Posted in Faith, Relationships, Religion on Jan 12th, 2010
When you stand back and think about it, it’s really strange. I mean, it may have some side benefits, but the primary activity is odd.
What got me thinking was a wonderful essay (A Deal-Breaker by Ophelia Benson in 50 Voices of Disbelief) in which the author points out that some of the supposed characteristics of god [...]
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I find myself continuing to laugh about and reflect on a comic strip cartoon that was first brought to my attention by Daniel Florien in which the creator, Neil Swaab, explains why god must prefer atheists to believers.
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Posted in Education, Faith, Human Rights, Religion on May 16th, 2008
In America, apparently, many people say they want it but can’t get it, and in the UK many don’t want it, but can’t get rid of it - god in school, that is.
As a school pupil I had to endure it every day - the compulsory hymn and routine prayers. Just imagine it, 600 [...]
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There is an outcry going on in Oxford, UK, at the moment over Muslim plans to broadcast a loudspeaker call to prayer from a city centre mosque. A spokesman for the Central Mosque said that Muslim’s have the right to summon worshippers. They want to issue two minute calls, three times a day.
From [...]
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