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Things that relate to the human curiosities of faith and religion; organised and disorganised, dogmatic or enlightened, blind or reasoned; atheistic, agnostic, monotheistic, polytheistic.

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Mr. Deity

January 31st, 2007, by Rich, in Google, Religion, Society.

Mr. Deity

Mr. Deity shows what can be achieved with a static camera, a simple script, minimalist set design and great acting. Episode 5 was released yesterday. By releasing an episode every 2 weeks the producers hope to garner enough interest to turn it into a full TV series. More…

The Gift of Reason?

January 26th, 2007, by Rich, in Politics, Religion, Society.

The Gift of Reason?

There’s an interesting pledge underway at pledgebank which aims to find 646 people (one for every UK constituency) who are willing to purchase and send their local Member of Parliament a copy of The God Delusion, the latest book by Oxford University Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Richard Dawkins. More…

Jedi/Sith unite over adoption row

January 24th, 2007, by Rich, in Politics, Religion, Silly.

Jedi/Sith unite over adoption row

The Empire has backed the Jedi Council in its bid to be exempt from laws on adoption by families of fewer than three genders.

Jedi leaders from Coruscant to Endor say its teachings prevent its masters placing children with lifeform collectives that only comprise one or two genders and have threatened to close their adoption centres if bound by the Imperial Senate’s rules. More…

FSM Leaves Clue on London Underground

March 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth, Religion, Silly, Society.

FSM Leaves Clue on London Underground

I’ve mentioned previously about how the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) may be leaving us clues about His impending manifestation on Earth. I think I just spotted another, and it’s rather significant. More…

This isn’t Kansas anymore Toto

November 9th, 2005, by Rich, in Politics, Religion, Silly.

This isn't Kansas anymore Toto

I cannot let the landmark events in Kansas go by without a mention. The Kansas Board of Education have introduced Intelligent Design into the curriculum. More…

Bush: “God made me do it”.

October 6th, 2005, by Rich, in Politics, Religion.

Bush: “God made me do it”.

So, George W. Bush turns to the Palestinian PM and Foreign Minister and says: “God told me to invade Afghanistan and Iraq”. More…

The Spaghetti Code

August 30th, 2005, by Rich, in Grid, Religion, Slashdot.

The Spaghetti Code

The worlds best selling book (after the main religious core texts) is the Da Vinci Code, which describes a hypothetical trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci. Clues that are visible to all, but disguised. More…