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It has been reported in the news today that a mother died hours after giving birth in Shropshire. The details are still unclear pending an enquiry, but it seems that she died because she needed a blood transfusion after complications during the birth of her twins. The technology was available: it isn't wholly uncommon to have complications…
I’ve always been interested in cults and the devastating harm they can do to individuals and the people around them. The video does outline some of the actual techniques that cults use on prospects and members, and even if it seems a little light-hearted at first, it makes some serious points. These cults are a…
A few weeks ago, I was approached by the New Statesman Online team after they found my blog and decided they wanted me to write a few articles for them about atheism for their Faith Column. Of course, it's a little ironic to be asked to write about a lack of Faith in a "Faith…
Saw this at Nev’s tonight and thought it worth posting up here. We got talking about a column I’m trying to write for the online edition of a UK publication; I’ve dusted off my old atheism books to bone up on what I want to say, so it was inspiring to see this short video:
I found this today, quite by chance and thought it was clever – a nice diagrammatical representation of observation versus revelation. Please click on the image to enlarge it:
In publishing this post, I'm going to do a few things: Add to the mountain of "news" around the Islam issue in this country. Air some half-baked ideas I've got. Open myself up for possible abuse and threats. Hopefully learn from my readers through their comments on my thoughts. I don't really understand…
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