Tag Archives: Religion

Tolerance

June 20, 2007 – 12:00 pm

Pakistan is complaining about the recent award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (famed for its apparent disrespect of Islam). “He was told that Salman Rushdie has been a controversial figure who is known less for his literary contribution and more for his offensive and insulting writing which deeply hurts [...]

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Pro-Wife

May 22, 2007 – 8:18 am

Some people would have you believe that this man is a murderer. HT: Pharyngula)

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Mixed Perceptions

May 16, 2007 – 10:25 am

It’s not that I want to dislike religion (I actually don’t want to have to think about religion at all), but when the Pope says something like this, it kind of pushes itself into my thoughts: In a speech to Latin American and Caribbean bishops at the end of a visit to Brazil, the Pope [...]

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Clueless

November 10, 2006 – 1:40 pm

I get emailings from the don’t-deserve-a-link group the American Family Association. Such a name means one of two things, I’ll let you guess which is right: a) A collection of concerned parents, community leaders etc. coming together to help families through times of trouble, perhaps by offering health care discounts, counseling services, or just an [...]

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Indiscretions

November 3, 2006 – 3:26 pm

I’m not too interested in revelations about the sex lives of religious figures, such as the recent stories surrounding the penetrative preferences of Pastor Ted Haggard (who is apparently the most important evangelical you’ve probably never heard of). I’m no fan of their hypocrisy, but the emotional issues that cause such people to deny and [...]

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