Argentina's president discusses Falklands with Pope Francis
Didn't take her long (Guardian): Cristina Fernández de Kirchner says she requested pontiff's intervention in dispute with UK over South Atlantic islands
Jonathan MS Pearce
The Devil maligned?
This picture has been doing the facebook rounds. It made me chortle, but also made me think about the devil, and hell. Much of my thoughts on hell have been expressed in the video below, but there are few interesting points that have come up recently which have made me think, aha, that's interesting
The Little Book Of Unholy Questions
I know self-promoting has an air of conceit, and I know it's all 'blah blah blah', but for someone in my position, it is a necessary evil. One of my books has just received another great review. Apart from my internet stalker, the ordained father whom I have banned, and who has not read the book, I
Intelligence and Religiosity Explored
My fellow SINner, blogger and clinical psychologist, Dr Caleb Lack of the Great Plains Skeptic blog has been producing a series analysing data and theories concerning correlations between intelligence and religiosity in people. There have been a number of studies, and many people have highlighted an
Old Earth, Young Minds: Evangelical Homeschoolers Embrace Evolution
This is a fascinating article. It amazes me that parents can torture their children with AIG inspired textbooks. This is an albeit small step in the right direction:
Philosophy 101 - Plato Factfile
In doing the philpapers inspired Philosophy 101 series (found here and here, so far), touching on the questions asked in the largest ever survey of philosophers, I thought I would give some nice,
TED pull Sheldrake & Hancock talks after backlash (including mine!)
Last week, I posted this: TEDx, Pseudoscience and the Rupert Sheldrake controversy TED has reacted to a considerable amount of pressure from posts similar to mine. They have pulled the videos from their usual places. The TED blog explained the move, claiming they were not censoring the videos,
Higgs Boson Discovery Confirmed & New Head of Cover-Up Confirmed
In important scientific news that may answer crucial questions about existence: GENEVA — The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted n
AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH! er, #2
So, yesterday's offering was terrible. This is even more terrible. This is indoctrination of the highest order. It is so ridiculous, it could only be a Poe. But it's
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No need to write a commentary about this. Just read it. Shit me.
Opus Dei accused of lobbying to prevent Irish abortion reform
The Guardian reports: Leading doctor and politician John Crown says secret Catholic sect is trying to prevent limited abortion being made legal Public support for abortion reform has grown in Ireland since Savita Halappanavar died from blood poisoning after a Galway hospital refused to termina
The religious right are wrong: all women have the right to choose
As the Guardian so poignantly reports: In failing to accept that women own their own bodies, religious groups risk reversing progress on the status of women How is it possible, in 2013, that violence against women is still tolerated? That was a question I heard several times at the Commission