Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
So, what’s the story? SMH: A Chrismas CD aiming to raise funds for a Christian charity has been slammed for featuring an anti-Christian song. Faith and family groups have labelled the song, which includes the lyrics “I get freaked out by churches,” and “I’m not expecting a visit from Jesus”, as “disrespectful” and a “sick [...]
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Just a update, from a CNN news article: Blogger: Show cleavage to test cleric’s quake theory ..She said no woman should feel pressured to participate. “It’s not supposed to be serious activism that is going to revolutionize women’s rights, but just a bit of fun juvenile humor,” she wrote. “I’m a firm believer that when [...]
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Kind of! Okay, it’s a fundraiser, one of two that you can get – go bid on a poster! Signed poster from 2010 Global Atheist Convention – all proceeds to support the Atheist Foundation of Australia’s Celebrate Reason Bus Campaign. ONLY 15 of these posters exist of which just two are being made available for [...]
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The Center for Inquiry is accepting disaster-relief donations through its S.H.A.R.E. program to support those providing care to the survivors of the 7.0 earthquake that struck Jan. 12 near the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. S.H.A.R.E. has been recently renamed the Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort and has now become a program of [...]
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I’ve been passing on a few tips (as demonstrated by this Twitter conversation with Dave the Happy Singer — of Davethehappysinger.com) about supporting charities during this month and beyond. Sign up to be a long-term benefactor, grab a few shirts, buy some books, get your 2010 calendars from them and know that unlike others, it’s [...]
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Many, many thanks to Sean the Blogonaut for the alert – here’s the scoop. Earlier on in this blog, I wrote of the Mercy Ministries and Gloria Jeans case, an entry called ‘A Coffee Shop in my Town‘. The article is due to questions about the former editor of young women’s magazines (Marina Go, from [...]
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ABC News – Atheists Grow in Numbers, Goals: Valerie Celeste Coffey is a woman on a mission. For six years, her small group of local atheists has gathered to exchange bemused stories about the things Christians do in worship and swap tips for raising confident skeptics. ..The ranks of nonbelievers are on the rise, research [...]
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Interesting little find here – of course, my first stop was to SourceWatch to see who is involved (Center for Global Development): My first response was ‘that’s rather simplistic. Very dismissive of several elements… who’s doing the research?’. But have a look at the Girl Effect Website, in particular the fact sheet. In the news [...]
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