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Christians, Their Morality and Their Ironic Intolerance

God is love. Or something. Turns out, very often, Christians don't reflect this ideal. This is kind of understandable given the distinct lack of such an ideal in the Old Testament. But if we park that whole tranche of biblical history for the time being, let's

Biblical Exegesis

Quote of the Day - Sheila C.

This one came from Sheila C. on the Liberal vs Fundamentalist Religion thread: I agree, and that's why I never went for liberal religion. It sounds great -- I would love some spirituality plus the freedom to follow my own conscience -- but atheists and conservative religious people

Liberal vs Fundamentalist Religion

Robet M. Price, in his recent superb little book Blaming Jesus for Jehovah, points out the following: If resurgent fundamentalism is a last gasp, the meal-mouthed mewlings of liberal religion are death rattles, too. The whole enterprise of liberal religion is to humanize religion, to temper it with modern psychology,

My understanding Islam debate now available online - please check it out!

I recently had a fascinating debate with David Warden of the Dorset Humanists concerning Islam, which I have written fairly extensively about. The debate was really well-mannered and a pleasure to be involved with. Thanks to the Dorset Humanists for hosing and inviting me. Here it is:

What is fundamentalism?

The term fundamentalism is bandied about with wild abandon, but what does it really mean? We have an intuitive sense of what it means, perhaps. When I use the term, I have in my mind ideas of hardliner, fanatical beliefs, adhered to by uncompromising believers in a dogmatic insistence that a partic

Taxpayers' cash should not be used to fund faith schools, say voters

OK, so if you have been following the debacle of the schools in Birmingham, UK, which have involved the schools inspectorate in the UK, you will know that there is a huge worry in the UK that certain schools are becoming worryingly victim to Islamic extremism. I will not explain

Concerns over religious hardliners inspecting independent 'faith schools'

These schools shouldn't even be allowed to exist, let alone be policed by their own. As the National Secular Society reports: The National Secular Society has expressed concern that inspectors with extremist views are working for the body responsible for inspecting Muslims and Christian independent

Nigeria's Boko Haram 'in village massacre'

Boko Haram at it again. Sheesh. Fundamentalism. BBC: Northern Nigeria is under emergency rule, but attacks have intensified Suspected Islamist militants have raided a Nigerian village and murdered dozens, according to witnesses. The gunmen reportedly rounded up a group of men in Izge village and shot them, before going door-to-door

Demographics of Religion

Study finds religious fundamentalism unexpectedly common in Europe

From the National Secular Society: Religious fundamentalism is not a marginal phenomenon in Western Europe, nor is it restricted to Islam. This conclusion is drawn in a large-scale study published by Ruud Koopmans from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

Islam or Islamaphobia?

Watch the above video. (Then watch it again.) And then read the (unedited and uncorrected) description of this footage written by the organizers of this Muslim “peace conference”:

Chief Rabbi: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians

This was an article from The Spectator, a British conservative magazine. Thoughts? I love the remark made by one Oxford don about another: ‘On the surface, he’s profound, but deep down, he’s superficial.’ That sentence has more than once come to mind when reading the new atheists. Future