Much is being made of a decision by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) managers at Toronto’s Pearson airport to allow a small group of Hindu priests to avoid screening by female border guards to comply with their religious beliefs. Apparently some female CBSA officers feel that they were discriminated against
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Much Ado About Religious Accommodation
Much is being made of a decision by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) managers at Toronto’s Pearson airport to allow a small group of Hindu priests to avoid screening by female border guards to comply with their religious beliefs.
Apparently some f…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Do You Know God?
One of the basic objections to religion laid out nicely by Darkmatter2525. Filed under: Religion Tagged: DarkMatter2525, Do You Know GOD?, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Musing on the Afterlife
Cool Hard Logic takes a tour of the afterlife and distressingly enough postulates that they must have queues there as well. Bloody hell. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Cool Hard Logic, The Afterlife, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Confusing Freedom With Imposition
Canada’s “Association For Reformed Political Action” came to my attention this past week. Just from the name, you can tell that this is one of the groups that is seeking to turn Canada into a theocracy much like the far right is currently doing in the United States. I decided
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Rapetastic Catholic Misogyny
Christianity and its various sects harm women. In the early 1960′s, in response to the call of many millions of Catholic women, especially in the US, who wanted to limit the size of their families through the use of contraception, a papal commission was set up to look at
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Service Addendum – What would Jesus do?
Helpful Advice. 🙂 Filed under: Humour, Religion Tagged: Humour, The DWR Sunday Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Atrocities of Christian History: The Malleus Maleficarum
Christianity has never been good for women. Historically speaking though it takes a new invention coupled with the preexisting corrosive doctrine of religious misogyny to achieve that next tier of gynocidal malevolence. “Accusations of witchcraft and demonic sex began to occur more frequently in the fifteenth century. They were
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment
The fellowship of over 300 churches representing some 590 million people in 150 countries, this week endorsed fossil fuel divestment. The post World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On My Relationship with Religion…
Filed under: Humour Tagged: Angel, Humour, Religion
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Big Bang, Were You There?
If I didn’t see it happen, it did not happen. Dark Matter2525 takes on a argumentative tact adopted by some creationists in their crusade to bring civilization back the happy-fun times of the Middle Ages. Filed under: Religion Tagged: DarkMatter2525, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, Were You There?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pretty Much Every Creationist Argument…
Creationist: *argle-bargle* – “Science said this!”, trots out gross caricature of scientific theory. “It is ‘just a theory!” – More *argle-bargle*. Rational People: … *heavy sigh* And then…the slapdown. You are entitled to your opinion, but never entitled to the facts. Filed under: Religion, Science Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pretty Much Every Creationist Argument…
Creationist: *argle-bargle* – “Science said this!”, trots out gross caricature of scientific theory. “It is ‘just a theory!” – More *argle-bargle*. Rational People: … *heavy sigh* And then…the slapdown. You are entitled to your opinion, but never entitled to the facts. Filed under: Religion, Science Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: News Flash For the Calgary Doctor: Medicine is Evidence Based. (!)
What the hell is this? Am I living in the US or something? This story broke on on CBC radio June 27th, and listening to what happened I filled this news tid-bit safely under the “smart people doing stupid things” category. The tale of this doctor’s mixed up medical ethos
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: News Flash For the Calgary Doctor: Medicine is Evidence Based. (!)
What the hell is this? Am I living in the US or something? This story broke on on CBC radio June 27th, and listening to what happened I filled this news tid-bit safely under the “smart people doing stupid things” category. The tale of this doctor’s mixed up medical ethos
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Omnipotence Fails
Good morning. Today’s disservice is on the short and sweet side as cracking this particular religious chestnut is neither particularly complex or time consuming. Necessary? Of course, but hey on the Canadian long weekend everyone gets a brain break. 🙂 Enjoy. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Assorted Religious Delusions, Fail, Omnipotence,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Omnipotence Fails
Good morning. Today’s disservice, with many thanks to AntiCitizen-X, is on the short and sweet side as cracking this particular religious chestnut is neither particularly complex or time consuming. Necessary? Of course, but hey on the Canadian long weekend everyone gets a brain break. 🙂 Enjoy. [Edit: Grr.
Continue readingChristy's Houseful of Chaos » politics: Intelligent Design: money and PR instead of science
The book Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for American’s Soul by Kenneth R. Miller mentions this organization – Discovery Institute – which has a 4 million a year budget to promote their “Intelligent Design” nonsense. In 1998, as they were trying to get funding, a document known as
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Religious Disservice – Religous Calling
Pretty much all the evidence you need to verify that christianity is bullshit. Never a happy ending (for the religious) when you examine and compare religious claims to reality. Not much more to say here, have a great Sunday everyone. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Betty Bowers, Religious Calling, The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Afterlife’s Afterlife.
This video by Darkmatter2525 takes awhile to get going, but the setup to show the parallels between the arguments used for the afterlife by believers now and how silly the arguments sounds for the after-afterlife sound are well worth the slow reveal. Enjoy. Filed under: Religion Tagged: DarkMatter2525, The
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