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Dutch MP Geert Wilders? anti-Islam film, Fitna, HERE
2008-03-28 03:12:00 View Netherlands MP Geert Wilders’ newly-released anti-Islam film Fitna here. Wilders’ name has been popping up rather frequently over the past few months, as he is a very vocal critic of Islam. He has gone so far as to press for the banning of the Koran in the Netherlands, saying that it is in conflict ... More About: Politics , Religion , Culture , Film
Tomorrow: LIVE media tele-conference with Ben Stein and producers of Expell
2008-03-28 02:16:00 Here is a cut-and-paste from an email I just received: JOIN BEN STEIN TOMORROW, Friday, March 28 at 1:00 pm. PST for an exclusive, invitation-only LIVE press teleconference! Hear Ben Stein LIVE as he talks to you and other members of media, answering your questions about his upcoming, highly-controversial movie, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed Hear why leaders like Dr. ... More About: Intelligent Design , Science , Politics , Atheism , Religion
The FAIL Blog. AMAZING!
2008-03-28 01:46:00 Everyone check out The FAIL Blog . I actually kind of want one of the T-Shirts they sell… More About: Fun , Amazing
Tory Christman on Shawn Lonsdale, Scientologist deaths, and how the Cult sw
2008-03-28 01:21:00 First, introductions. Tory Christman is a former Scientologist of 30 years who achieved the second highest educational level in Scientology: Operating Thetan level 7 (or, OT7). Around Y2K she abruptly severed her ties with the cult (or “blew”, in Scientology speak), and almost immediately after became one of the cult’s most vocal critics, joining the ... More About: Religion , Cult , Deaths , The Cult
Cult of Scientology Crimes in Canada
2008-03-27 20:16:00 From AnonymousToronto.Org: “Between 1974 and 1976, Scientologists secured employment with government agencies perceived to be enemies of the Church, and signed oaths of secrecy as public officials. In breach of their oaths of office, they then took copies of confidential documents from the agencies that employed them and provided them to the Church of Scientology of ... More About: Canada , Cult , Crimes
PZ Myers EXPELLED from Expelled!?!?
2008-03-23 01:10:00 A number of blogs have already commented on this unsurprising bit of irony: the makers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (an upcoming Intelligent Design /Creationist crocumentary attempting to cast mainstream science - and evolutionary science in particular - as a dogmatic and somewhat totalitarianesque regime, to misrepresent evolutionary biology and the research behind it, and to ... More About: Science , Politics , Religion , Culture
Write Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Boycott Mexico to get Brenda Martin
2008-03-19 16:47:00 I hope that readers will join in and write Prime Minister Stephen Harper (pm@pm.gc.ca) and encourage people to boycott travel to Mexico and the purchase of Mexican products until Brenda Martin is released from her unjust Mexican imprisonment, receives a sincere public apology from the Mexican government, and a multi-million dollar payment as an attempt at ... More About: News , Write
Russian Protestant and Muslim groups want cartoon channel shutdown for airi
2008-03-19 05:37:00 CBC reports that Russian Protestant and Muslim groups are calling for the shutting down of a Russian cartoon channel, 2X2, for airing programs such as South Park , which these groups have deemed to be anti-religious and to promote homosexuality. 2X2 is standing its ground. A spokesperson responded to the demands by pointing out that Russia is a secular ... More About: Cartoon , Religion , Culture
Am I the only atheist blogger blogging about the Cult of Scientology?
2008-03-19 04:24:00 In my experience on the atheosphere, bloggers have been pretty quick to stand against injustices done in the name of religion. Well right now we have an international cult masquerading as a religion* in order to get tax-exempt status, escape numerous external investigations, and now to be able to label those who oppose them as ... More About: Religion , Blogger , Scientology , Blogging , Cult
Teach the Controversy!
2008-03-18 18:39:00 Hat Tip: Terry P More About: Intelligent Design , Politics , Religion , Controversy
Official Toronto Scientology March 15 Protest Video
2008-03-18 17:59:00 See here for an excellent and exhilarating 7-minute video recap of the Toronto Anonymous Scientology picket on 3/15/2008. More About: Video , Religion , Protest
Heartbreaking story of how Church of Scientology?s psychological abuse and
2008-03-18 17:34:00 The daughter of John Boucher spoke at the Washington DC March 15 Anonymous Scientology picket about how the Cult of Scientology’s psychological abuse and indoctrination led Boucher to believe that he was a Suppressive Person (SP), that this was his fault, and that this is the reason why he was unable to be well and progress ... More About: Religion , Church , Abuse , Story
Will Smith denies allegations of becoming a Scientologist
2008-03-18 16:33:00 Will Smith has denied the rumours that he and wife, Jada Pinkett , have become Scientologists. Smith claimed that he is a Christian, but is a student of all religions, and respects all people and all paths. He went on to say “You don’t have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg . You ... More About: Tom Cruise , Religion , Will Smith
Are Will Smith and Jada Pinkett set to become the next Scientology celebrit
2008-03-18 08:54:00 Live News reports that “according to reports in the US, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett are being groomed to become the new face of the controversial Church of Scientology.” Live News cites Radar Magazine as saying that the “Hollywood mega couple have been touted by the Church to help spread information on its practices.” ... More About: Tom Cruise , Religion , Culture
Philadelphia Anonymous: The most electrifying Anons I?ve seen yet
2008-03-18 06:35:00 Click here to see perhaps the most electrifying Anon protest performance yet. Philadelphia Anons put on a show. More About: Religion , Scientology , Anonymous , March 15
Islamic Nations look to up the ante in their opposition to free speech re:
2008-03-17 19:49:00 I was disturbed though not surprised when I read Ed Brayton’s post today which reported that at a recent summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, a group of 57 predominantly Muslim nations, discussion focused on how to eliminate criticism of Islam from around the world. The organization of Islamic nations discussed the possibility ... More About: Free , Nations , Free Speech , Speech
Did the Los Angeles ?Church? of Scientology employ a man with gun to watch
2008-03-17 07:02:00 There are strong allegations being made that the Los Angeles ?Church ? of Scientology employed a man with a gun to watch over Anonymous at the March 15th protest. The man is also accused of brandishing the weapon. While the man denies being employed by the Co$, it is asserted in this video that he was ... More About: Religion , Watch , Culture
An Anonymous response to ad hominem attacks of ?Church? of Scientology
2008-03-17 00:35:00 Click here for video response of an Anonymous Youtuber to the Cult of $cientology’s charges that the collective known as Anonymous is a bigoted terrorist hate group. More About: Religion , Church , Culture , Scientology
Shifty off-duty detective at March 15 Buffalo, NY Anonymous Scientology pro
2008-03-17 00:17:00 WikiNews correspondent DragonFire1024 claims that the Buffalo, NY Anonymous protest against the “Church” of Scientology was supervised by an off-duty detective who refused to provide his full name, badge number, or an interview to DragonFire1024, saying that the would-be interviewer was not a real member of the media. This detective is said to have asked ... More About: Religion , Seattle , Culture , Boston
Sydney Anonymous protestors rock the ?Church? of Scientology
2008-03-17 00:01:00 I have just stumbled upon a collection of pictures from the Sydney , Australia Anonymous protest against the Church of Scientology , where attendance has been estimated at 300. More pictures below. For more pictures from this collection, click here. More About: Religion , Culture
Atlanta police in the back pocket of the ?Church? of Scientology? Peaceful
2008-03-16 22:59:00 In what appears to be a collection of eggregious acts of police injustice, Atlanta police officers arrested a set of peaceful protestors and ticketed a number of drivers who honked in support of the protestors at yesterday’s Anonymous protest on Scientology in Atlanta, Georgia. Two protestors were arrested, apparently for speaking and chanting at the ... More About: Religion , Church , Culture , Police
EPIC WIN: Hundreds of Toronto Anonymous PARTY HARD at March 15 Scientology
2008-03-16 22:08:00 Hundreds of Anonymous filled the sidewalk opposite the Toronto “Church” of Scientology on Saturday March 15 in the most recent major day of protest against the human rights abusing practices of the Cult of Scientology. Most attendance estimates seem to be in the 200-300 range. Police were very friendly and supportive. Protestors were enthusiastic, friendly ... More About: Tom Cruise , News , Religion , Culture , Party
Brenda Martin pleads for rescue from 2+ year Mexican incarceration
2008-03-15 02:39:00 CTV reports that Brenda Martin, a Canadian woman who has been detained without trial and apparently without just cause for over two years in Mexico , has pleaded for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to contact the Mexican President to have this unwarranted abuse end. “I don’t belong here. I have done nothing, Please help me prime minister, please help me, ... More About: Morality
Responding to Intelligent Design/Creationism: The probability of Abiogenesi
2008-03-14 16:26:00 This is the long-delayed second edition of responding to ID/Creationism, which was inspired by the heaps of disingenuity and ignorance offered up by Frank Sherwin of the Institute for Creation Research a few weeks ago at the Christian literalist organized and slanted War of the Worldviews religion debates in Whitby, Ontario. As will generally be the ... More About: Intelligent Design , Religion , Christianity , Design , Evolution
The Boycott Mexico Campaign
2008-03-14 15:56:00 I hope that bloggers, websiters, myspacers and facebookers will join in encouraging people to boycott travel to Mexico until Brenda Martin is released from her unjust Mexican imprisonment, receives a sincere public apology from the Mexican government, and a multi-million dollar payment as an attempt at restitution for her 2+ years of unjust detainment. The story ... More About: Morality , Campaign , Guantanamo , Boycott
It?s L. Ron Hubbard?s Birthday and SCIENTOLOGY IS A TOTALITARIAN TERRORIST
2008-03-13 05:39:00 It’s not everyday that we get to celebrate the birthday of a man who realized his aspiration to get rich by starting up a religion. It’s not everyday that we get to celebrate the birthday of a man who created a totalitarian Orwellian terrorist cult. Today we get to celebrate both. Today is the birthday of the ... More About: News , Religion , Culture , Scientology , Morality
SAVE BRENDA MARTIN: Woman held in Mexican jail for 2+ years without trial.
2008-03-13 03:54:00 From SaveBrenda Fund.Ca: Brenda Martin is a Canadian woman who has been imprisoned in a Mexican jail since February 2006. Brenda?s family have been desperately attempting to raise awareness of her plight, calling on the Canadian Government to ensure that she receives a fair trial. Brenda has had limited contact with her family and friends, and at this ... More About: News , Mexico , Trial
Expelled: No Intelligent Flying Spaghetti Monsters Allowed
2008-03-10 17:44:00 I’m mad. Flaming mad! I thought the scientific community was about academic freedom, following the evidence wherever it leads, and expelling dogmatism. That was until I saw this documentary preview. I was wrong. The scientific community that I had long trusted and respected has been usurped by Darwinist dogmatists. Richard Dawkins may be Darwin’s Rottweiler, ... More About: Intelligent Design , Science , Religion , Evolution , Intelligent
The fundamentalist?s implicit acknowledgement of his own ridiculousness
2008-03-10 07:36:00 Dave Scot at Uncommon Descent [i.e., a ridiculous blog by and for Christian fundamentalists who like to delude themselves and each other into thinking that 1) Intelligent Design is a science rather than one big faith-based argument from ignorance; 2) that there is some grand dogmatic “Darwinist” conspiracy in the scientific community which is dedicated to ... More About: Science , Atheism , Religion , Christianity
If only Canada could be more like Amsterdam?
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 00:25:00 (Taken at a store in Amsterdam by a friend) More About: Canada 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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