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What I've learned from debating religious people around the world.

By Christopher Hitchens

This week sees the opening on various cinema marquees of the film Collision: a buddy-and-road movie featuring last year's debates between Pastor Douglas Wilson, who is a senior fellow at New St. Andrew's College, and your humble servant. (If I may be forgiven, it's also available on DVD, and you can buy our little book of exchanges, Is Christianity Good for the World?)

Newsweek's reviewer beseeches you not to go and see the film, largely on the… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on October 28, 2009 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

Saudi female TV journalist gets 60 lashes

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes in a case brought after a Lebanese television channel she worked for aired the sex confession of a Saudi man, the reporter and a lawyer said.

Rosana, 22, who did not want her full name disclosed, said a court in Jeddah convicted her on Saturday on grounds that the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) she worked for did not have proper authorization to operate in… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on October 25, 2009 at 8:05pm — 4 Comments

Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey. You can read the full post here

My quick thoughts on this are this

This number would SKYROCKET to Pluto if abortion was made… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on October 14, 2009 at 4:37am — 1 Comment

Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the relic was man-made, a group of Italian debunkers claimed Monday.

See the original Shroud of Turin compared to the one created by scientists.

The shroud bears the figure of a crucified man, complete with blood seeping out of nailed hands… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on October 6, 2009 at 3:58pm — 8 Comments

JK Rowling denied top US honour because she's a witch. Good job USA.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling missed out on a top honour because some US politicians believed she "encouraged witchcraft", it has been claimed.

Matt Latimer, former speech writer for President George W Bush, said that some members of his administration believed her books promoted sorcery.

As a result, she was never presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The claims appear in Latimer's new book called Speechless: Tales of a White House… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on September 30, 2009 at 11:30pm — 8 Comments

Religious life won't be the same after downturn

NEW YORK – Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.

The Great Recession made things worse.

It's further drained the financial resources of many congregations, seminaries and religious day schools. Some congregations have disappeared and schools have been closed. In areas hit hardest by the recession, worshippers have… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on September 29, 2009 at 2:47pm — 4 Comments

On November 18, 1992, more than 1,600 scientists, including 104 Nobel laureates, from around the world endorsed a warning. Here's what they said.

WORLD SCIENTISTS' WARNING TO HUMANITY

Human beings and the natural world are on a collision

course. Human activities inflict harsh and often

irreversible damage on the environment and on critical

resources. If not checked, many of our current practices

put at serious risk the future that we wish for human

society and the plant and animal kingdoms, and may so alter

the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in

the manner that we know.… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on September 21, 2009 at 7:14pm — 2 Comments

A little look into Norway

Extras from Michael Moore's "Sicko". Does France really have the best health care system in the world? If you thought the Canadian and British systems made the U.S. look bad, brace yourself. In this chapter, we visit a country that blows them all out of the water. Come visit the country that was too extreme, too controversial and too scary to make it into 'SiCKO.'

Pretty interesting in depth look into Norway. What are your guys thoughts? Especially about the… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on September 6, 2009 at 11:30pm — 6 Comments

Education Needs to Be Turned on Its Head

After reading this article by my friend Leo Babauta. I was in shock because this is exactly what happened with me growing up, especially in elementary school. I was always be called out not being able to expressive myself. I am not going to go into details but this article sums it up. :]

“Our culture lies. They say they want to encourage and reward individuality and creativity, but in… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on August 31, 2009 at 12:46am — 4 Comments

The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate

To the credit of opponents of health-care reform, the lies and exaggerations they're spreading are not made up out of whole cloth—which makes the misinformation that much more credible. Instead, because opponents demand that everyone within earshot (or e-mail range) look, say, "at page 425 of the House bill!," the lies take on a patina of credibility. Take the claim in one chain e-mail that the government will have electronic access to everyone's bank account, implying that the Feds will rob… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on August 29, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Pope links atheism, environmental destruction, urges world leaders to act

August 27, 2009

In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Benedict, linking atheism and secularism with environmental destruction, summarized his new encyclical’s teaching on man’s duties towards the environment:

Is it not true that inconsiderate use of creation begins where God is marginalized or also where his existence is denied? If the human creature's relationship with the Creator weakens, matter is reduced to egoistic possession, man becomes the "final authority," and… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on August 27, 2009 at 3:47pm — 7 Comments

Health Care Explained On The Back Of A Napkin (SLIDESHOW)

Healthcare Napkins All

View more documents from…

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Added by Morgan Matthew on August 20, 2009 at 9:16pm — 2 Comments

Mother Says Devil Made Her Kill Son

DALLAS — Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother screaming that she killed her son after the devil told her to do it.

Otty Sanchez, 33, of San Antonio, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds to her chest and stomach, said San Antonio police spokesman Joe Rios. Investigators took a sword, a machete and a kitchen knife from the home.

Officers also found two… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on July 27, 2009 at 1:35am — 6 Comments

Jurors convict evangelist on 10 sex-abuse counts

TEXARKANA, Ark. – Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.

Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away a tear.

"I'm just another one of the prophets… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on July 24, 2009 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

10 Fun Facts About Charles Darwin

Everyone knows about Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection, but did you know that he once ate an owl, just for kicks? Or that he almost didn't make it aboard HMS Beagle because of the shape of his nose? Behold Neatorama's 10 Fun Facts About Charles Darwin:

1. Darwin Once Ate an Owl

Darwin was an inquisitive man. Sure he was curious about nature and all that science stuff, but he's also a guy. So when he saw strange animals, he often wondered… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on June 29, 2009 at 2:30am — 8 Comments

Gingrich: Americans ‘surrounded by paganism.’

On Friday, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Oliver North visited Rock Church in Hampton Roads, Virginia to give a three-hour long lecture on “Rediscovering God in America.” The speakers warned the audience about the “continuing availability of abortion, the spread of gay rights, and attempts to remove religion from American public life and school history books.” The Virginia-Pilot reported that Gingrich argued that, while Christianity is the foundation of American citizenship, Americans are… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on June 7, 2009 at 4:30pm — 7 Comments

Tweets of Hate: The Crazy Right Twitters About the Assassination of Dr Tiller.

One side effect of Twitter is that the stupid, bigoted comments people used to make at the water cooler now get preserved for future employers to find using Google.

A small sample of the hatred expressed on Twitter after the assassination of Dr Tiller:

* Crap, I always forgot hashtags. I'm happy Tiller's dead. - Jennifer Waite, Selah, Washington

* UPDATE... Doctor George Tiller was aborted today in his 204th trimester - aren't paybacks a bitch - Punch

* oh HAPPY… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on June 1, 2009 at 3:51am — 6 Comments

Wikioperating Thetan Level Zero

In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.

Closing out the longest-running court case in Wikiland history, the site’s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to 0 (with one abstention) in favor of the move, which takes effect immediately.

Popular Whitepapers

The eighth most popular site on the web, Wikipedia… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on May 29, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Morgan Matthew's Moment of Truth

Hey guys, since school has died down a little bit I have been able to do a little more thinking about how I became atheist. I would like to share my critical thinking moment with the rest of you so you can get to know me a bit more. Please feel free to share your own critical thinking moment that turned the tide or turned a light on for you.

I believe I was a junior in high school, and I was sitting in the psychology class with a teacher… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on May 15, 2009 at 12:25am — 8 Comments

6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline

One of the biggest problems people face is the lack of discipline — they have goals or habits they want to achieve, but lack that discipline needed to stick with it.

Then we beat ourselves up about it. We feel crappy because we can’t stick with it.

And that leads to more failure, because we’re forming a mindset that we don’t have the necessary discipline.

Here’s what to do when you face a situation like… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on May 14, 2009 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

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