Daily Archives: 16/09/2010

Quote of the day — Pope Benedict XVI

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‘As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the 20th ­century, let us not forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a ­truncated vision of man and of … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Politics, World Events, Quote of the Day, Secularism

As usual, the fundies jump into bed with the atheists

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Furious Paisley in Papal Protest The New Atheists, of course, are secular fundamentalists.  So it comes naturally to religious fundamentalists like Ian Paisley to jump into bed with them over things like protesting the Pope’s visit to Britain. Birds of a feather … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Fundamentalism

Angry New Atheists can dish it out but they can’t take it

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Atheists can dish it out but they can’t take it For years, Pope Benedict has had to endure the lying sneers of smug celebs and secular humanists who accuse him of covering up child rape – he did no such thing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Politics, World Events

The young know better than the bitter atheist moaners

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Commenting on the Pope’s mass in Glasgow: ‘One of the most impressive elements of the crowd is that it is made up of a very large number of teenagers.  Hundreds of school children have come dressed in their uniforms.’ ~ … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Churches

Doesn’t Stephen Fry know that Oscar Wilde died a Catholic?

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Apparently not.  The aptly-named Will Heaven explains: Stephen Fry is an outspoken atheist and frequently appears in debates arguing, for example, that the Catholic Church is not “a force for good in the world”.  Wilde, on the other hand, was fascinated … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Authors, Christian Churches

Why should non-Catholics care about the Pope’s visit to Britain?

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Stephen Cave, a Protestant from Northern Ireland, explains: Welcoming the Pope to the UK is crucial at a time when voices of strident secularism try to tell us there should be no place for religion in public life and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Churches, Politics, World Events, Secularism

The delightfully ‘incorrect’ humour of the Duke of Edinburgh

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The Duke of Edinburgh, patron saint of political incorrectness, has done it again: While the Pope greeted other dignitaries at a midday reception, Prince Philip mingled with Scottish political heavyweights Annabel Goldie, the country’s Tory leader, and her Labour counterpart … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour

Best ever description of Über Creationist Ken Ham

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‘Ken Ham is a burr in the saddle of all believers’ ~ Joel Watts

Posted in Fundamentalism

Karl Giberson on New Atheist ignorance

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‘I am turned off by simplistic apologetics arguments that presume that any open-minded thinker, when confronted with the evidence, will certainly have to accept belief in God, if not fundamentalist Christianity.  I lost interest in the “Evidence that Demands a … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Sciences

More evidence that there’s no depths to which addle-brained potheads won’t sink

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Shocking video of two-year-old girl smoking cannabis joint ‘was filmed by mother’ Jessica Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., was indicted by grand jury after prosecutors accused her of supplying the drug to the unnamed girl.

Posted in Politics, World Events