Religion

Stroking a Man's Ego

by Carol Hoenig on 6/11/2008 8:57:01 AM

Some Muslim women are taking advantage of a new surgical procedure called hymenoplasty, which will give them back their virginity. Okay, so it won’t really give them back their virginity, but the man they will marry won’t have to know that.   I’m not going to pretend to understand the culture of a ... Continue »

A Conundrum

by Carol Hoenig on 5/8/2008 9:02:45 AM

On the one hand, I want to let the comment go, especially since I know it comes from a place of being inculcated without the inability to reason. However, on the other hand, there is the desire to perhaps show that not everyone adheres to the same teachings. So, yet again, I will wade in, in respons... Continue »

Freedom to What?

by Carol Hoenig on 4/27/2008 10:18:42 AM

It appears that some people in the Armed Forces believe that they are fighting for America’s theocracy. This is disturbing, as one young soldier discovered.   When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he was excited, he said, to see... Continue »

To quote the pope?

by MisterE on 4/22/2008 12:36:27 PM

Stem cell research is bad? A mass of cells is a life? Does that mean I shouldn't flush the toilet every time I use it? What about that massive booger I just fished out of my nose? I direct the pope to my most recent post about stem cell research, and how negative religious views of science can hind... Continue »

Breaking News: Child molestation shameful

by Geoff on 4/16/2008 11:03:02 AM

Headline on front page of New York Times this morning: "Pope, in U.S., Is 'Ashamed' of Pedophile Priest" Sweet. Glad that's been established. Pedophilia = shameful. Duly noted. So last night at 11, I tuned into the local news and was switching back and forth between the networks to see how the ... Continue »