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CSI and CFI Urge Walmart to Stop Marketing Homeopathic Remedies

January 26, 2011 2 Comments

We are deeply concerned about Walmart’s irresponsible marketing and promotion of Boiron Oscillococcinum, an ineffective homeopathic “flu medicine”, through its website.

Pew Forum: The exploding global Muslim population

January 26, 2011 11 Comments

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life projects that Muslims will reproduce at double the rate of non-Muslims over the next two decades, expanding to more than 1/4 of the world’s population . . . as the planet becomes home to another 1.4 billion people in that short time.

Were The Ten Commandments Meant For Everyone?

January 26, 2011 1 Comment

Have you ever wondered why so many of the Ten Commandments are broken regularly in the Bible? Maybe not all of them were originally meant to apply to everyone.

Americans United Opposes House Speaker’s Plan To Give Federal Funding To D.C. Religious Schools

January 25, 2011 No Comment

Voucher Program Would Undermine Civil Rights And Civil Liberties And Add To The Budget Deficit, Says AU’s Lynn

BHA submits evidence to Localism Bill Committee

January 25, 2011 No Comment

The importance of keeping public services inclusive, secular and free from ‘unnecessary and unjustified’ religious discrimination was the central message informing written evidence prepared by the British Humanist Association (BHA).

Evangelists love Wal-Mart – even the ones who should know better

January 25, 2011 1 Comment

Evangelical Christians are particularly warm towards the business. In fact, they are four times as likely as the non-religious to think that Wal-Mart is a good place to shop, and nearly three times as likely to think that it’s good for the USA.

Great Bible Verses (that Christians Don’t Use)

January 24, 2011 30 Comments

Before it was ever used as the cornerstone of the world’s three largest monotheistic religions, the Bible was, after all, literature. There are quite a few verses in the Bible that even a complete skeptic can read and accept as something worthwhile. The only problem is that so often most of the religious faithful don’t even know they exist!

Shoddy reporting on “god genes”

January 24, 2011 5 Comments

So-called “news reporters” are claiming that Robert Rowthorn, economist, has “discovered a God Gene”. Viewers are eating it up . . . too bad it’s not true.

Jesus and Mo: Islamophobia and Lady Warsi

January 24, 2011 No Comment

Lady Warsi has inspired the author of the Jesus and Mo comic strip to take a stab at “Islamophobia”.

Holding Out Hope for a Flying DeLorean with a Flux Capacitor

January 23, 2011 Comments Off

Hello, humans. It’s been a while. And truth be told, it’ll probably be another good while before the next self-indulgent rant. Not that this will fit that description. Shit. Now I’ve probably gone and gotten you all hot and bothered for some dark, sardonic wit. Sorry to disappoint. I’ve been doing some thinking (don’t worry, [...]

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CSI and CFI Urge Walmart to Stop Marketing Homeopathic Remedies

Pew Forum: The exploding global Muslim population

Were The Ten Commandments Meant For Everyone?

Americans United Opposes House Speaker’s Plan To Give Federal Funding To D.C. Religious Schools

BHA submits evidence to Localism Bill Committee

Evangelists love Wal-Mart – even the ones who should know better

Great Bible Verses (that Christians Don’t Use)

Shoddy reporting on “god genes”

Jesus and Mo: Islamophobia and Lady Warsi

Holding Out Hope for a Flying DeLorean with a Flux Capacitor

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