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Tag Archives: religion
Religion and Psychiatry Don’t Mix
The Boston Globe reports that Raymond W Kam, a psychiatrist at the Boston Children’s Hospital, decided that one of his patients was possessed by evil spirits. His treatment focused on her spiritual well being, and not on her mental health. … Continue reading
The Effects of Birth Interval on Infant Mortality
Some of the arguments for the benefits of family planning focus on the health of women and children in the developing world. Dr Shea O Rutstein has done several studies into the importance of extending birth intervals in developing countries. … Continue reading
The Catholic Abuse Scandal Continues
Remember when the Catholic church declared that their approach to dealing with the abusive clergy in their midst had changed? There would be no more moving them around or ignoring the possibility of recidivism. Apparently, not everyone got the memo; … Continue reading
Child Abuse vs Abortion
We knew it had to happen. A Catholic Archbishop made a comparison and determined abortion to be a greater sin than priestly child abuse. Fabio Martínez Castilla, the Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, said during … Continue reading
We Played Snakes and Ladders
There is now an updated version called Heaven and Hell. To play Heaven & Hell, you will need: • The Heaven & Hell Game Board (Supplied) • Game counters or tiddlywinks (one for each player) • Dice (There might be … Continue reading
Ignoring Biblical Violence
I have no interest or intention of watching The History Channel’s show The Bible. From the pictures, it tells the tale of European Semites. However, some comments by John M. Buchanan in The Christian Century reveal a lot about the … Continue reading
Old Men Still Sucking Dicks
In previous posts, I pointed out the viscerally disgusting, extremely unhealthy and potentially deadly practice of ritual of metzitzah b’peh, or MBP, involving direct oral suction of the penis of new born infant males. In the last of those, I … Continue reading
One ring to rule them all
There are large number of unsubstantiated beliefs in our world. Some of them are based upon religion, some on medical quackery, some on the paranormal, some on general pseudoscience, and other on the paranormal. Cristian Jago at The Reason Stick … Continue reading
Passover
And what is celebrated? Murder most foul.
If Superman acted like the Christian god…..
He would use his power like this:
