Will religious leaders ever learn? Senior pastor Cho Yong-gi of Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest Christian church in the world, has faced vicious public condemnation as he called the catastrophic Japanese quakes and tsunamis “God’s warnings.” “I fear that this disaster may be warnings from God against the Japanese people’s atheism and materialism,” an […]

I don’t think any group should be judged by its extremists.  I think the way that the rest of the group deals with extremists is important though, and says a lot about just how “extreme” the offending people actually are.  After reading this, I’m interested to see how the rest of the Muslim world responds to […]

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan had some interesting things to say this last Sunday at the annual Saviours’ Day convention at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Il.  Among other things, the leader said that Moammar Gadhafi has always been a friend and he won’t distance himself from the Libyan dictator.  He also said that if Gadhafi […]

With all the talk of engagements and weddings, this seemed appropriate to mention.  From the National Secular Society (and various other sources) comes this neat story: Humanist weddings are now more popular in Scotland than those conducted by the Catholic Church, according to new figures. From January to September 2010, there were 1,706 weddings led […]

Louisiana State Univeristy recently hosted a creationist speaker with some (as always) interesting opinions regarding evolution: A creationist lecturer drew sharp criticism from a few students Saturday while arguing biblical creationism is more logical than evolution.