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Currently reading: Cat’s Cradle
Just finished it actually. A dark, interesting little book. I liked it more than Slaughterhouse Five.I am curious about Vonnegut’s view of religion having read it – some quick research (and much of his novels) suggests he was an…
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collaborating in another holocaust
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religious fundamentalists reach new low with bushfire comments
I really wanted to believe that this was fake when it was first emailed to me – but no, there it is on the Catch the Fire Ministries website: Pastor Danny Nalliah, leader of that esteemed fundamentalist Christian… -
no surprises
Australia continues its proud tradition of protecting the practice and expression of (Christian) religious beliefs, but failing to do the same in respect of atheism: article. Sigh. There are buses rolling around Adelaide with Christian messages on them… -
crazy cult update
A couple of ex-Exclusive Brethren members are asking Justice North in the Federal Court in Victoria (VID904/2008) to order that the AFP investigate the cult: link.Former Brethren members Lydia Desai and Priscilla D’Souza have accused Exclusive Brethren
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there’s probably no god
This is fantastic: ads on London buses advocating atheism.I wonder how hard this would be to fund in Australia, and whether it would somehow offend our anti-discrimination/hate speech laws, which (like our constitution, according to the High Court) seem…
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unscientific superstition quietly gaining influence in australian schools
The Age reports on the pressing issue of the growth of independent schools teaching from a faith-based curriculum in Australia. Presenting religious indoctrination in the Howard era clothing of “choice”, some such schools are teaching creationism in science…
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red mass: the court goes to church
The Sydney Morning Herald and Catholic News tell us that judges and other members of the legal community in New South Wales recently participated in ‘Red Mass’, a European tradition in which members of the legal profession seek…
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religion is in the inverse of…
The always interesting Possum Comitatus has some analysis of voting trends and social factors at the last federal election. Tucked away in there are some very interesting graphs about religion and its correlation to several other variables (about…
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no ape in 08: i !heart huckabee
FYI, Mike Huckabee, potential Republican presidential candidate and by extension potential President of the United States, has this to say about creationism (and the fact that he believes in it):
If you want to believe that you and
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an atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support
There’s quite an interesting post here about this article in the LA Times, in which the Times’ religion reporter William Lobdell describes finding and then losing his faith in the process of reporting on the subject.… -
census: ‘no religion’ now equal to Anglicanism in Australia
The 2006 census has been published, and amongst many interesting trends, the figures show that people of “no religion” numbered 3.7 million at the time of the census – only 11,691 fewer than the number of Anglicans, and… -
germany: crazy cults are verboten
German officials have allegedly refused to grant the makers of a new film starring T. Cruise, Crazy Cult Member, access to historic military locations for the purposes of filming. The film is about a plot to assassinate Hitler, and the… -
ham update 2: ham-related art, and more legal details
Further to previous posts (one, two), here’s some great “Jesus with the little dinosaurs” art (thanks to KO):
Meanwhile Legal Eagle points to this article on the actual details of the legal battle in the Ham v Anti-Ham lawsuit.
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it is more important to force raped women to have children than to stop murder and torture: god
Those wacky funsters at the Vatican are at it again – this time they’re misrepresenting Amnesty’s new policy regarding abortion and instructing Catholics not to support the organisation. Amnesty’s position is that women who are pregnant as a result of…
