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Friday, June 18th, 2010Nude hardware
Saturday, May 29th, 2010This is old, but it’s still absolutely fantastic.
Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
What? DARWIN is evolving!
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The Biology of Religion
Monday, August 3rd, 2009This is an absolutely fascinating lecture given by Professor Robert Sapolsky, apparently as part of the Stanford Spring 2002 Human Behavioural Biology course.
It’s over an hour long, so it takes some commitment to make it through the whole thing, but I absolutely recommend it.
India’s had the right idea
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009India has apparently legalised homosexual relations. Progressive! You should read about it over at Koel’s blog, because she’s put the time into thinking about it, and knows a lot more about the situation than I do.
Er…
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Ahern defends new blasphemy law
Independant.ie writes:
Mr Ahern yesterday defended a fine of up to €100,000 that will be imposed on blasphemers. … Gardai will now have the power to seize blasphemous material from the home or any other premises used by a person convicted of blasphemy.
Okay, seriously now guys, stop it.
This kind of thing used to be funny. We’d be all “heh, glad I don’t live in Saudi Arabia” or “oh, that crazy pope, what’ll he get up to next?”. But the joke’s run its course and it’s time to give it up and move along, ok?
Remember, we’re trying to build a better world here, and hilarious though pranks like this are, they’re getting a little tiresome.
Pig
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Israeli official: Swine flu name offensive to Judaism and Islam
Oh no. You’re not serious…
Reason Weekly writes:
The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed “Mexican” influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and “we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu,” he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Nice to see the men of god have their priorities right.
Labour hates gays, loves Jesus.
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Faith Schools Free to Preach Against Homosexuality
Oh fucking hell. The Guardian writes:
[Sir Alasdair] Macdonald said: “What we’re trying to do, and I accept it’s difficult, is find a balance between young people having an entitlement to knowledge, facts, information but where schools, particularly schools with a particular faith interest or other disposition, also have a right to put that in context of their particular institution. “
Why?
Think about that — a balance between young people having an entitlement to knowledge, and an institution’s particular faith interests. This is just so irresponsible.
Ethics versus religion in Berlin; ethics win
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Berlin Rejects Religious Lessons
That was fairly close…
BBC News writes:
A referendum in Germany has failed to give children a choice between classes in secular ethics or religion. … Opponents said that any changes to the curriculum would be divisive.
Sanity is preserved.
Ethics versus religion in Berlin
Sunday, April 26th, 2009Referendum Pits Ethics against Religion
What a beautifully irony-laced headline from Spiegel Online International.
From the article:
Since 2006, ethics has been a compulsory subject for all high school students in Germany’s capital city, while religion is an optional course. The “Pro Reli” campaign wants to change those rules so that pupils would have to choose between ethics and a faith-based religion class. Those classes would be strictly divided along religious lines, with Protestants, Catholics and Muslims being taught separately.
I actually can’t believe this. It’s like a piece of science fiction.