Despite the terrorist attack, the weekly Charlie Hebdo lives, and its defense of freedom of expression will not bow to…
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After the Islamic terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, we’re getting very much needed good news.Next week, Charlie Hebdo will publish:
You better take notice, whoever you are, dude in charge of the New Horizons mission, which will get to Pluto…
I was asked what had happened to him, so in order to give an answer I had to do a little research. What I found is not pretty:
People should be able to have access to any idea — it’s time we stop treating them like idiots; they won’t be convinced of a bad idea by the mere exposure to it because, well, ask any Biologist: we have these organs called brains and they do this little marvelous thing called *critical reception of messages*.
If we care about society having a racism problem, I would argue you don’t fight racism with (positive?) racism, but rather with *equality*. It’s a principle problem, not a degree one.
Horseman envy will be the term used for the phenomenon of atheists who suffer delusions of grandeur and as a result, they think they can’t be wrong, and don’t understand why other atheists won’t worship them or accept everything they have to say in an uncritically fashion.
Yes, violence numbers are going down, but the end doesn’t justify the means. Throwing away civil liberties should be the last resource for any person in public office, not the go-to solution.
Over at Religion News Service there’s a report by some Kimberly Wiston about how Richard Dawkins stands by his remarks.…
Guess what kids are learning in Pakistan — ungratefulness:
Last week, Pope Frank backed up the accomodationist Catholic Church hypothesis that evolution is not inconsistent with creationism, which garnered…
Vegetarianism and associated trends are the food choice of many people. Personally, I’m not impressed. These are the reasons why a person gives up meat in his diet an why these reasons do not convince me:
I’m happy about Malala Yousafzai getting the Nobel Peace Prize because hers is a political agenda that might actually help improve the lives of everyone in Pakistan. Getting women to study is giving them the tools to free themselves from superstition, giving them opportunities to question the status quo and letting them think for themselves.
With the release of Waking Up, Sam Harris has brought the subject of ‘spirituality’ to the table. Different people have…
Johann Hari is announcing the launch of his new book, Chasing the Scream, about the ‘war on drugs’:
This week, Twitter hell broke loose when Richard Dawkins tweeted about aborting a Down fetus:
Religionists intend to morally equate homosexuality with pedophilia, they say both are examples of bestiality and, therefore, should be banned.…