Theramin Trees a youtube author made a series of videos in response to the following questions. This three-part series looks at: 1. What I believed when I was a theist 2. Concepts for gods I affirmatively believe do not exist 3. Concepts for god I believe to be unknowable The
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – WLC for the “lulz”.
I’ve always found WLC’s arguments to be a bit frothy, and unnecessarily wordy, perhaps even straying into the realm of prolix. The Disservice today focuses on the reasons why prominent atheists and other intellectuals are wary of, or outright refuse to ‘debate’ WLC and his ilk. Filed under: Religion Tagged:
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Religious Freedom and the 21st Century
This essay is cross-posted at Rev. Dave’s Bible Study, a side project where I’ve recently been expressing some frustrations on the subject of religion and politics. The Globe & Mail‘s plagiarism-happy columnist Margaret Wente has called us, this weekend, to reflect on the importance of religious freedom as the most
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Creationists – Thick, Puerile and Ignorant
That being said, here is a video from DiscoveringReligion that takes some of the more inane arguments put forth by our deluded christian friends vivisects them in great detail and sends the now ensaddened god squad packing. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Creationism, Creationist Fail, Dispellling Creationist Nonsense, Science
Continue reading350 or bust: Is Climate Change God’s Will?
The following is a reposting from last January: Recently a good friend of mine shared that, at a family gathering over the holidays, her son and daughter-in-law had remarked that they didn’t “believe” in climate change. Since then, I have been considering her situation. What is an appropriate response that
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Lahey sentenced — fire the bastard
We learned today that the disgraced Roman Catholic bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Raymond Lahey, was sentenced to time served for possession of child pornography on his laptop which he was stupid enough to have in his carry-on and not in checked luggage. Time served. Some may say merely
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: God’s 2012 Predictions
Relax. You can now safely ignore all of the kooky predictions and hapless guesswork of zany media pundits about how events will play out in 2012 because The Lord God Almighty has just spoken personally to Pat Robertson and revealed His cunning plans for the New Year… Apparently, a “maximum
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Sun Media’s inappropriate obsession with Calgary Mayor’s religion needs to stop
Your blogger with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary-Fort MLA Wayne Cao, the best singer in the Legislature. Below: Sun columnist Ezra Levant. Demagoguery is not an accusation that stings very much nowadays. Almost anyone can be accused of being a demagogue for saying almost anything, and one’s inclination is
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Sometimes I Really Wonder
I think we all have friends, relatives or acquaintances that are caught up in Islamophobia and regularly send out e-mails warning that the Muslims are immigrating and breeding and going to take over the country. Their usual solution to the “problem” is to force the minorities to abandon their “evil
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Book Review: Pulpit and Politics
Dennis Gruending is a former journalist and NDP MP who blogs about political and religious issues – which in theory should make for an ideal background for a book focusing on the interplay between religion and politics in Canada. And Pulpit and Politics is indeed well worth a read. But
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Slavery approved by jesus, god etc.
I love the Bible. I love christians who don’t actually take the time to read this heinous turd of bronze-age mendacity. I extra-love christians who claim that there can be no morality without god. Basing your morality on the dubious actions and pronouncements of a god-head who is self contradictory
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RELIGION: PAPAL SINS: Amazingly enough I finished reading two books on a single day. There are two more rather technical books that I am still reading, but probably few would be interested in them. The first book I finished was the collected fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. I’ve already
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When the Religious Fight Each Other
Well let’s see…in Iraq the Sunni are bombing the Shia. In Nigeria, the Muslims are bombing the Christians. In Israel, secular Jews are battling the ultra-Orthodox. And in the Church of the Nativity, where Jesus is said to have been born, the Christians are fighting the Christians. With brooms… Holy
Continue readingMore on the "Blessed" Season . . . .
As Rodney King would say: “Why can’t we all get along?” From the CBC and other sources today: Clergymen brawl at Bethlehem church Fight erupts at traditional site of Jesus’ birth The annual cleaning of one of Christianity’s holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy Wednesday, as dozens
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Perry doesn’t know how to shut his big mouth
Less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses. And Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has chosen to fan the flames. First, by associating with the most unscrupulous of televangelists (which I wrote about a few months back). Now he has come out (pardon the expression) against an
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Religion – Brings Out The Stupid in People – Israel Edition
Ah, progressive religious thought in action. In another unsurprisingly putrid religious offering, the devout offer a lovely pastiche illustrating the misogyny, pettiness, and insular sectarianism that makes religion so repugnant to the rationally inclined. “A shy eight-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel’s latest religious
Continue readingbennie Speaks . . . .
But should anyone listen? From Global Post yesterday: Pope Benedict XVI urges faithful to see through “superficial glitter” of Christmas Pope Benedict XVI has urged worshipers to see through the “superficial glitter” of Christmas during the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI lamented
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Reason for the Season
Sometimes Calvin says it best. For a wordier explanation see this video Take care everyone. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Be Kind to Others, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
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