Censureship 13 Jan 2008 Lawyers shouldn’t determine who gets to read what. Religions shouldn’t determine who gets to think what. But the worst combination is when religions use lawyers to stop criticism of their actions and beliefs. Scientology, the money making scam purveyed by the mentally deficient (I can’t think of a nicer way to say it), has prevented Andrew Morton’s biography of Tom Cruise, the couch and shark jumping actor, from being sold in Australia. This follows similar moves made, by threats of litigation as usual, in the UK. Now, I don’t know whether Morton’s biography is a piece of crap or a meticulously researched and authoritative study, but I am minded to buy a copy by the internet just to spite the Scientologists. Freedom Politics Religion FreedomReligion
Creationism and Intelligent Design Expelled producer admits lying to atheist interviewees 4 Jan 2009 Well, he admits that it was a theist diatribe from the beginning, and not the even handed interaction between science and faith doco he told Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers among others. Always nice to find out that those who assert that only with faith in God can we have… Read More
Evolution Darwin, Atheism, and the Catholic Church 6 Mar 200918 Sep 2017 There’s been a highly publicised conference at the Vatican about evolution. There are good and sensible things being said there, and silly ones. Read More
Politics "Including none at all" 16 Jan 2010 Just when I start to get cynical about Obama’s agenda, he proclaims this: Long before our Nation’s independence, weary settlers sought refuge on our shores to escape religious persecution on other continents. Recognizing their strife and toil, it was the genius of America’s forefathers to protect our freedom of religion,… Read More
This has been a pretty standard Scientology tact for some time. They’re a religion until someone publishes a critical book, and then it becomes a copyright issue. They did an attempted purge on the Internet about six or seven years ago. What seems very sad is that the courts let this crooked organization get away with it. I can’t support Germany’s attempts to outright ban them, but I certainly understand the underlying sentiment.
This has been a pretty standard Scientology tact for some time. They’re a religion until someone publishes a critical book, and then it becomes a copyright issue. They did an attempted purge on the Internet about six or seven years ago. What seems very sad is that the courts let this crooked organization get away with it. I can’t support Germany’s attempts to outright ban them, but I certainly understand the underlying sentiment.