On Professor David Colquhuon’s blog, there was a discussion about the closing of the Tunbridge Wells Homeopathy Hospital (I use that last word advisedly). This comment from Le Canard Noir struck some bells:

The real menace comes not from medical homeopaths, but from lay ( Read more... )

Just you have a read of this fantastic essay. It discusses religion and respect and puts eloquently many of the thoughts I have had about belief recently. Particularly in light of the whole veil-wearing thing with Jack Straw and then that teacher.

The comments (or at least the first 10 or so that I've read) are very positive; and I would like to ( Read more... )

Gasmonso over at Religious Freaks has a couple of very good quotes from Syrian psychiatrist Wafa Sultan on the general state of the Middle East. I think you know - or can guess - my opinions on the dangerous effects of religion, but this is what she has to say about it:

In our countries [Algeria and Syria], religion is the sole source of ( Read more... )

From atheism, the definition of ferrotheism:

George Bush committed a felony. This makes him a felon.

Rosi O’Donnell committed gluttony. This makes her a glutton.

By the same token, God is an Iron.

If you believe in an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Iron, you are a Ferrotheist.