Your Australian Source of Atheist News
Archive for February, 2012
Young Earth Creationists are coming to spread bullshit in your state
Feb 22nd
Creation Ministries International, that hotbed of science denial and biblical inerrancy, is bringing their special brand of crazy back to Australia in April-May 2012, with their so-called Question Evolution 2012 Tour.
Christadelphian conference – keeping the women in their place
Feb 21st
The Christadelphians are a 150-year old biblical nut cult notable mostly for an extreme propensity to schism. They’re biblical literalists; they start from an assumption that the bible is the inerrant word of god, and derive all their doctrines from that.
Debaptism: reversing the crazy
Feb 20th
There are several reports online regarding Rene LeBouvier, age 71, who is attempting to have his Catholic baptism reversed and who has taken the Catholic church in France to court for their refusal to do so, to his satisfaction.
As an unconsenting recipient myself of baptism, delivered when I was too young to understand it, my More >
It’s time to get God out of our schools
Feb 19th
Hat tip to Tracy Spicer for writing Get God out of our schools and lending her voice toward this important goal.
The Good Book
Feb 18th
Here’s Tim Minchin in fine form, putting the boot into mindless worship of the Bible:
The Good Book
This is the performance with one of my favourite Tim Minchin moments, where he messes up his playing, says “oh, that’s fucked” and plays it again while making faces at the audience.
Julian Baggini and the threat of militant secularism
Feb 17th
On 2012-02-14, Julian Baggini wrote this piece in The Guardian: Is religion really under threat? discussing in part the response of various religious leaders and politicians to the rise of so-called “aggressive secularism”. Baggini argues for neutrality as a core secularist principle. Yet he also says that we should not fight against prayers in council More >
