Archive for February, 2007
Telling it like it is
This letter was written to the New Zealand Herald in protest to the labeling of New Zealand as a “Christian Nation”.
If my resistance to deem New Zealand to be a Christian nation makes me a traitor, as Brian Tamaki suggests, take me to the Tower, or the New Zealand equivalent, for it would be greatly [...]
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On Religious Fundamentalists
I found an interesting book via Debunking Christianity I thought I’d share. It’s called The Authoritarians by Bob Altemyers. As someone who was raised by and around fundamentalist Baptists, I’ve found all the chapters pretty fascinating - especially the fourth chapter as it deals with religious fundamentalists and what makes them tick.
This chapter [...]
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A doctor withholding information? Refusing service? Not surprised.
A recent survey by the University of Chicago concluded that 14 percent of doctors believe they have no obligation to tell patients about all available options and another 29 percent believe they are under no obligation to refer patients for treatments they find objectionable.
As a woman, colour me unsurprised.  Though I am a [...]
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Freethought in the black community
Did you know that many of the great African-American leaders of the 20th century were not religious and some such as W.E.B Dubois explicitly rejected the personal god of Christianity? I remember being quite shocked as if there’s one very persistant stereotype about African Americans it is that they’re extremely religious.
Mike Estes of [...]
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Cleric proposes mandatory 10 year sentence for potential rapists
What?!? It makes just as much as sense as this:
A leading Malaysian Muslim cleric has suggested that all women should be fitted with chastity belts as a deterrent to rape and incest, a news report said Friday.
Abu Hassan Al-Hafiz, an influential cleric from the northeastern Terengganu state, said [...]
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These are the times that make you want to smack some heads together
One of the most common myths about America is that the people who founded it were dyed in the wool Christians. In truth, many of them were not. The most obvious of these non-Christians was Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense. It was written in plain language (as were [...]
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About Paula Zahn’s “Response”
I watched the Paula Zahn show last night. I’m somewhat frustrated about the whole situation at the moment and can’t think of much to say. I do think CNN misrepresented the nature of the complaints they received and think the setup up of this episode carried the same implied message: If [...]
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