Monthly Archives: October 2010

Miracle Spring Solution banned in the UK

Daniel has written a couple of articles about “Miracle Spring Water” in the past, the first one pointing out the absurdity of its claims and the second one expressing sorrow for the poor, desperate people taken in by it. I … Continue reading

Posted in Debunking, Medicine, Oh the Stupidity! | 23 Comments

Doom and Gloom

When Scott Bailey isn’t baiting Jim West, he’s scouring the intertubes for the worst in Christian performance art. Recently, he’s found one of the worst bits of Christian theological music ever produced. This is William Tapley, a retired furniture engineer … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 17 Comments

A question of morals.

I get tired of typing out the same question to a certain brand of theist every time I debate them, so I thought I’d start a thread about it so I can just direct them here in future. I’ll start … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith | 53 Comments

New Age Agenda to Exterminate Christians

LOL.

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Videos | 31 Comments

Debbie Does DDT

On the science and skepticism beat, a new movie is out entitled 3 Billion and Counting [note: has background music], which pushes the message that the pesticide DDT should be used to eradicate mosquito-born malaria. The title refers to the … Continue reading

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Science | 18 Comments

Military ban on homosexuality "unconstitutional".

I guess most of you in the US have already heard all about this, but it just broke over here and I thought I’d whack a quick post up in case anybody wants to discuss it: “A US judge has … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Sexuality | 18 Comments

Sam Harris & Jon Stewart

Sam Harris was recently on The Daily Show, talking about his new book, “The Moral Landscape”: Great quote: “The Catholic Church is more concerned about preventing contraception than preventing child rape. It’s more concerned about preventing gay marriage than preventing … Continue reading

Posted in Morality, Science, Videos | 15 Comments

QotD: Coming Out of the Closet

Via PZ, I see that Michael Behe’s son has announced that he’s an atheist. (unless this is some bizarre internet hoax.) Apparently he lives in a very Catholic community and there’s been some backlash: I have been cut off from … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Questions | 53 Comments

More Fundies on Yoga

Speaking of Yoga, this video has been going around. Lots of Christian fundies warn against the spiritual dangers of yoga. I used to warn people, too, back in teh stoopid days.

Posted in Humor, Videos | 23 Comments

Driscoll on Yoga

Slacktivist mentioned in passing the song “Old Buddha” by the Imperials as a type of Christian triumphalism – “we’re right, they’re wrong and someday they’ll see, the silly buggers.” Well, Old Buddha was a man and I’m sure that he … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Videos | 40 Comments