Archive for July, 2007
Surgeon General Was Muzzled by Bush Administration
WASHINGTON, July 10 — Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports ...
IOT: Pain, Fear, and Awe: The Human Motivations Toward Religion
Independence of Thought series: Part 3: Pain, Fear, and Awe: The Human Motivations Toward Religion
Now lets examine what factors form the primary human motivations toward religion: ...
Book-banning mom can’t even convince own son
Eighty books in high school library stacks are corrupting students with tales of abortion, homosexuality and atheism. That's according to a West Palm Beach mother who has appealed to the ...
Iran says man stoned to death for adultery
Iran said on Tuesday that a man convicted of adultery had been stoned to death in a village in northwestern Iran, the first time it has confirmed such an execution ...
World will face oil crunch in five years
The world is facing an oil supply “crunch” within five years that will force up prices to record levels and increase the west’s dependence on oil cartel Opec, the industrialised ...
Rock Against Religion
Hundreds of music-lovers descended on one of the capital's tiniest suburbs at the weekend in support of an anti-religious rock concert. The 7-7-7 Rock Against Religion gig ...
Questioning Whether Islam Is Religion of Peace
Reasonable Muslims now agree that when a religion veers so far off course, it loses immunity to inquisition. "We ought to go through very serious questioning and soul-searching," a founder ...
IOT: Approaches to Interpreting Religious Behavior
Independence of Thought series: Part 2: Approaches to Interpreting Religious Behavior
Religion has been one of the primary sources of questions asked in the human search for ...
Cleric defends his jihad, says it’s the duty of every Muslim
"We have no personal agenda. An Islamic system is our aim and we wanted to mount pressure on the government for the fulfilment of that objective."
Independence of Thought
Since it's July 4th, I'd like to begin by wishing everyone an enjoyable holiday. It's going to be a hot one at 103F (39.4C) here in ...
Humans accused of greed for solar energy
An agriculture professor at the University of Melbourne, Snow Barlow, said the paper showed humans were taking up too much of an important natural resource. "Here we ...
El Morya, You Have No Power!
Picking up on a recent post from Heather at Why Don't You Blog?, I've decided to tackle the spiritual 'founder' of my parents' ...
Babies lie to their parents before they can talk
Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn ...