The Bible has been a good source of material, and we’ll get back to it next time, but this week, Allah is the dick in question. (Sentences like that are why I remain anonymous.) For those of you who haven’t read the Qur’an, its organization is very different from the Bible. Surahs […]
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee published a brilliant piece today calling for the removal of religion from public life in the UK. This is a must read.
Excerpts:
In the growing fear and anger at what more may be to come, apologists or explainers for these young men can expect short shrift. This is not about poverty, […]
February 26, 1993 - World Trade Center
6 dead, 1,000 injured
October 4, 1993 - Black Hawk Down Incident (Somalia)
18 dead
June 25, 1996 - US Base in Saudi Arabia
19 dead
August 7, 1998 - East African Embassies
220 dead
October 12, 2000 - […]
I have arrived at this number using some very complex mathematical formulas. It’s math, so you have to believe it. If you want to see exactly how I figured it out, buy my book, The Idiocy of Richard Swinburne.
OK, now that I’m done being sarcastic (mostly), let’s get to the story. Dr. […]
I just read a Washington Post article (which I found out about at God is for Suckers!) about a new study on the healing power of prayer. Guess what. It doesn’t work.
The study of more than 700 heart patients, one of the most ambitious attempts to test the medicinal power of […]
