And what doesn’t. One thing that doesn’t is debilitating illness.… Read the rest

“Marc, kindly take this post — the link to which I will email to you — as a formal, legally binding, 100% certified style invitation to snort my taint.”… Read the rest

To show the noblity of sharia, says President Mohamed Nasheed. “That the punishments and rulings of Islamic Sharia are not inhumane is very clear to us.”… Read the rest

UN HR High Commissioner Navi Pillay called for a moratorium on flogging as a punishment for fornication; outrage ensued.… Read the rest

Scientism is a philosophy of knowledge which expands to an all-encompassing world-view. “In other words, it is essentially a religious position.”… Read the rest

The aim seems to be to portray those committed to methodological naturalism as devoid of emotion or feeling.… Read the rest

Condemning the abuse of gay people overseas, Perry said, constitutes “a war with people of faith in this country.”… Read the rest

Why build a philosophy based on fixed untruths, when we have so many truths, and so many things still to find out?… Read the rest

The findings are consistent with the possibility that lads’ mags normalise hostile sexism, by making it seem more acceptable when its source is a popular magazine.… Read the rest

Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to education, harms their health, and keeps them second-class citizens.… Read the rest

Undercover BIJ reporters, posing as agents of the Uzbek government, were told that “sorting” criticism on Wikipedia was a service the company could provide.… Read the rest

PR company flogs a new genital cosmetic procedure that involves injecting collagen into the vaginal wall. Journalists go “booya!” and a fad is born.… Read the rest

Mo tries to tell Jesus, but it’s a struggle.… Read the rest

Sebelius’s move drew shock from women’s health advocates who say it goes against Obama’s pledge to reassert the power of science in his administration’s decisions.… Read the rest

Or zucchini or carrots. Hands off unless a man has chopped them up first.… Read the rest

In Canada, as in Europe, politicians look to unelected community leaders, often deeply conservative figures, to speak for their particular communities.… Read the rest

An Australian man who went for the hajj has been sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in jail. Saudi officials accused him of insulting the companions of the prophet Muhammad.… Read the rest

“Why must the admission price to American Atheism be total nonbelief in God?”… Read the rest

The first step was a kosher-certified cell phone, approved by the rabbinical committee for telecommunications.… Read the rest

The brains of children raised in violent families resemble the brains of soldiers exposed to combat: primed to perceive threat and anticipate pain.

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