Ultra-Orthodox Torch Israeli Flag in Belgium Bonfire [Link: www.timesofisrael.com...] Dozens of haredi Orthodox schoolchildren participated in a Lag b’Omer bonfire in Antwerp that featured the burning of an Israeli flag. An eyewitness who photographed the event on May 10 said the boys attended a cheder of the Satmar community — an anti-Zionist Chasidic stream of [...]
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Judeo-Fascist Religious Cultists Torch Israeli Flag
Posted: May 16, 2012 in God Delusion, Haters of Secular Liberty, Jewish Cults, Religio-Fascists, Religious Roots of HatredTags: Anti-Zionism, Antwerp, Beit Shemesh, Belgium, Flag of Israel, Haredi Judaism, interior courtyard, israeli flags, Joods Actueel, lag b omer, Lag BaOmer, Middle East, Politics, Satmar
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Conspiracy Thinking Like God Belief | Undeterred By Facts or Internal Contradictions
Posted: February 5, 2012 in Conspiracism, Conspiracy Crackpots, Conspiracy Crazies, Conspiracy Loons, Conspiracy Theories, God, God Delusion, God InventionTags: Conspiracy theory, Diana Princess of Wales, LiveScience, Osama bin Laden, Princess Diana, Secret Intelligence Service, Shutterstock, University of Kent
Conspiracy theorists not deterred by contradictions The notion that authorities are engaged in massive deceptions supports any individual theory, thus allowing conspiracy theorists to endorse different ideas. By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Photo: Alexey Stiop/Shutterstock Did Princess Diana fake her own death to escape the public eye? Or was she killed by a rogue element [...]
The Fireplace Delusion
Posted: February 4, 2012 in God Delusion, Sam HarrisTags: Air pollution, Australia, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Beijing, Fireplace, Smoke, United States, Wood fuel, World Health Organization
The Fireplace Delusion It seems to me that many nonbelievers have forgotten—or never knew—what it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers [...]
How Prayer Really Works
Posted: January 25, 2012 in God Delusion, Religious Delusion, SuperstitionTags: Christian, Christianity, God, Irrational Thinking, Jesus, Prayer, Purpose, Record chart, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Delusion, Superstition
The Power of Prayer This simple chart provides a fairly accurate description of why prayer serves no real purpose. Assuming that the god at which religious believers are directing their prayers has some sort of plan for them, as most Christians insist, prayer is either redundant or futile. If one’s prayer happens to coincide with the [...]
Belief in Elves vs Belief in Gods?
Posted: January 7, 2012 in Belief in Elves, Belief In Gods, God Delusion, SuperstitionTags: Belief, Elf, Erlendur Haraldsson, Huldufólk, Iceland, Icelanders, Pétur Pétursson, University of Iceland
Belief in Elves vs. Belief in Gods – Is One More Reasonable or More Rational? Is Belief in God More Rational than Belief in Elves? By Austin Cline, About.com Guide Comparisons to belief in elves or fairies to belief in gods are frequently used by atheists either as an argument about why belief in gods [...]
