Conrad Black: Wrong on Religion, Again
Atheists renounce and abstain from religions; they don’t reform them. So said Conrad Black in a recent National Post column. Black seems to be increasingly theological in his writing; perhaps…
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Harper must clarify ‘zero tolerance’ for Israel boycotters: Church
The United Church of Canada wants “clear reassurance” that Prime minister Stephen Harper does not intend to criminalize Canadians critical of Israel. The post Harper must clarify ‘zero tolerance’ for…
May 20th – It Draw the Prophet Mohammed
May 20th – It Draw the Prophet Mohammed I really do not care if this offends people, I do not care when I depict other religious significant figures either, whether…
That’s A Turnabout
When I first started writing this blog, Michael Coren was a regular target for my ire, especially when he would go off spouting right wing talking points about gay marriage.…
That’s A Turnabout
When I first started writing this blog, Michael Coren was a regular target for my ire, especially when he would go off spouting right wing talking points about gay marriage.…
That’s A Turnabout
When I first started writing this blog, Michael Coren was a regular target for my ire, especially when he would go off spouting right wing talking points about gay marriage.…
So Trudeau is a Pseudo Fascist, Just Like Harper
So Trudeau is a Pseudo Fascist, Just Like Harper To my Liberal friends sorry, but voting and supporting Bill C51 in any way shape or form is a deal breaker…
Garland Texas Shooting, Draw Muhammad Cartoon Contest and RWNJs
Garland Texas Shooting, Draw Muhammad Cartoon Contest and RWNJs So much stupid, from so many sources, it is impossible to point it all out. But let us start with my…
For Republican Down South, Book Burnings Are Not Enough
For Republican Down South, Book Burnings Are Not Enough Nope, now they want to prosecute, convict and jail people who they deem to be endangering children in the schools of…
Forcing An Athiest to Practice Religion
Here’s what it can feel like to practice religion when you don’t believe in the common fantasy . I knew from a young age that I didn’t see religion as…
Freedom Of Religion vs. License To Discriminate
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on April 8, 2015. There’s a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps, a deliberate mischaracterization, of what constitutes religious freedom in a pluralistic society; of…
Revelations about Revelation
It’s got treachery, betrayal, politics, violence, skullduggery, sex, war, philosophy, politics, religion, an empire teetering on the brink of collapse, mystical visions, rebellion, emperors and slaves, angry priests accusing other…
Lunney unleashed
Citing media “intolerance and bigotry”, anti-science Canadian MP James Lunney has quit the government caucus to sit as an independent. Among Lunney’s claim to the crown as Canada’s least scientifically…
The Religious Extremism of New Atheists
I wrote a tiny blurb about this over a month ago. This one is much longer and leans heavily on solid arguments from many critics – letting their words speak…
Canadian Ambivalence Towards Religion
A new Angus Reid poll underscores the changing, ambivalent nature of Canadian attitudes towards religion, but there are many things about the poll that concern me and make me question…
Fisk On Harper
It’s articles like this one that make you wonder if the Canadian media is telling you everything you need to know. (Seriously though, that’s plainly obvious.) If Stephen Harper is…
Conrad Black: Off the Rails
I generally read Conrad Black‘s columns for their entertainment value, but I also read them for the language. Black is the best tosser of pithy epithets since Spiro Agnew*. And…
The Homophobe and the Homeless
You might think that a church might be a safe place for homeless people to sleep. Considering how hard their lives are, and how little they have, and everything Jesus…
Don’t Be A Scared Tool
Here’s a song for radicalized Canadians to sing. I’m white and scared (clap clap) They want my guns (clap clap) And veils are wrong (clap clap) Except on nuns! (clap…
Republished: Religion poll is a waste of paper
My second (and last) editorial in The Gateway while at the University of Alberta, salvaged via the Web Archive. The paper had a policy where writers were forbidden from submitting…