Quote: Herman Melville
Backward and forward, eternity is the same; already we have been the nothing we dread to be.
Article: “More Dismal News for the Pope”
The number of people leaving the Church jumped by nearly 50 percent in 2010 as the Roman Catholic abuse scandal escalated.
Video: “Stephen Fry vs Ann Widdecombe: Catholic Church Debate”
Video: “Right-Wing KKKristian Sicko Anita Bryant Pie in Face 1977”
Article: “Three Golden Rules for Book Reviewing: What are They?”
To sneer at it as obvious would be a mistake. Even the clunky or stammering expression of the three rules (“what the reviewer thinks about what the author says about that thing the book is about”) works as a hammer, driving home the essential principles and their distinctly separate, yet profoundly interrelated nature.
Video: Richard Dawkins, “Why Are There Still Chimpanzees?”
Article: “When Religion Becomes Lethal: Lessons from Norway”
[…] some of the worst things human beings have done to one another have been done in the name of or justified by religion. Religion is a powerful force inspiring constructive and destructive behavior among believers.
