A link to some fascinating Jewish religious MP3s
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
I was always under the impression that most Australians use rational thinking in at least most parts of their lives, barring religion, which is the very antithesis of rationalism. But this survey clearly proves me wrong. The results of a recent Nielson poll on supernatural beliefs have just been released and I was more than […]
Everyone I know has sat through an awkward class (or sequence of classes) at school. The one where the teacher bumbles along, being either a little embarrassed by the subject matter or just not any good at teaching it. The subject is, of course, sexual education, that most difficult of themes to effectively teach or […]
The lame and bizarre justification for opposing condom use typically put forward by the Catholic Church is that it promotes promiscuity, as if non-marital sex is inherently and self evidently a bad thing, so bad it is worth rallying against even if you’re not involved or even at all experienced. Setting aside the shameful and […]
This is an excerpt from A.C. Grayling’s book, The Reason of Things:
It’s now been mentioned by the ever-popular blog Pharyngula — so let’s see if there’s fans and followers of the Young Australian Skeptics who are going to go!
Join the likes of Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Catherine Deveny, Phillip Adams, Robyn Williams and even me, Kylie Sturgess, at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism conference […]
Australian readers may have noted the media blitz by the Christians for their new campaign, Jesus: All About Life.
This has provoked a few responses
A response to this article.
The government has now given religion free reign to discriminate on your gender, martial status, sexual orientation, divorce, religion and if you have kids or not.
Well done.…Thank you! Thank you for dragging all social progress back to the 1920’s where women were marginalised and divorce deemed taboo. Where single parent’s children, were taken […]
I spent this Tuesday just gone in a situation most people wish they could avoid — saying a permanent farewell to a friend from school who died suddenly not quite two weeks ago. Jon was only two months younger than me, and was that enviable combination of musically and academically talented, as well as genuinely quirky and […]
The world needs the wisdom of Billy now more than ever, and here are some classics.
NSFW, by the way — language content
Connolly on Religion
