A previous article on this site that referenced a study stating that there was a correlation between intelligence and religiosity has garnered a huge response, with 100 comments at the time of writing. Studies like this are very difficult to refute. The raw data is taken, analysed, and a conclusion reached. The conclusion is simply [...]
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Correlation Between Racism and Religiosity
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God Loves All Of His Children, Except For The Ones He Decided Would Be Gay
I always find clashes between the law, specifically equality laws, and the Church fun. It really hammers home just how out of date and close minded religious leaders are. The latest example comes from the UK, where Church groups are running scared or new proposed equality laws that would force them to equally consider sexually [...]
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Scientists Find Evidence for Extra-Terrestrial Life
It seems highly likely, given the number of planets potentially capable of supporting life, that we are not alone in the universe. For the first time scientists have found evidence to suggest that extra-terrestrial life does indeed exist. The story posted at The Times Online talks of evidence within martian rock of bacteria having once [...]
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If I were religious, this would insult me
Many atheists, myself included, see certain aspects of religion, and some religions themselves, as scams. Tricks played on the gullible, exploitation of the vulnerable. It can be difficult to provide substantive proof to back up these opinions. Where scientology is pretty overt in its quest for money, there are far more subtle tactics being played [...]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Blasphemy, Catholicism, Ireland, Law. There are 6 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Between 6,000 and 20,000 Catholic Clergy involved in Child Sex Abuse Cases – but aren’t pedophiles
I’ve previously written of the Catholic Church’s downward spiral into depravity but the link between child abuse and Catholicism clergy just won’t go away (as opposed to the link between Catholic Priest’s abuse of children and homosexuality, which never existed in the first place). The latest is a real double-header and astounded even me.
The quotes [...]This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Catholicism, Law, Morality. There are 23 comments so far, join the discussion!
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When Religiousness Impacts Others
Two stories came across my feed reader today, covering two situations where a person’s religiousness has affected others around them. Others who may or may not share the religion. It’s infuriating that these actions are tolerated in some circles simply because they are considered to be religious in nature.
The first one is from the BBC, [...]This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Christianity, Education, Judaism, News. There is 1 comment so far, why not add your own?
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Catholic Father Links Homosexuality with Child Abuse
It seems the Catholic Church are keen to blame anyone other than themselves for the recent Ryan Report detailing endemic child abuse within Catholic run institutions. I’ve written on this subject previously, so I shan’t cover the same ground again. I will, however, point out something I said at the time this story first broke:
So [...]This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Catholicism, News. There are 5 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Catholicism Continues its Downward Spiral into Depravity
They say that all publicity is good publicity, but you have to question that maxim given the recent news stories regarding the Catholic Church. The most recent is, of course, news of endemic child abuse in Ireland by Catholic institutions. The acts themselves are deplorable, but the endemic nature of the problem suggests, once again, [...]
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The Origin of Life is becomming clearer
As I’ve mentioned previously on this blog, creation is a difficult subject to comprehend. Specifically, there are two aspects that theists attempt to monopolize the explanations of. Initial cause and the origin of life. We know the theist explanation, God did it, but the scientific explanations have been best guesses and speculation. The current Large [...]
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Did Jesus Ride his Dinosaur to Church?
This just astounds me. It really does. One of the people in the running to be vice president of the United States of America believes that the earth is only 6,000 years old and dinosaurs and man co-existed. I’m sorry, but this is the person who is only “one 70 year old man’s heartbeat” from [...]
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