Anonymous disables Vatican website, protests Catholic church - National Anonymous. Anonymous hacktivists in Italy take responsibility for temporarily disabling the Vatican website, claims the Vatican represents an absurd anachronism. On Wednesday. Anonymous-Italia, a faction of hacktivists in Italy associated with the nebulous and notorious international Internet collective known as Anonymous, disabled the Vatican website for several hours, making it inaccessible to users. In a Pastebin release announcing the action, the Italian hacktivsts relay a long and detailed list of grievances against the Catholic church. The Anonymous hacktivists explain that they had “decided to lay siege” to the Vatican website “in response to the doctrines, liturgies and the precepts absurd and anachronistic” that the church “propagates and spreads worldwide.” The announcement goes on to charge the Catholic church with playing “a significant role in helping Nazi war criminals find refuge in foreign countries and to evade international justice.”
“Ohai Pope. How the purity culture made me afraid of men | Love Joy Feminism. Navy atheist required to pray, say "Amen", and feign hatred of atheists. Aron Ra is a prominent atheist on YouTube, and also the new Texas State Director for American Atheists. He and Thunderf00t, and the rest of the gang at the Magic Sandwich Show had me on as a guest just recently. It prompted an anonymous sailor to write in to Aron Ra, who forwarded it to me. He’s trying to deal with being in the atheist closet.
It’s time we all start calling this stuff out every time. If you can’t speak out for whatever reason, at least report it to someone like me. Dear Friend,I am writing today to make you aware of my situation. Bryan Fischer: Petty little high school junior is America’s newest religious bigot - RIGHTLYCONCERNED.COM. By Bryan Fischer Follow me on Twitter: @BryanJFischer, on Facebook at “Focal Point” I have created the American Association of Religious Bigots (AARB) to honor the Christophobes in America who just cannot stand the thought that someone, somewhere, might be enjoying his unalienable, God-given right to religious liberty and freedom of speech.
The newest Focal Point-certified member of the AARB is a high school junior from Rhode Island, Jessica Ahlquist by name. She has been added to the list as of today. (For the full list of this Hall of Shame, go here.) This little atheist bully, with the help of the grammatically-challenged Freedom From Religion Foundation (the Constitution guarantees freedom “of” religion, not freedom “from” religion), got a prayer banner pulled off the wall of a Rhode Island high school, a banner that had not been bothering anybody since it was first put up in 1963.
The banner was, in fact, a gift to the school from its first graduating class. Ms. Rice Boy. Rice Boy is a brightly colored and surreal fantasy adventure story, set in the ninth century of the Red Age of Overside. It was started in April 2006 and finished in May 2008. It is divided into five books, and available in one printed edition. You can read the entire story here. Purchase the Book | Purchase the Limited Hard-Cover Book In which old friends The One Electronic and Calabash meet and discuss business over drinks, paid for by Mr. T-O-E. pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 In which T-O-E revisits an acquaintance named Rice Boy to discuss a sort of employment opportunity and give him a sandwich. pages: 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 In which T-O-E tells the story of Spatch, the corrupt frog-king of the swamp called Sunk. pages: 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 In which Rosemary interrupts the exchange between Rice Boy and T-O-E, and T-O-E departs for Suntown. pages: 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | pages: 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | In which Golgo meets with his employer.
Rice Boy. One Town's War on Gay Teens | Politics News. Every morning, Brittany Geldert stepped off the bus and bolted through the double doors of Fred Moore Middle School, her nerves already on high alert, bracing for the inevitable. "Dyke. " Pretending not to hear, Brittany would walk briskly to her locker, past the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders who loitered in menacing packs. "Whore. " Like many 13-year-olds, Brittany knew seventh grade was a living hell. But what she didn't know was that she was caught in the crossfire of a culture war being waged by local evangelicals inspired by their high-profile congressional representative Michele Bachmann, who graduated from Anoka High School and, until recently, was a member of one of the most conservative churches in the area. Michele Bachmann's Holy War Brittany didn't look like most girls in blue-collar Anoka, Minnesota, a former logging town on the Rum River, a conventional place that takes pride in its annual Halloween parade – it bills itself the "Halloween Capital of the World.
" "OK. " Christian Fascism Is Coming to a Public School Near You | Friendly Atheist. DUQpb.jpg (535×553) Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats? January 18, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. If you take away just two things from the story about atheist high school student Jessica Ahlquist, and the court case she won last week to have a prayer banner taken out of her public school, let it be these: The ruling in this case was entirely unsurprising. It is 100 percent in line with unambiguous legal precedent, established and re-established over many decades, exemplifying a basic principle of constitutional law. As a result of this lawsuit, Jessica Ahlquist is now being bullied, ostracized and threatened with violence in her community. Which leads one to wonder: What the hell is going on here?
Let's get #1 out of the way first. But Jessica Ahlquist's was not one of them. For anyone who doesn't understand this ruling or agree with it, let me take a moment to explain. And the right to not have your government impose a religious belief on you is one of these basic rights. Mother Starves Son for Resurrection Experiment | Unreasonable Faith.
Reporter of Bill Nye, Moonbat story speaks - National skepticism. When Tim Woods attended a lecture of Bill Nye's at McClennan Community College, he could hardly have known it would become the an Internet sensation. "I’m constantly baffled by the stories that get the most hits," Woods says in a telephone conversation. You can do a story that's immensely important, and a story about a lost cat takes off. During a lecture, Bill Nye had recited a Bible verse, Genesis 1:16, “God made two great lights - the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars," then pointed out that the moon, actually, was a reflector. How Woods characterized the audience reaction, and others characterized his characterization, would cause blog swarm. Here is how Woods describes the events that followed in his story: He pointed out that the sun, the “greater light,” is but one of countless stars and that the “lesser light” is the moon, which really is not a light at all, rather a reflector of light.
“We believe in a God!” Homosexuals a national security risk. Playing God: The Loving Psychopath. Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry on The Ten Commandments. Priest says Hell is an invention of the church to control people with fear .avi. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 - Quotes of the Day - TIME.com. Return to Africa’s Witch Children - Planet Documentary. Texans: Dinosaurs, Humans Walked the Earth at Same Time — Public Education. Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
The differences in beliefs about evolution and the length of time that living things have existed on earth are reflected in the political and religious preference of our respondents, who were asked four questions about biological history and God: • 38 percent said human beings developed over millions of years with God guiding the process and another 12 percent said that development happened without God having any part of the process. Another 38 percent agreed with the statement "God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. " • Asked about the origin and development of life on earth without injecting humans into the discussion, and 53 percent said it evolved over time, "with a guiding hand from God. " One Million Dads.com - Issue details. According to the Nashville Gay Pride website, Home Depot gave over $5,000 to be a major sponsor of its 2009 Gay Pride Festival in June.
But simply financing the event wasn't enough for the big box chain. Home Depot also signed on as a vendor, conducting kid's craft workshops for children via a special booth set up just for them. To this end, Home Depot is basically encouraging the attendance of children at events which openly expose them to transvestites, cross-dressers, and homosexual activities. Unfortunately, Home Depot's participation in the Nashville Pride Festival doesn't stand alone.
It has also sponsored kid's booths at other gay events in Atlanta, Kansas City, Durham, Portland, and San Diego. Gay pride events have a long track record for offensive public displays of homosexual conduct. If you see a commercial or program which is offensive, . One Million Moms.com - Issue details. Australian to Get 500 Lashes for Blasphemy - Middle East. 205.
Blasphemy Those 'defenders' of Muhammed and his friends are the real blasphemers. They elevate themselves above Muhammed indicating he can't defend himself, they put him in the light to be weak, so they have to help him.Are those 'defenders' stronger than Muhammed? Do they say, we have to come to help our prophet, we protect him? Hans, Maryborough (9/12/11) Reply to comment Delete Report comment 0 204. The truth about Islam. jonah, (8/12/11) 203. Obviously the guy was a muslim, so he deserved what he got. Thomas, Dallas (8/12/11) 202. For every 5 lashes the Austrailian man receives, Australia should close down one Mosque, permanently. Robb, Seattle (8/12/11) Reply to comment Delete Report comment 1 201. When will the world discover that Islam has mutated into a death cult - it is us dead or them dead - I choose them! Shlomo Wollins, Jerusalem (8/12/11) 200. Because he did what??
John, Stow (8/12/11) Well I insult the "Towel Heads" every day... Brian, May (8/12/11) 198. 197. 196. 193. muhammad. Perry TV Ad: I Can Defend Faith from Obama’s “War on Religion" Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S. The United States ranks first among developed nations in rates of both teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
In an effort to reduce these rates, the U.S. government has funded abstinence-only sex education programs for more than a decade. However, a public controversy remains over whether this investment has been successful and whether these programs should be continued. Using the most recent national data (2005) from all U.S. states with information on sex education laws or policies (N = 48), we show that increasing emphasis on abstinence education is positively correlated with teenage pregnancy and birth rates. This trend remains significant after accounting for socioeconomic status, teen educational attainment, ethnic composition of the teen population, and availability of Medicaid waivers for family planning services in each state.
Figures Editor: Virginia J. Received: March 8, 2011; Accepted: August 16, 2011; Published: October 14, 2011 Introduction Table 1. Table 2. Afghanistan's Bloody Tuesday - An FP Slideshow.
Why Are People Still Afraid of Atheism? November 23, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Plenty of people are reviled for their religious beliefs. A landmark 2006 study, analyzing data from a large survey of Americans, found that atheists “are less likely to be accepted, publicly and privately, than any others from a long list of ethnic, religious and other minority groups.”
So why are atheists “among the least liked people … in most of the world,” in the words of a research team led by University of British Columbia psychologist Will Gervais? Atheists, they argue, are widely viewed as people you cannot trust. “People use cues of religiosity as a signal for trustworthiness,” the researchers write in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Given that “trustworthiness is the most valued trait in other people,” this mental equation engenders a decidedly negative attitude toward nonbelievers. Consider one of the experiments. Greta Christina's Blog: Atheists and Anger. I want to talk about atheists and anger. This has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read. I'm not going to be as polite and good-tempered as I usually am in this blog; this piece is about anger, and for once I'm going to fucking well let myself be angry.
But I think it's important. One of the most common criticisms lobbed at the newly-vocal atheist community is, "Why do you have to be so angry? " So I want to talk about: 1. Why atheists are angry; 2. And 3. So let's start with why we're angry. I'm angry that according to a recent Gallup poll, only 45 percent of Americans would vote for an atheist for President. I'm angry that atheist conventions have to have extra security, including hand-held metal detectors and bag searches, because of fatwas and death threats. I'm angry that it took until 1961 for atheists to be guaranteed the right to serve on juries, testify in court, or hold public office in every state in the country. I'm angry about what happened to Galileo.
Zach Wahls Speaks About Family. Zach Wahls is messed up. Here's how. I've seen this video floating around facebook quite a bit the past day or so. If you haven't seen the video, watch it. If you already have, just to refresh your memory, the YouTube video summary says exactly this: Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Wahls has two mothers, and came to oppose House Joint Resolution 6 which would end civil unions in Iowa. In many of the facebook threads I've seen linking this video, those sympathetic to his cause have asked the same question. Easy. 30 seconds into his speech, Mr. So, to dial things back a bit, Mr. So to remedy that problem, what did Mr. That's what Mr.
And what does her son, Zach Wahls, think about all that? That's something which is really cool for me. The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character, Mr. And in the end, he believed them. So, while Mr. Homosexuality criminalized by Nigerian Senate: Christians, Muslims cheer - National Humanist. Although Christians and Muslims continue killing each other in Nigeria, there is one thing the two religious sects share - a mean and irrational hatred for homosexuals. On Tuesday, a bill criminalizing any and all homosexual behavior was passed by the Nigerian Senate.
Under the proposed law, anyone found guilty of any publicly display of “same-sex amorous relationships” would receive a 10-year jail term. In addition, anyone advocating for gay rights or gay marriage would also be subject to a 10-year prison sentence. Finally, anyone who dared enter into a same-sex marriage would face 14 years in prison. The bill must go to the nation's House of Representatives for a vote before President Goodluck Jonathan can sign it into law. According to Amnesty International, the bill would: British prime minister, David Cameron, has threatened to withhold aid from Nigeria and any other nation violating gays rights. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement:
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