Pharyngula: The hopeless inanity of Egnor

Pharyngula: The hopeless inanity of Egnor:
"I told him that I never criticize his religion in the classroom, nor do I push atheism. Instead, it's like this: what he does with his religion is the equivalent of telling his kids that the sky is green, and worse, assuring them that this is a fundamental tenet of their religion and that the whole structure comes crashing down if they question it. They get in my classroom, and I don't tell them their religion is wrong — I tell them to open their eyes and look up.*"

I generally favor the idea of teaching comparative religion…

Category: Religion

Posted on: March 29, 2008 10:41 PM, by PZ Myers

but there is a good argument against it: many religions are sickening.

Pharyngula: The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Pharyngula: The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled:

"Darwin realized that the environment has consequences and can shape the generation-by-generation passage of hereditary traits in populations, and that examination of the natural world reveals that it has been doing exactly that. He realized that ubiquitous forces that are so simple we take them for granted have been quietly and slowly sculpting our heredity since the beginning of life on earth."

Seed: Clarke's Magic

Seed: Clarke's Magic: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

'Biology prof expelled from screening of 'Expelled'' by Chris Hewitt, TwinCities.com - RichardDawkins.net

'Biology prof expelled from screening of 'Expelled'' by Chris Hewitt, TwinCities.com - RichardDawkins.net: "It's almost too perfect: P.Z. Myers tried to see the movie, 'Expelled,' at the Mall of America Thursday.

But he was expelled."

It just gets funnier and funnier...

Pharyngula: EXPELLED!

Pharyngula: EXPELLED!: "a rich, deep kind of irony that must be shared"

Oh Thor this is funny! The producers of Expelled are such losers. So stupid. Amazing. And pathetic.

NPR: In a Jerusalem Suburb, Jewish Cultures Clash

NPR: In a Jerusalem Suburb, Jewish Cultures Clash

I can't wait until the Christians and Muslim here in the US start telling people how to dress and think... It is happening in Europe with immigrant Muslims and there is too much accomodation going on.

The big misunderstanding about respect... that I should respect anyone's religion or beliefs. I should respect the people around me, at least until they prove otherwise. But I do not have to respect anyone's religion. There are not any religious rights other than your right to practice a religion. The religion itself has no rights. It cannot say to a community that women have to cover up in order to keep from distracting men from their religious thoughts. How stupid. Their religion is too feeble to keep men's attention focused? Very feeble excuse for mind control.