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Where does ?spam? come from?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Have you ever thought to yourself Why do they call junk mail "spam"? Today, in reading what is shaping up to be an outstanding book - Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature - I learned the etymology of this funny word. Pinker is quoted below. Pinker ... More About: Spam
Crash this poll!
2008-04-26 00:00:00 A poll is being hosted on a Pro-ID Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed MySpace page. The poll, which is found down the page on the left, asks if you think that Intelligent Design should be taught in American public schools. When PZ Myers linked the poll, the totals showed a 3:1 ... More About: Poll , Crash
Have you been expelled from pro-Expelled media (e.g., blogs)?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 I was recently prevented from expressing dissent on a pro-Expelled blog. I know that I am not the first person to have been expelled for disagreeing with IDists, and will surely not the be last. PZ Myers of Pharyngula has been banned from commenting on a number of pro-ID blogs ... More About: Media , Blogs
So, I was Expelled from a Pro-Expelled Blog?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Initially, I wasn't going to post on this out of consideration for the blogger that took my posts down - or didn't let them go through in the first place. But given the importance of the issue, the fact that I know that I am not the only one who ... More About: Blog , Expelled
On personal spiritualism and liberal religiosity
2008-04-25 00:00:00 A little while back a friend asked me if I thought that recent violent acts by religious fundamentalists have stained the benefits of interiorized spirituality. Since this is a good question and one at the heart of much of my thinking on religion and "spirituality" (I'll explain the shutter quotes ... More About: Personal , Liberal
Unreal: Witchcraft, Penis thievery, and lynchings, Oh my!
2008-04-25 00:00:00 From Reuters via Yahoo News: Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional ... More About: Witchcraft , Penis , Unreal
Ex-Scientologist Jenna Miscavige Hill on ABC Nightline TONIGHT (11:35)
2008-04-25 00:00:00 Big hat tip to Dawn at GlossLip for notifying everyone that Jenna Miscavige Hill , ex-Scientologist and niece of current Scientology leader David Miscavige, will be on ABC's Nightline tonight at 11:35 PM. Miscavige Hill rose to prominence when she began speaking out against the "Church" of Scientology a few months ago. ... More About: Tonight
Paul Kurtz, Center For Inquiry: Expelled is anti-science propaganda and ant
2008-04-24 00:00:00 As a member of the Center For Inquiry, the world's leading secular and rationalist advocacy organization, I received the following message in an email from CFI today: CFI's Paul Kurtz Joins the Chorus of Critics Dismissing Ben Stein's "Expelled" as Anti -Science Propaganda Paul Kurtz, founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry, has called the ...
Paulette Cooper?s Sworn Testimony!
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Paulette Cooper , one of the early critics of Scientology - the first to publish a book against the cult, The Scandal of Scientology, was framed for bomb threats, attempted to have incarcerated in a mental institution, had her personal life invaded numerous times in various ways, and harassed endlessly in a variety ... More About: Testimony
Ex-Scientologist accuses CoS of automobile violence to his parents
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Ex-Scientologist s Tommy Gordon has accused the Cult of Scientology of running his parents off the road on a highway. For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Violence , Automobile , Parents
My Visit to the Toronto Church of Scientology
2008-04-23 00:00:00 I was in Toronto today and I stopped by the local CoS. I went in unmasked and casually and went up to the front desk and politely asked if I could speak to someone who was in charge or held some position of leadership. The nice attendant first responded with ... More About: Church , Scientology , Visit
TFP Readables
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Here are a few readables from around the blogosphere: Today, I stumbled across a fairly indepth review of the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Leaders Guide - a guide for those who want to take the propaganda out of the theatre and into the community. Thus far, I've only read about 60% ...
Scientologist Taped Following Anonymous protesters
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Video footage of a Scientologist following Anonymous protesters to their car. Interesting conversation takes place as some local university students who cross paths with the follower and the followee ask questions about Scientology and Anonymous. For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Protesters
Nicole Kidman wants her kids out of Scientology
2008-04-23 00:00:00 AOL News reports that Nicole Kidman wants the two children that she adopted with Tom Cruise during their marriage who Tom maintains custody over out of Scientology . Kidman is said to have limited access to her children as a consequence of them being "deeply entrenched in Scientology". For more on Scientology, ... More About: Kids
Jason Beghe FULL INTERVIEW RELEASED!
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Watch Mark Bunker's full interview with Jason Beghe here. Spread the word! For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Interview , Released , Full
Protest Scientology ANY TIME
2008-04-23 00:00:00 There is no need to wait for the monthly protests to come around if you want to picket your local Cult of Scientology location. As can be found all over YouTube, small "mini-raids" are frequently organized between the big protests. These mini-raids need not even be at cult branches. A ... More About: Time , Protest
TFP Must Reads
2008-04-23 00:00:00 The following articles are must-reads: In the wake of the release of Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Science After Sunclipse writes an absolutely excellent piece (so excellent, in fact, that it was prominently linked on PZ Myers' Pharyngula, which is, to my knowledge, the world's most read science blog) on the ...
Tommy Gordon & Anonymous protesters picket San Francisco Scientology on 4/1
2008-04-21 00:00:00 Ex-Scientologist Tommy Gordon and Anonymous protesters picketed a San Francisco Scientology store/compound yesterday. For more on the Cult of Scientology, click here. More About: Protesters
Desparation: When no one else wants to take your stress test
2008-04-21 00:00:00 For more on the Cult of Scientology, click here. More About: Stress , Test
Scientology Ad in University of Toronto Student Newspaper
2008-04-21 00:00:00 This ad was spotted by a friend in the University of Toronto student paper, The Varsity. Quick questions for the CoS: * Would the customer be buying the book at $16.00, or making a "fixed donation" of $16.00? * Is there a student discount? For more on Scientology , click here. More About: Student , Newspaper
The Carnival of the Fraudless: Spoofing & Exposing the Cult of Scientology
2008-04-21 00:00:00 The first Blog Carnival dedicated to exposing and spoofing the Cult of Scientology is here. Submit hilarious spoofs and well-produced expositions of the Cult of Scientology to theframeproblem [at] live [dot] ca or go through the Blog Carnival system here. Submissions can be text, photo, audio and video. Entries will ... More About: Spoofing , The Cult
XENU Contacts Stephen Colbert! And he digs Anonymous!
2008-04-19 00:00:00 For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Colbert , Stephen Colbert , Anonymous , Stephen , Contacts
Scientology critic and Jason Beghe filmer?s YouTube account suspended
2008-04-19 00:00:00 For the second time in well under a week a prominent critic of Scientology has had their YouTube account suspended. Suspended without explanation, moreover. A few days ago, it was ex-Scientologist Tory Christman who had her account, ToryMagoo44, unexplicably pulled, despite her never engaging in any terms of service violations (e.g., presenting copyrighted ... More About: Youtube , Jason , Account , Critic
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes separating?
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Australia's Herald Sun reports the following claim: UNABLE to cope with the pressure of her marriage to Tom Cruise , it is being reported in the US that Katie Holmes is seeking a trial separation from her husband. The former Dawsons Creek actress is said to be crushed by the weight of her ...
Ben Stein is Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed (Expelled parody)
2008-04-19 00:00:00 The Scienazis are at it again. It wasn't enough for them to suppress the highly tenable and definitely scientific approach that is Intelligent Design (and certainly not Creationism). Now they're suppressing the equally meritorious stork theory of reproduction. Stork theory, a totally viable alternative to the sex theory (which is ... More About: Parody , Stein , Ben Stein , Expelled
Australia?s Current Affair and TodayTonight Cover Beghe on Scientology
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Australia's A Current Affair and TodayTonight gave great reports on the dramatic Jason Beghe defection from Scientology . TodayTonight surely pulled no punches, casually referring to Scientology as the cult that it is. It has surely been a bad week for Scientology's floudering PR. In the course of the last few ... More About: Australia , Cover
Atheists no longer the most despised group in America. Thanks, Scientology!
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Source: Gallup Okay, so my title was quite harsh on Scientologists. The main intention was to create humour for atheist readers. But to Scientologists: it brings me no pleasure to say that the Church of Scientology is a dangerous abusive morally-indifferent criminal organization masquerading as a church. It is a money-making ... More About: America , Group , Atheists
YouTube removes ToryMagoo44 Account [Update: ACCOUNT RESTORED]
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Tory Christman, former high-ranking Scientologist of 30 years and noted critic of the cult since 2000, has just had her YouTube account, ToryMagoo44, removed by YouTube. Why? On what basis was this done? Did she infringe on copyrights? No. Was she bigotted? No. And even if she were bigotted in ... More About: Youtube , Update , Account
What do Jesus, Mohammed, Budai, Buddha, Ganesha, & XENU have in common?
2008-04-19 00:00:00 I JUST KICKED ALL OF THEIR ASSES!!! And there's more: I AM GOD AND SO CAN YOU! You can be (as well as fight) God in this game! You can also be or fight Jesus , Mohammed , Buddha , Budai, Ganesha and Xenu! Step into imagination land and test your mettle against some of the most revered ... More About: Common
TFP Comment of the Day (Shameless blog promotion ahead)
More articles from this author:2008-04-16 05:46:00 wordsseldomsaid wrote: hey man..as a bible thumping CHRISTian..i have to tell you?for whatever purpose? I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!? Wow! I was pretty pumped to read that comment. Very much appreciated! More About: Promotion , Blog Promotion , Blog , Comment , Ahead 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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