Link blog: philippa-stroud, sex, homosexuality, fantasy
Why the New Atheists Failed, and How to Defeat All Religious Arguments in One Easy Step A neat summary of Luke's problem with Dawkins, and what he thinks is a better argument against theistic explanations. Youtube video with a transcript (hurrah).
(tags: richard-dawkins dawkins atheism religion philosophy explanation)
Curing the gays « Derren Brown Blog Derren Brown (who's gay, and who used to be a Christian): "I have, however, attended these sorts of church sessions and even courses which set about healing the ‘brokenness’ of homosexuality... I read of such things now and shiver."
(tags: derren-brown gay homosexuality christianity religion philippa-stroud sex)
Top Tory Adviser Ran Prayer Group to "Heal" LGBTS Focusses on why the media have ignored the story. Contains a comment from one of the people quoted in the original Observer article, something which the regular media won't print, apparently.
(tags: philippa-stroud conservatives conservative politics sex religion homosexuality demons)
Erasing David Ross Anderson on poor operational security in the NHS, made worse by politics: "Last night’s documentary Erasing David shows how private eyes tracked down a target by making false pretext telephone calls to the NHS. By pretending to be him they found out when he and his wife were due to attend an ante-natal clinic, and ambushed him as he came out."
(tags: privacy security nhs ross-anderson health)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie - A word, Timothy "Berwhale the Avenger, the Weapon of the Chosen One." "He lives far beyond... in Saffron Walden."
(tags: funny fry-and-laurie stephen-fry fantasy parody berwhale)