From POLITICO By SHIRA TOEPLITZ | 3/16/11 2:58 PM EDT The House Judiciary Committee will consider a resolution Thursday to reaffirm “In God We Trust” as the national motto. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) sponsored the resolution, which also encourages displaying the phrase in public buildings,[...]
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
March 18th, 2011 - 10:41 pm § in Religion, Saudi Arabia
Sunday Revelations: Islam’s Two Angels
Listen to Ayaan Hirsi explain the two angels of Islam. If you need to understand where Ms. Ali’s realities came from, read further: in the famous hadith known as Hadith Jibril, the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, when asked by Angel Jibril to inform him about the belief, said al-Iman (t[...]
HUMOR: Protecting the Civil Rights of Those Who Blaspheme.
Ed. It is about time. ALL blasphemy should be considered protected speech. Why can’t evolutionists and creationists get along like humans and dinosaurs did? Unlike many other states, Texas does not ban workplace discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. [...]
Archbisop of Canterbury, “Shahbaz Bhatti ‘a martyr'”
Shahbaz Bhatti died a martyr, says the Archbishop of Canterbury Click for full BBC story Mr Bhatti was killed in an ambush by Taliban gunmen as he drove away from his mother’s home on 2 March. He had been the Pakistan government’s only Christian cabinet minister until his assassination i[...]
March 16th, 2011 - 12:08 pm § in Religion
Denial of Service Attacks on Science Blogs
Pharyngula has been down for several days as have several other blogs housed under Scienceblogs. PZ Myers, the blogger at Pharyngula, * reports: PZ tweeted 6 hours ago: New info: We ARE under a DDoS attack, and it’s coming from Turkey and Qatar. * for those who do not know, Pharyngula is a ver[...]
Religion on Campus.
Religious apologists like Dr. Ecklund fail to understand that the problem is not intolerance of faith. In my experience, even though most of my colleagues are likely atheists, those that are religious … Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Mormon mix perfectly well. The problem on cam[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 9:44 am § in Religion
God, for better or worse, must be THE answer.
Ed. anyone want to respond? Rabbi Adam Jacobs Managing Director, Aish Center in Manhattan Posted at Huff : March 6, 2011 08:38 PM In our recent dialogue I have noticed a consistent theme. It was frequently remarked that religious lines of argumentation lack reason. The contention seems to be that [...]
A 74 Year Old German, writes about his life in Egypt
Volkhard Windfuhr, 74, has been living in Cairo since 1955. He joined SPIEGEL as its Middle East correspondent in 1974. Since then, he has reported on the major crises in the region and met and interviewed nearly all Arab leaders, including the three Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sad[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 6:29 am § in Religion
Darwin’s Birthday
by Ian Murphy “THREE-O-NINE! THREE-O-NINE!” I crudely affected like an overgrown toddler, exuberantly waving the hotel room key card overhead, and cradling a small, foam-rubber Tyrannosaurus Rex. I adjusted the thick, foreign prescription bifocals strapped to my head, and steamrolled to the fron[...]