Archive for the ‘Religious Fundamentalism’ Category

Republican Dominated Indiana State Senate Committee Votes for Creationism in Schools Yes, it never dies By freetoken Creationism, that zombie of the American political scene, rises again — this time in Indiana: An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday endorsed teaching creationism in public schools, despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of [...]

Nigeria’s descent into holy war A wave of terrorist violence across Nigeria has raised fears of an alliance   between the Islamist Boko Haram movement and al-Qaeda‘s franchise in the   Sahara. Colin Freeman reports from the Boko Haram stronghold of   Maiduguri. Cars allegedly destroyed in army reprisals against residents of Maiduguri for failing to alert them [...]

Obama, Assassination, and the Antichrist Conspiracy Chip Berlet on the connections Randall Gross Nov 19, 2011 [Link: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/11/19/153758/35/Front_Page/Obama_Assassination_and_the_Antichrist_Conspiracy] Even if the shooter is a thorough crackpot his delusions did not form in a vacuum. Hate sites like Prison Planet, Atlas Shrugs, and Farrah’s World Net Daily all do most of the heavy lifting for these [...]

The Suspected White House Shooter’s Right Wing Ideas An anti-government religious fanatic who thinks Obama is the anti-Christ Charles Johnson Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama, and in light of the right wing blogosphere’s ongoing attempts to link Ortega to the Occupy Wall Street protests, it should be pointed [...]

Christian Child-Rearing Manual Is A Frequent Factor In Child Abuse, Even Deaths                 By Susie Madrak So many people were shocked by the video of that Texas judge hitting his child, but I wasn’t. I’ve been reading for a long time about the abusive child-rearing practices of extreme Christian fundamentalists, and I wouldn’t be surprised [...]

The Republicans’ war on science and reason  By  Katrina vanden Heuvel, Published: October 25 Last month, Washington Post columnist Steve Pearlstein wrote that if you wanted to come up with a bumper sticker that defined the Republican Party’s platform it would be this: “Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP.” With their unrelenting attempts to slash [...]

[As previously blogged, conspiracism or conspiracy thinking and religious fundamentalism go hand in hand. Both are irrational world views. Conspiracism, like religion, provides a false sense of enlightenment and "... a thread of insistence exists that only certain, truly enlightened people can see the truth behind the secret plots. Most conspiracies are, so the thinking goes, [...]

Boykin: The Church Is Called To Occupy       Submitted by Brian Tashman Jerry Boykin last week sat down with Paul Crouch Jr. of the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s show First To Know to discuss a new movie based on his autobiography “Never Surrender.” Boykin, who earlier this month demanded that mosques be banned in America, told [...]

Girl accused of blasphemy for a spelling error By Muhammad Sadaqat Published: September 25, 2011 Eighth-grader expelled from school; mother forced to move from city. ABBOTTABAD: It may have been a mere misplaced dot that led to accusations of blasphemy against a Christian eighth-grader, whose miniscule error led to her expulsion from school and uproar [...]

Clergy Should Be Wary Of Religious Right Attempts To Politicize Churches, Says Americans United    September 28, 2011 ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ Is Stunt To Lure Churches Into Illegal Electioneering, Watchdog Group Says Americans United for Separation of Church and State today called on the nation’s clergy to reject Religious Right attempts to turn houses of [...]

Make no mistake, Israel‘s existence is under threat TheDrum By ABC’s Ben Knight Updated September 24, 2011 12:17:39 Photo: Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews don’t work, don’t pay taxes and don’t serve in the army. Not surprisingly, it’s a pretty sore point. Reuters: Gil Cohen Magen Map: Israel Let’s imagine for a moment that at this time next [...]

Being Pakistani and atheist a dangerous combo, but some ready to brave it Bilal Farooqi   3 days ago | Members of Pakistani Atheists and Agnostics trying to make their presence known and reach out to others sharing similar beliefs        KARACHI – They realise that they belong to a country where apostasy means inviting the [...]

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court Justice Sh Azmat Saeed on Monday ordered ministry of information and technology to block access to all websites in Pakistan especially American social networking website “Facebook”, spreading religious hatred on internet and to submit a compliance report by October 6. The judge, however, made it clear that no search [...]