Thanks to Facebook, I'm slightly irritated now. Of course the website is innocent, this is about a friend's post. We grew up in a tiny little town with hardcore Christian values. I escaped. She didn't. She posts Christian messages on her Facebook page every day. Today we were treated to this gem:



"The New Testament brings us right down to this one issue - if sin rules in me, God`s life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed. There is nothing more fundamental… Continue

I saw this blog post on Richard Wiseman's blog yesterday. Had a look around to see whether it was posted on TA, but didn't find anything, sorry if someone posted it and I missed it.

I signed it, no second thoughts. I find some of the comments quite stupid. Some people state they don't believe in the devil, but they won't participate, "just in case".

How do you feel about it?

On the one hand, we have peer-reviewed research indicating that diet has no effect on autism. On the other, we have Jenny McCarthy, actress and mother, who says hooey to science!



Jenny McCarthy Dismisses Pediatrics Study on Autism



This was my favourite part: McCarthy dismissed the latest scientific research as worthless, and the scientists who conduct… Continue

If you haven't watched the debate, it is available here in a series of Youtube videos. Speaking for the motion was Richard Harries and Charles Moore, against it, A.C. Grayling and Richard Dawkins.



The two speaking for the motion were quite useless, while Grayling and Dawkins were eloquent, amusing and on point. At one stage I wondered to myself whether this could possibly… Continue

Thank goodness for the internet. Only by ranting here, am I able to restrain myself from screaming in people's faces, waving my arms around like a crazy person.



Take today. I volunteer at a school for learners with autism (in South Africa, school-going pupils or students are called "learners"). During breaktime, while supervising the children, I chatted with two teacher's aides. We were talking about the best places to purchase books online. The one lady (who completed a psychology… Continue