Monthly Archive:: March 2007

29 Mar 2007

Married women can’t be raped

Phyllis Schlafly, a longtime enemy of the ERA, gave a speech last night at Bates College titled “Conservatism vs. Feminism: The Great Debate”.  In addition to stating that feminism is “incompatible” with marriage and motherhood, she
28 Mar 2007

The New Nightmare

First it was bananas, now it’s peanut butter. This is without a doubt the dumbest creationist spiel ever.
28 Mar 2007

One seriously pissed off cat

Meet Burger. He is not happy about being in a cage, surrounded by strangers.
27 Mar 2007

Patrick Craig’s Accusations

Patrick Craig of The Passionate Atheist was not banned for disagreeing with me. Patrick Craig was banned because his comments were from the get go insulting and abusive with no real disagreement in them, unless one counts
26 Mar 2007

Still around, just a bit preoccupied

Just a quick post to let you all know that I am around, just preoccupied. The short explanation: I picked up something on my computer late last week that sent my anti-virus software into air-raid mode when
23 Mar 2007

Julie Sweeney: Letting Go of God

22 Mar 2007

Sam Harris: Speaking Truth to Power

Sam Harris has done it again. In a recent article titled Gods Dupes he writes that when one holds that a certain subject (in this case, religion) is to be respected, one cannot help but inadvertently give
21 Mar 2007

Harris vs. Sullivan – Round Two

Sam Harris, author of the End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation, has been in a debate with Andrew Sullivan, author of Conservative Soul, regarding religion. While Sullivan landed a few well-places shots against Harris
20 Mar 2007

The History of Creationism

Here’s a hilarious video of British comedian Robin Ince’s take on Creationism:
20 Mar 2007

Raising Kids without Religion

As a parent from a fundamentalist background where everything came to be centered around and explained by God, I am really looking forward to the release of Parenting Beyond Belief. It’s the first of it’s kind to