Kent Hovind - Out Of Jail And Home For Christmas ?

Will Kent Hovind Be Home In Time For Christmas ?

Did Comet Ison's Orbit Change Or ?

COMET ISON CHANGED ORBIT ?

As I have said in the past, I'm not a highly educated man. But under 10 minutes of math can debunk hours of wishful thinking on conspiracy websites.

 Maths. It works.

How ONE SINGLE WORD stopped religious advertising!

In 2012 Co-organizer and Spokesperson of the Northeast Pensylvania freethought society Justin Vacula attempted to get an athiest advertisement on the County of Lackawanna transport system. The proposal was rejected as it was considered 'attacking religion' and it could spark public debate.

Oh heaven forbid we have a public debate about anything of consequence.



This year another proposal was rejected by COLTS.

“It’s our aim to be completely neutral on religious issues” said COLTS solicitor Timothy Hinton.

I'm sorry to inflict this on my viewers, but here is the horrible devisive advertisement that COLTs rejected. Look away now if you are at all squeemish.

Horrific, isn't it?

In its refusal letter to Justin Vacula, COLTS states "It is COLTS goal to provide a safe and welcoming environment on its buses for the public at large. The acceptance of ads that promote debate over public issues such as abortion, gun control or the existence of God in a confined space like the inside of a bus detracts from our goal"

This advertising proposal has caused COLTS to revise its advertising policy to protect the general public from anything that might cause them offence.

On the 17th of September the COLTS board meeting adopted a new advertising policy.

Under the new policy ads “that promote the existence or non-existence of a supreme deity, deities, being or beings; that address, promote, criticize or attack a religion or religions, religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs; that directly quote or cite scriptures, religious text or texts involving religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs; or otherwise religious in nature” will not be accepted.

The NEPA are continuing to pursue the matter.

Ideally I'd like to see the advertising open to all points of view but as new policy prohibits it I guess that's not going to happen.

One word managed to get all religious advertising shut down. That's power!

Dinosaurs in Genesis and Contaminated Holy Water!

Now for a story that could leave a bad taste in your mouth.
According to the mail online, most holy water is contaminated with feacal matter and could be harmful to your health.
The report quotes from a study by the Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology in Vienna that analysed holy springs and fonts in Austria.
It found that some holy springs had concentrations of nitrates in them from agriculture. It also found that 86% of holy water has feacal matter in it, and every millilitre of water has up to 62 million bacteria in it!
A microbiologist from the Medical University of Vienna recommends that the responsible authorities and priests put up warning signs by the holy springs. He also recommends that salt could be added to holy water in fonts to reduce the chance of bacteria thriving, he also suggests that holy water in churches should be changed regularly. Personally I'd recommend staying away from Church altogether. Holy shit!



Have you ever heard of the Blue Ridge Christian Academy? Perhaps this will jog your memory.

The Blue Ridge Christian Academy was a Christian school in South Carolina at the cutting edge of creationist science education.

Did I say cutting edge ? Sorry, I meant to say it was a steaming pile of horseshit that milked the willfully ignorant in an attempt to indoctrinate their unfortunate offspring into the intellectual desert wasteland that is creationism.

According to "The Christian Post", the Blue Ridge Christian Academy will close down due to a lack of funds, despite an appeal by Mark Looy and Ken Ham on the "Answers in Genesis" website. The school needed $200,000 to remain open and in the end managed to raise $15,000. Answers in Genesis also asked for readers to pray for the school. I guess they didn't pray hard enough.

I'd like to ask you all to ponder this sad loss of academic powerhouse. I know I'm going to be choking back the tears for nanoseconds.

Just think, those kids wont learn about how the world is 6,000 years old or that humans and dinosaurs coexisted. This loss of a vibrant thinktank of creationism will be about as sadly missed as a case of syphilis.

Chained patients found during raid on Church mental health facility!

Just another piece of evidence that religion, or rather those that believe in it, cause real, physical harm.

My thoughts on the eve of Election 2013

It appear that the Liberal party is going to win, but I at least hope the minor parties get to hold the balance of power.

I'm voting for the Secular Party of Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZW5wvdvf1c

In just over two weeks, Australia will go to the polls and elect a new government.

My voting intention this year is to vote for the Secular Party Of Australia for the senate.

The secular party is my choice for a progressive, multi-platform party that has the will and drive to enshrine the separation of church and state, something lacking in this country.

The secular party of Australia places emphasis on formulating policies based on evidence, rather than dogma. What a refreshing change that will be!

The secular party favours dismantling the National schools Chaplaincy program – a program that cost Australians over 200 million dollars. You remember the NSCP, the program that wasn't supposed to be about religion but violates the Australian constitution? The same program that had funding deemed 'invalid' by the high court of Australia. The same program that puts unqualified counsellors into schools. The same counsellors who may or may not know a damn thing about counselling children. The secular party is intent on replacing it with a program that supplies qualified counsellors. Counsellors who wont advise children on spiritual issues as some of them currently do. What a novel concept, it sounds a bit like seeing a doctor instead of homoeopath.

Speaking of homoeopathy, did you know that Australians spend more on complementary medicines than on realmedicines ? You know, the medicines that actually have been tested and approved ? The Secular party has proposed cracking down these questionable remedies by tightening regulations and asking for some actual proof of efficiency before Medicare rebates will apply.

As I said at the start, this party is not a single-issue party, it has many policies. Sensible, evidence based policies that aren't the result of some dogmatic interpretation of a 2000 year old book put together by a bunch of semi-nomadic goat herders who were writing down recollections of their ancestors.

Policies for example that will end the tax breaks and exemptions for religious institutions. Tax breaks will still be available for not-for-profit organisations of any particular religious or non-religious persuasion provided they can pass a public benefit test. You know, the sort of test that shows that the tax-free money is actually helping the community at large, and not just 'advancing religion'. Once again, the commitment to evidence-based legislation makes sense.

The Secular party specifically deplores the demonisation of asylum seekers. With the two major parties engaging in a contest to see who can kick the shit out of the most vulnerable of vulnerable, it's rather nice to see a party prepared to treat people as.. well... people. Migrants to Australia will be expected to understand that fundamental to Australian values is the idea that women and men are equal. New Australian citizens will have to understand that their primary loyalty will be to Australian values, including freedom of religion and not to their religion (assuming they have one!).

The secular party proposes that oaths for public offices that currently reference religion should be replaced with a more inclusive and secular oath, with an optional religious oath to follow the legally binding affirmation. See! No coercion and you can still swear your allegiance to the carpenter zombie if you want.

While we're talking about authority and government, don't you think it might be time for an Australian head of state? The secular party favours a republic, rather than the current system of an English woman who is head of our state because of archaic hereditary laws. Sounds like a great career path to me, but I can't see much room for promotion.

Was that blasphemy? Let's hope not, because in Australian there are still blasphemy laws on the books. Laws that should have been removed long ago like a the malignant cancer they are. Laws just waiting for the opportunity to be hijacked by some offended religious nutter in the name of their chosen all mighty myth.

I'll be voting for Secular party in the senate because of a commitment to evidence based policy, a commitment to separating church and state, and a commitment to end the National School Chaplaincy program. I'm voting secular australian party because secularism is central to religious freedom. Freedom is something we can all get behind.