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A non-theist feast down under!

May 16, 2011 No Comment

This just in from the organisers of the 2012 Global Atheist Convention –‘A Celebration of Reason’ Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens have been announced as speakers.

Non-religious nations have higher quality of life

May 16, 2011 4 Comments

Quality of life is a pretty nebulous concept. There’s a lot of coffee-table chat about which places have the best quality of life, but is it really possible to measure it objectively?

Well, yes it is.

Barton’s Chutzpah: ‘Historian’ lies to Jon Stewart

May 6, 2011 1 Comment

People For the American Way’s recent report on David Barton was subtitled, “Religious Right ‘Historian’ Hits the Big Time in Tea Party America.” Barton has really hit the big time this week, with a profile in the New York Times and an appearance on The Daily Show.

Right Wing Watch fact-checks Barton’s “history” for you.

Being religious doesn’t make the English happier

May 4, 2011 No Comment

It’s one of those givens that everyone accepts. Religious people are happier people. Now, you can argue why that might be – perhaps it’s the social activities, perhaps it’s the confidence that comes from believing in some kind of guardian angel.

But is it true at all?

Fischer calls on U.S. to pursue a"mass conversion" of Muslims to Christianity

April 29, 2011 1 Comment

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association last called for all Muslim immigrants to the U.S. to convert to Christianity, and is now demanding that the U.S. lead a campaign to proselytize all Muslims around the world. According to Fischer, who has prayed for the destruction of mosques and dubbed Muslims a “toxic cancer” to American society, “tyranny is in the DNA of Islam” and the only way for democracy to emerge in a Muslim country is for the U.S. to bring about “a mass conversion of its people to biblical Christianity.”

2012 Candidates Weekly Update 4/26/11

April 26, 2011 No Comment

Right Wing Watch’s weekly rundown of news stories concerning the Right Wing’s Presidential candidates.

Punitive gods stop cheaters, compassionate gods encourage them . . . or do they?

April 25, 2011 No Comment

Probably more important than whether you believe in a God is the type of God you believe in – from a behavioural point of view, at least.

For example, believers in a judgmental god are more likely to support the death penalty, and are more likely to suffer from mental illness. But they may or may not be more corrupt.

Focus On The Family Pushes Back Against Criticism Of Their Anti-Anti-Bullying Campaign

April 22, 2011 2 Comments

On Monday, Focus on the Family kicked off their first Day of Dialogue, which replaced the Day of Truth that had been sponsored by the “ex-gay” group Exodus International. Brad Clark, the executive director of One Colorado, wrote an open let…

Iowa GOP tries to impeach State Supreme Court over marriage equality

April 22, 2011 1 Comment

After the Religious Right’s successful campaign, with massive funding from Newt Gingrich, to remove three state Supreme Court justices in the 2010 elections who backed marriage equality, now the Iowa GOP is pushing for the impeachment of the remaining justices.

Iowa House Republicans filed articles of impeachment late Thursday for the remaining members of the Iowa Supreme Court.

Fischer: Muslims don't have to convert, just renounce Shariah

April 20, 2011 No Comment

Recently, Bryan Fischer wrote a post declaring that any Muslim “who wants to become an American had best be prepared to drop his Islam and his Qur’an at Ellis Island” and convert to Christianity.

That was too much for the American Family Association, which pulled down Fischer’s post and changed it to remove all of Fischer’s demands for conversion.

Now Fischer has toned down his rhetoric, saying all Muslims must do is renounce Shariah law.