And number three in today's three-pack of religious news.

Fortunately no one died. But these clowns obviously can't manage their own lives. They are absolutely not role-models for anyone else.

No kidding. Just go read it.

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 Sultan: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

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 This is about the best explanation I've seen for the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict

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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 People's lack of objectivity is their fatal flaw.

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 ...

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? ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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CNN.com - 'Breast ironing' to stunt girls' growth widespread - Jul 7, 2006

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vox Populi Episode 15: Length: 30 min. Questions of the bi-week: 1. Modern Christians sometimes refer to consumerism as a sort of "religion" where money is "God". Do you think ...