … Continue reading
Perhaps we should insult the Egyptian embassy
Mobs, drunk on religion, are attacking western embassies around the world, killing innocent people. Their excuse? Revenge for a perceived insult to their touchy god, an insult contained in a video by a deranged Christian. But the culture that spawned … Continue reading
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Tagged Alber Saber, atheism, embassies, George H. W. Bush, insult, Islam, mobs, more insults, religion, religious violence, wankers
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Atheist Principles
The late Christopher Hitchens had an admirable knack for ferreting out the differences between those who follow a religion and those who, like me, don’t. Unhappily, he had a tendency to ramble. Sorting through his prolix rant God is Not … Continue reading
Quote of the Week: 10 January, 2012
Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out and astronomy takes the place of astrology. Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great
At Last — I’m a Believer
Because atheists tend to rate (unjustly, I might add) a few points above axe murderers on popularity scales, I decided recently to adopt a belief system. Ignoring the indisputable fact that one cannot simply choose to believe some absurd theology, … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism and Religion, Religion
Tagged atheist, believer, doomsday, religion
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