As we continue the countdown to Armageddon, when the Antichrist emerges and we infidels finally get our deserved comeuppance (just as Nostradamus predicted), mathew reminds us to party like it's 1999!
Our newsletter has a whole new look! This month's focus is on the reproductive rights of women as it relates to the ongoing pro-life and pro-choice debate.
The International Society for Islamic Secularization (ISIS) was formed "to take the debate concerning Islam a step further and to move Islamic society and culture a little closer to the ideals of rationalism, secularism, democracy and human rights, with particular emphasis on the freedom of expression, the freedom of intellectual and scientific inquiry, the freedom of belief, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience and religion -- including the freedom to change one's religion or belief, and the freedom from religion, the freedom not to believe in any deity. After the failure of Political Islam in Iran, Sudan, and Pakistan, and the massacres, slaughters, and continuous killings in Algeria, we believe that secularizing Islamic societies by complete separation of mosque and state is the only humanistic alternative.
Flew argues that we do not survive our own deaths.
"Both apologetics and anti-apologetics should be engaged in persuasion, not coercion, and the attempt to ground irrationality charges against one's opponents is a misguided enterprise."
Carrier outlines three decisive objections to the Resurrection story: 1) the event is not proportionate to the theory, 2) the evidence casts suspicion on the event being a true Resurrection, and 3) the New Testament casts suspicion on Jesus actually appearing after his death.
Special Christmas Issue! The Origins of Santa Claus. Focus on the healing power of prayer. What to do at Christmas? and much, much more . . .
mathew tells us how he became a Saint in the Church of Elvis and looks at Elvis worship in fact and fiction. Also, the Raelians are back to clone your pets, and they'll be returning later for your children. Plus cloning Jesus and dedicating your meal to Satan . . .
Judith Hayes argues, "In trying to imagine a world without religion, we have to imagine, for a start, a world that never engaged in any of the above mentioned religious wars and inquisitions. Think of it. All that killing and torture would never have happened."