If you’re unfamiliar with Ken Ham, the relatively famous (or is it infamous) creationist, you will be soon enough. Ham is part creator and director of a new Mecca for young earth creationists, a 27 million dollar facility designed by Patrick Marsh, who’s visual flair helped engineer the Jaws and King Kong attractions at Universal […]
I was both amused and stunned at the news this morning of a hen spontaneously changing sex into a rooster in Calcutta, India. The owner claims that the chicken had been laying eggs but for a few days ago, when it suddenly stopped and began displaying male physiques. The University of Florida Institute of Food […]
I’m no fan of tyrannical dictators, particularly men like Saddam Hussein, but I can’t help but feel a certain regret that Iraq is now far worst in his absence. A scary story appeared on CNN.com today concerning the growing trend of violent rhetoric being expressed by Kindergarteners in Iraqi schools. One child was quoted as […]
More trouble in Pakistan, as Islamic fundamentalists kidnapped two police officers and are holding them hostage in a mosque in Islamabad, asking that the government impose “Islamic rule” in the country. The standoff continues, as the military is hesitant to take any action for fear of creating a volatile situation in a country that seems […]
TED.com is a website devoted to sharing ideas and concepts. On it you’ll find tons of videos about all sorts of ideas, amongst them varying viewpoints on religion. This particular video is a 30 minute video lecture by Richard Dawkins recorded in April 2002:
The session was titled “The Design of Life,” and the TED audience […]
It seems a little ironic that a statue in Golden Colorado, recently damaged by a bolt of lightning, may not be covered by the church’s insurance due to it being considered an “act of God”. The fact, however, that it hit and destroyed a holy symbol and doesn’t appear to unnerve any of the nuns […]