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Expelled Exposed: Tomorrow, the NCSE will be posting its review of Expelled
2008-04-14 15:57:00 Tomorrow, April 15, The National Center for Science Education will be posting its review of Ben Stein’s crocumentary, Expelled : No Intelligence Allowed. The NCSE’s ExpelledExposed website currently contains a collection articles critical of the shock-croc. More About: Review , Tomorrow
Schism: A Muslim?s video response to Geert Wilders? anti-Qur?an film Fitna
2008-04-14 06:01:00 Barry Duke of The Freethinker writes: “IT had to happen ? a Saudi man has hit back at films criticising Islam in a Fitna-style video which portrays Christianity as a religion of violence. The film, entitled Schism, was made by Raed al-Saeed. It splices together Bible verses and Iraq war images - including British soldiers beating civilians. Other ... More About: Video , Politics , Religion , Jesus
Scientology caught rigging opinion polls
2008-04-14 03:56:00 For more on Scientology , click here. More About: Tom Cruise , Religion , Culture , Australia
Scientology Psychobabble: The brain & mind according to Hubbard
2008-04-14 03:39:00 In this video, a Scientologist makes a number of apparently absurd and/or far-fetched L. Ron Hubbard-based claims. Firstly, he (i.e., the speaker; though “he” could just as easily refer to Hubbard, as this person is clearly well indoctrinated into Hubbard’s dogmatic cult of personality) claims that the function of the brain is to act as a shock absorber for the ... More About: Science , Religion , Scientology , Mind , Psychology
Next world protest of Scientology: May 10. GAME OVER?
2008-04-14 02:45:00 The latest on the next worldwide Scientology protest: Date, Focus, Name Anonymous protesters are currently discussing the next international day of protest against the Cult of Scientology at Enturbulation.Org. Thus far, two thing appear to have been settled unequivocally. Firstly, the date is Saturday May 10, the anniversary of the publication of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics: The Modern ... More About: World , Game , Protest
Operation ReConnect: San Diego Anons and Wise Beard Man Rock It!
2008-04-13 16:57:00 Outstanding video of San Diego Anons and Mark “Wise Beard Man” Bunker at Operation ReConnect! For more on Scientology , click here. More About: News , Religion , Rock
Cult of Scientology propagandizing Quebec
2008-04-13 08:55:00 Cult of Scientology anti-Psychiatry front group the (euphemistically named) Commission of Concerned Citizens for Human Rights has sent pamphlets to the homes of Quebec kers making ridiculous slanderous claims such as that attention deficit disorder is a fiction concocted by psychiatrists in order to make money. These pamphlets do not specify the fact that the CCHR ... More About: Cult
Duesseldorf, Germany Cult of Scientology Gone?
2008-04-13 06:49:00 A rumour has begun on the Enturbulation forum (i.e., the main international forum where protests against the Cult of Scientology are planned and promoted) that the Duesseldorf, Germany Cult of Scientology base has been abandoned. I have no idea regarding the truth of the claim, but here it is: “As for the raid, it was definitly more win ... More About: News , Religion
Operation ReConnect: Globe & Mail and Boston Herald articles
2008-04-13 06:15:00 Canada’s The Globe & Mail has released a short article on April 12’s Operation ReConnect Canadian protests against the Cult of Scientology. The Boston Herald also wrote a piece that was generally decent except for the lies it included from representatives of the Cult. This post is a part of a series of posts dedicated to ... More About: News , Religion , Articles
Royal Canadian Air Farce spoofs Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Scientology
2008-04-12 05:10:00 The Royal Canadian Air Farce, a long-running Canadian political sketch comedy show, has spoofed Tom Cruise , John Travolta , and Scientology . For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Religion
Reminder: Operation ReConnect TOMORROW (April 12, 2008)
2008-04-11 22:50:00 From ReConnect.Org: “In our continuing efforts against the Church of Scientology , Anonymous is launching Operation Reconnect. Projected to take place in the month of April , this operation will shine a spotlight on families torn apart by the Church of Scientology. “The aim is to bring these families together,” commented an organizer who identified himself as David ... More About: News , Religion , Tomorrow
Illinois Democrat and State Representative: Atheism is extremely dangerous,
2008-04-11 00:17:00 Illinois Democrat and State Representative Monique Davis recently aggressively maligned atheist activist Rob Sherman and all atheists with the following statement during a hearing over a $1 million state grant to preserve a historic Baptist church: “I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward ... More About: Politics , Atheism , Religion , Culture , Illinois
American tax dollars are funding an Islamic school
2008-04-10 23:36:00 The following has been cut and pasted from the Friendly Atheist: Charter schools, like public schools, receive government money and must therefore stay out of the religion debate. That is to say there should be no proselytizing in the classroom one way or the other. The schools must remain secular. Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) is a ... More About: News , Politics , Religion , Islam , Islamic
Belgian prosecutor: Church of Scientology is a criminal organization
2008-04-10 05:15:00 A video posted on YouTube last year shows a news report on how the Cult of Scientology was facing the possibility of facing trial for charges of fraud and extortion. A 10-year invesitigation led a Belgian prosecutor to contend that the cult should be labeled a criminal organization. Investigation of the cult in Belgium was ... More About: Religion , Church , Organization , Criminal
Incivility in the city: Rogers Centre Bans Alcohol in cheap sections on $2
2008-04-10 04:16:00 As I note in my personal profile, I am a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays. I just learned that the Toronto Blue Jays management has elected to discontinue the serving of alcohol in the $2 sections on $2 Tuesdays. For those unfamiliar with this promotion, on select Tuesday home games tickets for the entire fifth level ... More About: News , Sports , Culture , Morality
Scientology advertising on Technorati
2008-04-09 20:08:00 I was just checking my Technorati profile and discovered a prominent advertisement for the Cult of Scientology ’s video channel, which invites me to “Get the Facts” . Apparently making around 60 posts critical of the cult in less than 2 months has resulted in my becoming a part of their damage-control target market. For more on Scientology, click here. ... More About: Religion , Advertising , Tube
L Ron Hubbard died with psychiatric tranquilizer in blood stream. Suspicion
2008-04-09 19:39:00 In this post I review the writing of Robert Vaughn Young, former high-ranking Scientologist who has had rather extensive access to insider information on executives of the Cult of Scientology . [Note to reader: Please be sure to read the important addendum following the main article] L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986. Or, as the Cult of Scientology would have ... More About: Religion , Blood , Stream , Died
I?m a Know-It-All Douche!
2008-04-08 20:24:00 In response to this post, Stew (who is not keen on God) of 2000 Years of Deception has lionized me with the title of Know-It-All Douche. I just have so many people to thank! First off, there’s my mother who always told me that no matter what, I will always be better than others. And ...
Sometimes it pays to be an SP
2008-04-08 19:01:00 Because I oppose the Cult of Scientology ’s terrorist mafia practices (or, their “religious freedom” as their spokespeople might euphemistically term it), I am surely eligible for the Scientology label of Suppressive Person, or SP. This is not a problem for me. After all, when a suppressive organization labels an individual a suppressive person, one can infer using ... More About: Atheism , Religion , Pays
McCain?s bad temper and potty mouth
2008-04-08 00:48:00 The Raw Story has ran a story on Cliff Schecter’s soon-to-be-released book The Real McCain : Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him - And Why Independents Shouldn’t. According to Schecter and Raw Story, McCain’s political path has been pathed in temper-tantrums and lined with obscenities. He is alleged to have called opponents and colleagues “shitheads”, “assholes”, and ... More About: News , Politics , World , President
Cult of Scientology warns WikiLinks regarding document-leaking
2008-04-07 22:34:00 From WikiNews: “Wikinews has learned that the Church of Scientology warned the documents-leaking site Wikileaks.org that they are in violation of United States copyright laws after they published several documents related to the Church. Wikileaks has no intention of complying, and states that in response, they intend to publish thousands of Scientology documents next week. In the ... More About: Cult , Document
Israel TV: Scientology is a cult and a medical, moral and social threat
2008-04-07 22:12:00 Glosslip, from whom I picked up the following video, writes: “Are there any countries left besides the United States who haven?t declared Scientology to be a powerful, sinister and dangerous cult? So far, most of the Western World has identified this organization as a threat to the very fabric of society. When will we wake up?” Israel is ... More About: Religion , Social , Medical
Scientology protest: Pickering Flea Market, Sunday April 13
2008-04-07 15:52:00 I was just directed to a post on the AnonymousToronto website that a protest is being organized for this coming Sunday afternoon (i.e., the day after Operation Reconnect, the third major monthly international day of protest against the illegal, unethical, inhumane and dangerous practices of the Cult of Scientology ) at 1 PM outside of the Pickering ... More About: Religion , Market , April
Tom Cruise, you?re totally killin? my mellow, dude?
2008-04-07 14:24:00 From The Shallow End: “Actor Tom Cruise is apparently blowing smoke that a new strand of medical marijuana, ‘Tom Cruise Purple’ has been named in his honour. A devout Scientologist, Tom is totally opposed to prescription medicine - even the herbal type it seems - and is apparently considering legal action. One of Tom’s mates, who spotted the ... More About: News , Religion , Dude
Expelled promoters lie?Who woulda thought?
2008-04-06 19:37:00 John M. Lynch of Science Blogs blog Stranger Fruit was sent an email from the promoters of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed telling him that a local pre-screening of the crocumentary had been canceled. It was not canceled. Interestingly, the email about the “cancelation” was sent to only 29% of those who received the initial invitation, with ... More About: Intelligent Design , Atheism , Religion , Evolution
Rupert Sheldrake stabbed
2008-04-06 18:59:00 Rupert Sheldrake, researcher and proponent of parapsychological (or “psy”) phenomena such as telepathy was non-fatally stabbed in the leg at a speaking appearance in Japan by a possibly schizophrenic attendee who was apparently displeased with some of Sheldrake’s expressed views. Sheldrake is well known for parapsychology books such as “The Sense of Being Stared At”. Hat Tip: ...
An electrifying video on Atheist statistics
2008-04-06 18:34:00 Atheism is on the rise, atheists are disproportionately educated and intelligent, and are underrepresented in prisons, divorce statistics, and a wide variety of social ills. For more, watch this extremely well-made video. (Click here if video is not working for you) Hat Tip: Friendly Atheist More About: Video , Atheism , Religion , Statistics
Plagiarizing an anti-plagiarism honour code. IIIIronyyyy!
2008-04-06 18:20:00 Ed Brayton just gave me a nice Sunday afternoon chuckle: “The University of Texas, San Antonio appointed a student committee to write an honor code prohibiting plagiarism at the university. The committee decides instead to just copy the honor code from BYU. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?” More About: Code , Plagiarism , Anti
Prayer: How to do nothing and still think you?re helping
2008-04-06 17:13:00 This post is dedicated to every religionist who: Responds to hearing of hard times of others with prayer, rather than actually doing something or making a donation when such acts are well within their abilities, and still feels like they have made a meaningful moral act. One would not consider it a moral act to, upon hearing of suffering, ... More About: Prayer
Prof Christopher DiCarlo wins TVO?s Best Lecturer Competition
More articles from this author:2008-04-06 07:50:00 Professor/Dr. Christopher DiCarlo of Oshawa, Ontario’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology has been voted the winner of this year’s TV Ontario Best Lecturer Competition . DiCarlo is best known as an outspoken nontheist, a proficient debater against theism, and as a promoter, teacher and author on the topic of critical thinking. Interesting tidbit: DiCarlo once ... More About: Atheism , Tool , Prof , Wins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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