To the surprise of no one, the Park51 project — that is, the building of an Islamic centre in lower Manhattan, a few blocks from the former World Trade Center site — has gotten plenty of people riled up, due in large part to thinly-veiled bigots such as Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich, and the [...]
Archive of posts filed under the religion category.
For once, the terrorists didn’t win
The troubling thing about irrational beliefs is that you can’t usually defeat them, even with the most bulletproof facts and logic. They’re not based on logic or reason; they’re based on visceral emotion.
So there will always be people who virulently oppose the construction of a mosque anywhere near “ground zero” in New York City, believing [...]
God in politics (or, “how to lose my vote in two seconds”)
Oh Jesus, here we go.
Toronto mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti has decided to demonstrate how out of touch he is with the demographic reality of the city by invoking “God’s law” as the reason why stores should be barred from opening on Christmas and Easter.
This follows hot on the heels of four other mayoral candidates — [...]
Say hello to Canada’s Pat Robertson
This is Charles McVety.
He is, like many, interested in the role that religious faith can play in the workings of a modern-day, secular society.
He is, unlike most, an extremely influential ideologue, intent on ensuring that our modern-day, secular society still functions according to strict interpretations of a piece of scripture.
His past “work” has included actively [...]
Lady Gaga is an affront to God, and I’ve got proof!
Well, sadly in this case, “proof” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Rather than “empirical substantiation of my argument”, I mean “a batshit insane* parody video of Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’, produced by the loathsome twats at the Westboro Baptist Church” (found via Muckmakers). Don’t even bother with your morning caffeine hit if you [...]
How dare you Muslims tell women what to do! That’s the white man’s job!
In his ongoing quest to spark a full-blown clash of civilizations, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to back a government report calling for a ban on the burka in all schools, hospitals, public transit and government offices. Or maybe it’s the niqab. Most of the articles I’ve read can’t seem to tell the difference. [...]
Pat Robertson is a joke. But we shouldn’t be laughing.
Usually, just hearing the name Pat Robertson is enough to draw out a mild chuckle. The man who rose to prominence as a televangelist is now almost equally as well-known (if not more so) for his preposterous public castigations of disaster victims for having deservedly incurred God’s wrath… first, his agreement that feminists caused 9/11, [...]
Freezing my nuts off so Rwandan children don't have to
Forget orange juice, ibuprofen or the passage of time. The best cure for a massive hangover is to plunge oneself into an icy, polluted lake as sub-zero wind whips around you and snow falls gently from a gray January sky.
Yes, I was one of those masochistic fools taking part in a New Year’s Day Polar Bear [...]
"Basically, the atheists are just stupid."
When you read an incisive, erudite piece of analysis like the above quote, you just know it’s from a highly-informed and respectable source, someone with the pedigree of a, say, Bill O’Reilly or Ann Coulter. Sure enough, it comes from O’Reilly talking to Coulter yesterday on Fox News, that echo chamber of disingenuous hillbilly claptrap. [...]