Tag Archives: Intolerance

Quote of the day: John Gray on Blaise Pascal and historically illiterate New Atheists

Posted on 04/03/2012 by

‘One of the creators of modern probability theory, the seventeenth-century thinker [Blaise Pascal] invented an early calculating machine, the Pascaline, along with a version of the syringe and a hydraulic press.  He made major contributions to geometry and helped shape the … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Allison Pearson on the love that dare not speak its name — Christianity

Posted on 15/02/2012 by

‘These days, celebrities can confess to pretty much anything – drugs, facelifts,   deforestation of the front bottom – but when it comes to religious belief suddenly everyone squirms and studies their shoes.  Homosexuality is no longer the love that dare not speak its … Continue reading →

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Hitchens says: Richard Dawkins is “as intolerant as the Spanish Inquisition, but not yet ready to show it”

Posted on 17/12/2011 by

‘Far too seldom the enemies of Britain actually admit their real goals.  The greatly overpraised Professor Richard Dawkins has now blurted out in a Left-wing magazine that his aim is to ‘destroy Christianity’. Well, I knew that, and you probably knew that – but the … Continue reading →

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Canadian Rex Murphy on Pamela Anderson, St. Paul’s Cathedral, excrement and what the tolerant must tolerate

Posted on 28/11/2011 by

Well worth a few minutes of your reading time: Rex Murphy: What the tolerant must tolerate To be a serious Christian in modern Western culture is to be the favoured easy target of every progressive thinker and every half-witted comedian.  … Continue reading →

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Backlash in Britain over Trafford Housing Trust’s anti-Christian intolerance and persecution of Adrian Smith

Posted on 24/10/2011 by

Backlash at anti-Christian intolerance of housing trust Commentators at three of Britain’s biggest newspapers have criticised the treatment of a Christian employee who was disciplined and almost sacked over comments he made about legislation for gay weddings in churches. Ally … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Alexander Lucie-Smith on angry, rude, intolerant secularists

Posted on 24/08/2011 by

‘It seems we must get used to the idea that wherever the Holy Father goes the usual suspects will round themselves up and stage a protest, indulging their love for synthetic rage.  First London, now Madrid . . . But … Continue reading →

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Intolerant New Atheists file lawsuit to prohibit public display of Christian faith at 9/11 memorial site

Posted on 26/07/2011 by

The World Trade Center cross should not be part of a national 9/11 memorial, say atheists who have filed suit to stop its display.  The cross is two intersecting steel beams found in the towers’ wreckage, and is revered by … Continue reading →

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Terry Sanderson and his religion control freaks who are telling you what to think for the Census

Posted on 27/02/2011 by

The religion control freaks are telling you what to think for the 2011 Census by George Pitcher Any pretence that the British Humanist Association had to “fairness” in the public sphere is swept aside this week as it launches its campaign … Continue reading →

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