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Haiti Earthquake

By Slugsie, on January 15th, 2010

The recent earthquake in Haiti is a major disaster. From the what I have heard and read there are thousands, probably hundreds of thousands dead, and the immediate area is in chaos. Governments and organisations the world over are promising aid and financial assistance, and people of all beliefs are dipping into their pockets to give money to the various aid agencies that have sprung into [...]

Has the next Messiah been Aborted?

By Slugsie, on January 7th, 2010

Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger claims that the current high rate of abortions is causing the delay of the coming of the next messiah.

From YNetNews via The Telegraph

Atheism is the New Fundamentalism – IQ2 debate

By Slugsie, on December 1st, 2009

I’ve just watched this debate, and for the most part it was quite good.

http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2009/atheism-is-the-new-fundamentalism

Strange Bible References

By Slugsie, on November 27th, 2009

I was picking my daughter up from after school club the other day, and my eye was caught by a van parked up by the entrance. It was your typical white company van, plastered with various bits of writing and imagery describing the companies business. Nothing unusual so far. Then I noticed a largish Icthus [...]

The Times completely misses the point

By Slugsie, on November 23rd, 2009

This is just shoddy journalism of the highest order. I had considered The Times to be a reasonably balanced and reliable news source, but if this article is anything to go by that perception is well off the mark.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6925781.ece

BHA Please Dont Label Me poster

Creationism in UK education

By Slugsie, on November 2nd, 2009

According to this Poll, 54% of UK Adults support the teaching of Creationism alongside Evolution in science [...]

Science is Fascism

By Slugsie, on October 13th, 2009

Pretty much sums up how I felt after watching the recent Bill O’Reilly interview of Richard Dawkins.

How Richard Dawkins manages to stay calm and collected whilst being interviewed by these wing-nuts I’ll never know. I wouldn’t succeed.

Today is International Blasphemy Day

By Slugsie, on September 30th, 2009

As you may, or may not, be aware, today is International Blasphemy Day, and to that end, here is my little bit of Blasphemy… (edit: and dreadful comma abuse, sorry)

Breaking the Laws of Physics?

By Slugsie, on September 29th, 2009

It’s quite common for Creotards and IDiots to argue that certain scientific theories break certain laws of physics. It’s an interesting attempt at an argument, using science to disprove science! [...]

Does God have free will?

By Slugsie, on September 14th, 2009

Simple question really, does God have free will? He (she/it? I’ll stick with the male pronoun for now) supposedly gifted us with that ability, but does he have that ability [...]

How do you know they’re nutters?

By Slugsie, on August 28th, 2009

Breaking news story from the USA, Jaycee Lee Dugard who was kidnapped 18 years ago has been found alive and being held captive by one Phillip [...]

Defacing the Bible for Art

By Slugsie, on July 24th, 2009

The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art is currently hosting an exhibition where visitors are invited to write in a copy of the Bible. The idea seems to have been originally put forward by Metropolitan Community Church with the aim of reclaiming the Bible as a sacred text. Predictably however it hasn’t exactly gone as the organisers had [...]

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