The week in fundie . . . Read more »
The week in fundie . . . Read more »
Anyway, I couldn’t give a [profanity] whether a person calls himself a scientist. It doesn’t earn any extra respect from me, because it’s not as if science has covered itself with glory, morally, in my time. Scientists were the people in Germany telling Hitler that it was a good idea to kill all the Jews. Scientists were telling Stalin it was a good idea to wipe out the middle-class peasants. Scientists were telling Mao Tse-Tung it was fine to kill 50 million people in order to further the revolution. [Via Memeplex] Read more »
He’s demanding unopposed time for Christians to proselytise on the BBC. From the National Secular Society: Read more »
But not just any old prayer. Langford is going to sponsor prayers of repentance by folks dressed in sackcloth and ashes – just like they did in Old Testament days. [. . .] To make sure everyone has appropriate attire, the mayor has reportedly ordered 2,000 sacks. (Presumably, one size fits all.) Read more »
Brainfart #1 comes via Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
Brainfart #2 occurred recently in a thread at Matt’s Notepad: Read more »
As I blogged last month, Gerry Rzeppa wants to pay Richard Dawkins a shitload of money for the privilege of proselytising to him. Rzeppa is offering Dawkins Read more »
Robert Ingersoll on the Trinity: Read more »
And if it isn’t, should it be?
I’ve been engaged in discussion with Ninglun over these very questions, and it seems to me that the answer lies in how Section 116 of the Australian Constitution is interpreted. The section reads:
Australian Constitution - Section 116 - Commonwealth not to legislate in respect of religion Read more »
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