Carnegie Mellon University obeys Roman Catholic Bishop http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-pope-blasphemy-pittsburgh-20130510,0,5743023.story In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are similarly outraged over what has happened to an art student …
Category Archive: Religion
Pertaining to the mindless worship of nonexistent deities, and belief in the "supernatural".
Permanent link to this article: http://www.corvallissecular.org/2013/05/10/catholic-sharia-in-pittsburgh/
May 08 2013
Benevolence: a Christian invention?
Christians co-opting ethics…as usual http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/05/08/3754498.htm Link submitted by CSS member Torsten Pihl. “The concept of the church’s care of ‘the poor’ was basic to the founding of the earliest hospitals. The hospital was, in origin and conception, a distinctively Christian institution, rooted in Christian concepts of charity and philanthropy. There were no pre-Christian institutions in …
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May 03 2013
Belief That “Second Coming” Of Jesus Is Nigh May Be Preventing Climate Change Action: A Study
Natural disasters prove Biblical “end times” near, claim 36% in US http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1734/20130503/belief-second-coming-jesus-nigh-preventing-climate-change-action-study.htm “It stands to reason that most nonbelievers would support preserving the Earth for future generations, but that end-times believers would rationally perceive such efforts to be ultimately futile, and hence ill-advised.”
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Apr 25 2013
Femen’s Message Should Not Be Provocative
Nudity is not obscene – religious response to it is http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/24/is-the-hijab-worth-fighting-over/femens-message-against-the-hijab-should-not-be-provocative By Annie Laurie Gaylor Nineteen is the perfect age to push the parameters of social convention, to experiment with self-expression and rebellion. Young women coming to terms with sexual objectification, harassment and social judgment have a perfect right to protest prudery and patriarchal religion …
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Apr 23 2013
Second child of Pa. couple dies after only praying
Parents of the Year? http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/2nd-child-of-Pa-couple-dies-after-only-praying-4455524.php PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died. Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian church that believes in faith healing. They lost …
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Apr 22 2013
Buddhist violence
The pacifism of Buddhism is a Western myth http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/asia/buddhism-violence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar While Buddhism is associated in the Western mind with pacifism, Buddhist nations such as Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka have been engaged in vicious conflicts. Buddhist nation states have historically sought to use Buddhist doctrine to justify war. During the Japanese invasion of China in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.corvallissecular.org/2013/04/22/buddhist-violence/
Apr 22 2013
Why topless protesters will hound Islamic leaders
The most obvious illustration of patriarchy is Islamic theocracy http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/opinion/opinion-shevchenko-femen/index.html By Inna Shevchenko Religion and the church…have overseen the spiritual enslavement of women. For this reason Femen is an atheistic group motivated by secularism and humanism. In theocratic states, the position of women is horrifying and hopeless. We direct our fiercest criticism to such countries, …
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Apr 19 2013
Criticism of Islam not “Islamophobia”
New Atheism should be able to criticize Islam without being accused of Islamophobia http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2013/04/new-atheism-should-be-able-criticise-islam-without-being-accused-islamophobia The atheist community is right to pursue rational, civilised debate, and should be able to do so without being tarred as bigots. Biologist Jerry Coyne puts it this way: “Critics of the New Atheists are free to take issue with their …
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Apr 19 2013
Boston bombers radical Muslims (Surprise!)
Suspected Boston bombers were refugees from brutal conflict http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/details-emerge-on-suspected-boston-bombers/2013/04/19/ef2c2566-a8e4-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?hpid=z3 “Hidden behind their former lives in Massachusetts is a biography containing old resentments that appear to have mutated into radical Islamic violence. “In recent months, he [the older brother] appeared increasingly drawn to radical Islam. On a YouTube channel, he shared videos of lectures from a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.corvallissecular.org/2013/04/19/boston-bombers-radical-muslims-surprise/
Apr 19 2013
Don’t explain reality to Christians…
Over on the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta shares a story of a girl who wrote an earnest, open letter to all Christians, explaining that they risk losing her generation, if they insist on demonizing gays and condemning gay marriage. This is a girl who considers herself Christian, works at a Christian summer camp, and was …
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