Exploring the Infinite
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse via NYTimes From the page: “Abuse victims and their families have been expelled from religious schools and synagogues, shunned by fellow ultra-Orthodox Jews and targeted for harassment intended to destroy their businesses. Some victims’ families have been offered money, ostensibly to help pay for therapy for the victims, but also to
Atheism to Defeat Religion by 2038 From the page: Using the average global growth rate of GDP for the past 30 years, of 3.33 percent (based on International Monetary Fund data from their website), the atheist transition would occur in 2035. …Contrary to the claims of religious leaders, godless countries are highly moral nations with an unusual level of social
This might be funny if it weren’t so sad… Catholic nuns group ‘stunned’ by Vatican slap From the page: A prominent U.S. Catholic nuns group said Thursday that it was “stunned” that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social-justice concerns and not enough on condemning abortion and gay marriage. In a stinging report on
What’s up with the Uber-Christians in Tennessee? First, they approve the Anti-Science Bill, now this? Christians Fight for Their Children’s God-Given Right to Bully Gay Kids From the page: …but in Tennessee, lawmakers are now attempting to make it legal for jerkhole kids to bully other kids based on their religious preference — or lack thereof.
Not to speak ill of the dead, but some of you asked why I dislike Thomas Kinkade so much. As an average hard-working American, I find it reprehensible that he could make millions from his art alone, scam galleries out of millions of dollars, and still declare bankruptcy to prevent paying creditors the $6 million+ he owed them. As an
From the page: Mitt Romney’s second cousin, Park Romney, once was once a Mormon high priest, but he is now denouncing the religion as a cult. Park told BBC recently that he left the church because “I became convinced that it’s a fraud.” “There’s compelling evidence that the Mormon Church leaders knowingly and wilfully misrepresent the historical truth of their
Via The New York Times “If there is one group that the higher-ups, the bishops, would like to see silenced,” said Marci A. Hamilton, a law professor at Yeshiva University and an advocate for victims of clergy sex crimes, “it definitely would be SNAP. And that’s what they’re going after. They’re trying to find a way to silence SNAP.”
The Austin Chronicle From the page: By the numbers, this is what “pro-life” looks like: • 22: Texas clinics – providing preventive health care services to women – completely defunded • $19 million: Remaining annual state budget for family planning, down from $50 million • 60,000: Women whom the Department of State Health Services estimates can be served with that
via The Christian Post From the page: The Florida Senate passed a bill on Wednesday allowing student-led prayer or other inspirational messages at public school events, drawing mixed reaction from residents… …”This legislation could give schools free reign to make students feel like outsiders in the classroom, alienated from their peers, or compelled by peer pressure to engage in religious
Associated Press – Bolivia – An evangelical pastor and his sister have been arrested by police in Bolivia after they purportedly killed a sibling during a bathtub exorcism, officials said Monday. “An evil spirit entered me, took control of my hand and began to submerge my little sister,” Marca purportedly told police. “Satan was inside the tub.”
From the page: “We don’t think religion, or irreligion, belongs in state capitols. But if a state is going to permit a nativity display, then we want to be sure that the views of the 16 percent of the U.S. population that is not religious are also represented.” – Annie Laurie Gaylor, Co-President of Freedom From Religion Foundation
I stumbled upon the story of St. Isadore, the Nun Who Feigned Madness. She was cruelly beaten and mistreated by her fellow sisters at the convent who thought she was an ignorant fool. She ate only the crumbs of their bread and when she did so, she ate alone. She wore a dishrag on her head. She was made to
“Adopt an Atheist” Campaign Begins From the page: “We are asking everyone to contact the American Atheist affiliate in his area [click here], letting them know of your interest in “adopting” one of them. All it takes is an e-mail. Let them know of your sincere interest in working with them to uncover their inner self. They may be resistant
What We Must Do “We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world — its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that
Harry Potter and yoga are evil don’tchyaknow. Highlights from the article: “Practising yoga is Satanic, it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter,” he told a film festival in Umbria this week, where he was invited to introduce The Rite, a film about exorcism starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as a Jesuit priest. “It’s an accusation that has nothing to