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Archive for July, 2006
Monks Plead Not Guilty to Sex Charges
And number three in today's three-pack of religious news.
Another Pastor’s Wife Pulls Gun In Church
Fortunately no one died. But these clowns obviously can't manage their own lives. They are absolutely not role-models for anyone else.
Churches Putting Town Out of Business
No kidding. Just go read it.
Clash Between Civilization and Backwardness
Here is a powerful and amazing statement on Al-Jazeera television. The woman is Wafa Sultan, an Arab-American psychologist from Los Angeles.
TRANSCRIPT:
Wafa ...
Cheaper to let the Priests Fornicate
From CNNDiocese: Priest spent $1.4 million on tony lifestyle
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) -- A priest who resigned from a church in an affluent Connecticut community misspent up to $1.4 million ...
Straw Men of Secularism
I ran across a brutal farce of an essay, by Thomas E. Brewton, in something called The National Ledger. Entitled Theocracy and Liberal Paranoia, Brewton rehashes a bunch of old ...
Robert Reich on American Theocracy
By Robert B. Reich
Re-posted from American Prospect Online - 7.1.04
It was recently reported that the Bush campaign had e-mailed members of the clergy, soliciting help in identifying "friendly" ...
The Chimera of Consumerism
Published originally as an answer to the following question for Vox Populi 15:
1. Modern Christians sometimes refer to consumerism as a sort of "religion" where money is "God." Do ...
Superstition
Published originally as an answer to the following question for Vox Populi 14:
4. Do you ever find yourself being superstitious, despite your awareness of its irrationality? If so, why? ...
Why Hezbollah Fights
Why Hezbollah Fights This is about the best explanation I've seen for the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict
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Long Live Israel
Many people have rushed to judge Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah, because of its record on dealing with the Palestinians, the border fence, and other perceived injustices. I'm here to ...
Religious ‘Charity’
Published originally as an answer to the following question for Vox Populi 14:
3. Religious believers seem to take it upon themselves to build hospitals and operate a lot of ...
Maybe We Should Leave That Up to the Computer - New York Times
Maybe We Should Leave That Up to the Computer - New York Times People's lack of objectivity is their fatal flaw.
Creationist Moron Arrested
Kent Hovind was arrested on July 14 in Pensacola, Florida on 58 federal charges, including failing to pay $473,818 in employee-related taxes and making threats against investigators. Aside ...
Artificial Intelligence
Published originally as an answer to the following question for Vox Populi 14:
2. Do you think that artificial intelligences will one day be made as intelligent as human brains? ...
‘Long Emergency’ Update - July 2006
Here's another installment in my ongoing challenge to James Howard Kunstler, and his 'Long Emergency.' In a nutshell, Kunstler asserts that the world as we know it will collapse because ...
No Denying
Another train bombing. This time in Mumbai, India. At this point, there's really no denying it. As soon as we hear news like this, we know exactly what happened. ...
Progress
1. Many people, including religious believers of all stripes, say that progress distorts human nature and alienates ourselves from each other. Do you agree ?Progress.mp3 2:45
Progress only does ...
Death March of the Fallacious Arguments
Posted at Salon, in response to this interview with Sam Harris:
If there's one certainty, it's that any interview with or article about Sam Harris is guaranteed to provoke an ...
Eric Hoffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eric Hoffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CNN.com - ‘Breast ironing’ to stunt girls’ growth widespread - Jul 7, 2006
CNN.com - 'Breast ironing' to stunt girls' growth widespread - Jul 7, 2006
A Walking Pile of Ashes
"The anonymous sex-crazed sycophants who meet once a week to groupthink their way out of desperation."
This is how Nip/Tuck's Dr. Christian Troy describes 12-step programs (specifially Sexaholics Anonymous), in this ...
Nobility
1. What is the noblest in man ? What are the noblest of man's accomplishments ?Noble.mp3 3:00
In short? Self-knowledge. We have the ability for introspection. Many people look ...
Stop Climate Change Denial
Comment posted at Green Car Congress in response to other comments downplaying an alarming post about CO2-caused ocean acidification (which a new study shows threatens to affect ...