veritas omnia vincit

What can we do to help?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maitland-Australia/Atheist-Foundation-of-A...

Because they have nothing better to spend their money on...

P.U.S.H.

The poor and illiterate women of this country - the real Muslims - are against it," she [Hadja Sapiato Dembele of the National Union of Muslim Women's Associations] added.

Youtube sensation Thunderf00t has just recently held a discussion with the one and only Ray Comfort. Unfortunately it reveals the weakness that we have in directly engaging people like this. That is, we don't have the time to properly think through and construct the most effective rebuttals. However it is all very interesting viewing and does reveal what we all knew already, that all Ray has is "the bible tells me so"

Yes, another story from the BBC. This time in Northern Ireland, a people claim to see the virgin Mary in a tree stump.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8143015.stm

The Catholic Church's hierarchy in Ireland ... feels dubious about the tree stump, according to Limerick diocese spokesman Fr Paul Finnerty.

"The Church's response to phenomena of this type is one of great scepticism," he said.

Well in Saudi Arabia, it seems one can sue an imaginary being. In this case the thing in question is a genie, or Jin. And not the lovable kind from Aladin or I Dream Of Jeannie.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8145862.stm

And whilst I shouldn't really be surprised, the court is allowing them to proceed:

A local court says it is trying to verify the truthfulness of the claims "despite the difficulty" of doing so.

Perhaps I can sue God for emotional turmoil...