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  • Texas joins ranks of creationists

    The situation in the US is still bad with regard to the teaching of evolution in schools.  There are large numbers of people who think that creationism is a viable scientific option.  The people pushing this are of course not scientists but religious fa...
  • George W. Bush was "guided by God"

    George W. Bush, a born-again Christian since age 40, has now revealed that he was "guided by God" while in office.  Part of this was GQ magazine's recent exposé into the use of scripture in 2003. And now we hear that former president Jacques Chirac was ...
  • Alberta helps parents brain-wash their children

    Alberta has pushed ahead with controversial new legislation that establishes a parent's right in its human rights code to pull their children from classroom lessons on sex, religion or sexual orientation. (Would teaching evolution count as Religion in som...
  • The Catholic Church has now put one foot in the 21st century

    It's well known that younger people have a harder time accepting religions of all kinds.  Perhaps it's because they are being taught to actually think in school.  It is certainly true that most University courses do a good job of teaching rational think...
  • There is hope - smart Muslims are leaving Islam

    When you hear about the nonsense spouted by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it is easy to despair about whether the Muslims will ever pull themselves out of the dark ages and at least get into the 20th century if not the 21st....
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