Belgian Atheist: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Thoughtful and intelligent interview

Sid Schwab of Cutting Through The Crap has posted a video of an excellent interview with Barack Obama.

How anyone could even think of voting for the other side just boggles the mind!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Sarah Mania! Sarah Palin's Greatest Hits

It's almost like watching The Office episode where Ricky Gervais does his dance routine, but then without the laughter ...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

We all knew "the good book" was dangerous

And here's proof, quoting the Bible can get you in jail. It really should come with those warning stickers that say it contains violence, hate speach and sex.

"As far as I know, Pinkney's the first preacher in the history of America to get locked up for quoting the Bible," Davis says. "Deuteronomy is a great chapter—especially that part about killing all the men, women and children from every city."

(via The Stubborn Curmudgeon: Wrong Verse)

Thursday, October 23, 2008

You could probably(!) guess, it's because of the automatic protection religion gets in our society.

See:
http://www.atheistcampaign.org/probably/

A valid point is raised in the comments, a definite christian message should not be allowed as well so as not to offend muslims or other religious sects (and vice verso)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

What's so good about Belgium

Well this article (in dutch) has the following table:

(translated)

	Further ease of abortion	Euthanasia for minors	Adoption for gays and lesbians
unacceptable	21,4%	24,1%	26,3%
undecided	21,2%	18,5%	13,9%
acceptable	57,4%	57,5%	59,8%

The full analysis (PDF) can be downloaded at the end of the article, it is a survey done last year on about 1000 people in Belgium.

Okay, it could be better but then it can always be better. Clearly a majority of Belgians are quite progressive.

This is why I'm not too worried about any religious education that my daughter might be getting when she'll be at a catholic school, chances are most of her teachers won't even believe in a god ...

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Atheists doing something!

Check this out, who ever said that atheists can't get organized ...
A target of £5,500 reached and then some (it's at £35,000!!! at the moment) in just one day (correction, a few hours).
And Richard Dawkins is chipping in too, matching that first £5,500

The times they are a changing:

http://www.justgiving.com/atheistbus

update: I even saw Sarah Palin chiping in ... ;)
And if you want there's a Facebook group for this action:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32985131033

Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally

There may be hope for humanity to overcome extremism.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sarah Palin Song! (I Picked a Girl!) BBK#3

The song starts around 1:30, pretty good.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Women on waves

http://www.womenonwaves.org/

This is such a great cause, it is sad that the world needs it but it is very beautiful that there are people who are willing to devote their lives to helping women in oppressing societies!

Donations can be made here:
https://secure.vuurwerk.nl/~womenb/transaction_e.html