Posts Tagged ‘Richard Dawkins’

Pseudo-​​​​cross posted from Homologous Legs Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a perfect, perfect example of non-​​​​terrible fanfiction (stories about and within the context of other authors’ fictional universes, written by fans of those universes). Set in an alternative universe to the books, it imagines the consequences of Harry Potter being raised to […]

John Edward on the 7pm Project

By skelliot

09
Jun. 10

John Edward appears on the 7pm Project and discusses how he has been joking all along and he is really a POE. That little scamp! He has been tricking us all along.

No God-​​given right to break the law

By Jonathon Lum

17
Apr. 10

Okay, Pope-​​​​defenders, let’s get something straight. Joseph Ratzinger is a man. Like every other man on this planet, he had a mum and a dad, he eats and he sleeps, he sometimes falls ill and he even makes mistakes. Now, Joseph happens to be the head of a particular group of people with a particular […]

Marketing the Un-​​marketable

By Sam Rankin

22
Mar. 10

Although I was unable to make it to the recent Atheist Convention, I knew the media fall out would be predictable: calls of smug people “preaching” to the converted, gloating in science (and logic?). A lot of this criticism is obviously reactionary from the likes of Bolt and other right wing, religious commentators. It’s to […]

There she is on Page 2 (19/​​3/​​10): ON MONDAY, The Age reported that Richard Dawkins referred to Pope Benedict XVI as “Pope Nazi”. The reference was to Pope Pius XII. The mistake was made by the reporter.