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Written by John Draper
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Monday, 08 February 2010 17:13 |
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Both Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry have said that the ten commandments are immoral and bad for the world - but to see some passion from them on this subject, you have to see them interviewed by British M.P. Ann Widdecombe.
Although the interview starts with Hitchens, the best part of the video is the second half with Fry. Even Ann's finishing statement helps underline it with her lame comments about the Ten Commandments being "eternal moral truths". The main point of Hitchens and Fry was that these leave out important things like banning slavery.
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Written by John Draper
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Monday, 08 February 2010 05:36 |
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In a recent address to Scottish bishops, Pope Benedict said: "You can be proud of the contribution made by Scotland's Catholic schools in overcoming sectarianism and building good relations between communities. Faith schools are a powerful force for social cohesion, and when the occasion arises, you do well to underline this point." Now we know that the Pope is not capable of rational thinking but he seems not to understand simple cause and effect. How can teaching a Religion reduce conflicts in society? If some people think Jesus was God and others think he was merely a prophet, how can that foster social cohesion? At a minimum, Catholics are teaching their kids that a large number of people around them are wrong. That's hardly teaching cohesion.
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Written by John Draper
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 12:18 |
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The western world is still trying to understand how such a relatively modern country as Iran can be run by a theocracy yet try to pretend to be a democracy. Their president is a puppet under the control of the Ayatollahs but what they don’t seem to understand is that this is very obvious to the world. The good news is that they have a reasonably good education system with a large number of students. By its very nature, a good education encourages independent thinking so naturally the students rebel against their farcical Government.
The Ayatollahs have had 2 hanged recently and plan to hang some more before Feb 11. See Amnesty International's site.
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Written by John Draper
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 05:05 |
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In March 2009, the Pope visited Africa and made some outrageous statements, specifically "Africa's fight against Aids is a problem that cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms: on the contrary, they increase it". This was strongly condemned by the prestigious British medical magazine, The Lancet (text here). In addition, the governments of Germany, France, and Belgium released statements criticising the Pope's views. UNAIDS, the UN Population Fund, and WHO released an updated position statement on HIV prevention and condoms, which said that "the male latex condom is the single, most efficient, available technology to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV".
It is clear that the Pope is wrong on this so it was no surprise that Harry Knox, a member of President Obama's "Faith Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships Advisory Council", said that the "Pope is hurting people in the name of Jesus". In fact, that's quite a mild condemnation. But Sean Hannity on Fox News jumped on this when a reporter at a news conference asked Knox about this. Knox confirmed his stand and said that evidence supporting the Pope was "incorrect".
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Written by John Draper
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 05:20 |
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Geert Wilders is on trial in the Netherlands for speaking the truth. The truth offended some Muslims so the Dutch Government told their courts to prosecute Wilders for hate speech. Wilders is also very popular with the people so this case could also be construed as the Dutch Government stamping on its opposition.
One of the outspoken critics of Muslims - at least the ones who get in the news with their hatred, terrorism and violence as they follow the Qu'ran - is Pat Condell. He has a way of telling it like it is and if he was in Amsterdam, he would no doubt also be in court. He is supporting Geert Wilder's latest strategy of taking his story to the world via the Internet - he has just released a new video that really blasts the "Crooked Judges of Amsterdam".
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Written by Deborah Panko
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Friday, 05 February 2010 05:55 |
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If there were God, would God,
looking in a mirror, recognize God?
If God, passing by a store window,
stole a glance at God's reflection,
would God become enlightened?
If there were God, would there be God
for God to believe in?
Would God use man to glorify God,
seek to prove God's worth to God's God?
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