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Atheism and religion in the News XXIV
Submitted by Zombie on February 25, 2008 - 1:40am.Another day, another blog.
German Authorities Slam "The God Delusion" for Kids
Why do I get the feeling this book won’t be published in America anytime soon?
The German Family Ministry is pushing to have a book it says slurs Judaism, Christianity and Islam labeled dangerous for children. The book's publisher says kids have a right to enlightenment.The German Family Ministry is pushing for the children's book "How Do I Get to God, Asked the Small Piglet," by written by Michael Schmidt-Salomon and illustrated by Helge Nyncke, to be included on a list of literature considered dangerous for young people.
"The three large religions of the world, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, are slurred in the book," the ministry wrote in a December memo. "The distinctive characteristics of each religion are made ridiculous."
The atheist lobby, in the blonde, pregnant person of Jennifer Lange, waited with diminishing patience for the elevator in the Legislative Office Building.
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Final Lessons from Mental Retardation
Submitted by mindcore on February 25, 2008 - 12:58am.- mindcore's blog
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Atheism and religion in the news XXIII
Submitted by Zombie on February 23, 2008 - 11:31pm.Here we go again. Kenya: Good People Doing Evil Things An interesting news story from Africa.
I FIND THE GOD DELUSION BY RICHARD Dawkins particularly relevant to Kenya's current political impasse: Why has it been felt necessary to call in religious leaders to broker peace? Have their pleas to the gangs of the discontented and dispossessed to put down their machetes helped? Of course not. Even the great Archbishop Desmond Tutu failed to achieve anything.Dawkins asks of just such initiatives that involve the clergy: "But why the chaplain? Why not the gardener or the chef? Why are scientists so cravenly respectful towards the ambitions of theologians over questions that theologians are certainly no more qualified to answer than scientists themselves?"
Could it be that religion is part of the problem and not the solution? Has a blind faith in God and religious leaders led to a kind of fatalism and willingness which leads people to hand over responsibility for important decisions in their lives to others, in this case men who are clearly not cut out for the job? Dawkins even doubts that theology is a subject at all.
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Fixin to Post New Podcast Episode
Submitted by mindcore on February 23, 2008 - 11:15pm.
Science if Howard Stern and John Stuart's goth bastard child was talking about it.
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Hope You Brought the K-Y, Josh
Submitted by kellym78 on February 23, 2008 - 7:09am.This is a response to a nagging little pest we've had around here lately, to whom I was essentially blackmailed into responding. The original thread is located here. You'll see in the thread that this lovely young man threatens to send one email per day until he is answered to his satisfaction, and then proceeds to post relentlessly to that end. In an attempt to end this idiocy, I've tried to answer all of his extremely lengthy posts at once; therefore, this is extraordinarily long, and for that, I apologize.
Lessons from Mental Retardation
Submitted by mindcore on February 22, 2008 - 5:04pm.
I intended to set aside time to get some schoolwork done and I came down with what I think must be the flu. Usually what we call influenza is just a heinous cold, for example, there is no such thing as the stomach flu. At least according to Mark Crislips Quackcast podcast, which I listen to religiously.
But enough about that, I was talking about retarded people. What could be better than that? Ironically I almost never use the word retard as an insult for as much of a mouth that I have on me. I guess I just formed too many bonds with retarded people. It may be hard to imagine but I genuinely think of some of these guys as my friends, I really bonded with them. Especially Spicy Johnny, that guy made me laugh with him, not at him. In his own way he was a genius.
Its also time to deal with the second doctrinal assumption that I held as a charismatic Christian
2.) Demons posses people and cause them to do terrible things.
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Pro Life, Pro Choice, Pro Discussion
Submitted by Tarpan on February 22, 2008 - 3:49pm.Pro Life, Pro Choice, Pro Discussion
Let me start this out by saying that I am pro-choice, but I believe there are merits to the pro-life movement that I support. This entry is an attempt to discuss the merits of it, and the inherent parts of the pro-life movement that make communication near impossible.
Let me start out by defining my own stance on the issue:
Atheism and religion in the news XXII
Submitted by Zombie on February 21, 2008 - 11:59pm.And here it is yet again, sorry about the vacation, but I kinda was on vacation . That's my story anyway. On to the news.
Premier orders Lord's Prayer review
A story from my area.
Premier Dalton McGuinty wants to end the daily recital of the Lord's Prayer in the Legislature in what opposition parties are calling a bid to heal wounds from a divisive provincial election fought over religious schools.McGuinty, whose Liberals were re-elected Oct. 10 partly by defending public funding of Catholic schools while attacking a Progressive Conservative scheme to extend it to other faith-based schools, made the surprise announcement yesterday.
"It's time for us to ensure that we have a prayer that better reflects our diversity," said the premier, who is Catholic.
"The members of the Ontario Legislature reflect the diversity of Ontario - be it Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or agnostic. It is time for our practices to do the same. That is the Ontario way," he wrote in a letter to the other party leaders.
University of Oxford to study why people have religion
They don't mention which god though.
The University of Oxford is to undertake a $4 million study to examine what it is that makes people believe in God.
Quick Announcement
Submitted by mindcore on February 19, 2008 - 1:32pm.Quick Announcement
Checking on my school schedule I've noticed I'm a wee bit behind.So I'm not going to post any new blogs until I'm caught up.
My podcast will still be updated, but I've gotta hit the books for a little bit.
I'll be posting regularly again very soon.
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Study Reports Anger Fuels Better Decisions
Submitted by kellym78 on February 18, 2008 - 8:24pm.This is from June of last year, but this is the first I've heard of it, so hopefully everybody isn't already familiar. A scientific experiment was conducted to determine the impact of anger on decision-making and rationality. It was concluded that anger actually improves your thought processes and helps you to make better decisions which you more strongly uphold. So, take that all of you nay-sayers who constantly criticize us for tossing away the facade of propriety and demeanor of respect for others' beliefs. We're actually better off precisely because we get angry.
