Women are constantly reminded that their views are only partial; men have the luxury—in life as in grammar—of thinking they represent humanity.… Read the rest

We can get by with more modest aims, such as each doing what we can, consistent with our other projects, to reduce the world’s burden of suffering.… Read the rest

Protesters began hugging and cheering, shouting “Egypt is free!” and “You’re an Egyptian, lift your head”… Read the rest

We like our meta to be meta around here.… Read the rest

Justice Chowdhury ordered the religious affairs ministry to end funding for madrasas and mosques that issue fatwas. Yessssssss.… Read the rest

It has to be a priest. Phones can’t talk to god, stupid!… Read the rest

The homeopathy stand tells the case study of a girl who had allergies from the age of 3-5 and they say that she was cured by homeopaths.… Read the rest

The museum has devoted a ‘small area’ of the gallery to ‘Personal Stories’ without clarifying that these do not lend alternative medicines any credibility.… Read the rest

She stood in the doorway: “If you go to the demonstrations  and get killed, I won’t come for your body.”… Read the rest

As the economy has crashed, the Irish have come face to face with a church-state relationship that was and is perversely antimodern.… Read the rest

Far-right groups and Islamist groups deserve each other.… Read the rest

Hassan al-Roweni, an Egyptian army commander, told protesters in the square that “everything you want will be realised”.… Read the rest

Is one any less ridiculous than the other?… Read the rest

Is it the beginning of the end or just same old same old?… Read the rest

Recruits had a sense of boundless possibility. Mystical powers were forecast; out-of-body experiences were to be expected; fundamental secrets were to be revealed… Read the rest

It lets you pick a commandment and tick off all your sins, keeping a running tally to bring into the confessional with you.… Read the rest

Why bother when God can just impregnate at will?… Read the rest

Obama seems to claim a direct channel to the Almighty and to see himself as God’s representative on earth.… Read the rest

It is in the theist’s interest to convince people that atheism necessarily involves much more certitude than it does.… Read the rest

Religious believers have an inflated sense of the strength of the evidence in support of their view.… Read the rest