Terry Jones issues a statement on ChristianNewsWire concerning the riots, claiming that “we should hold Islam accountable.” He comments under […]
Afghans attack U.N. building, murder workers and each other after Qur’an burning
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Remember Terry Jones? Not the guy from Monty Python, but the Florida pastor who threatened to […]
Quote of the day
From a day long past: “It was at the period of my mental progress which I have now reached that […]
A refusal to muddy the water
PZ Myers has a more visceral response to the rioting in Afghanistan, entitled “Shades of gray.” I won’t quote it, […]
Update
The rioting continues in Afghanistan. The estimated toll is now 20 dead and more than 80 injured. Two suicide attackers […]
Update
I submitted a version of my “Helping vs. blaming in Japan” post to State of Formation, modified to include more […]
Making sense of tragedy: was the earthquake a “divine punishment”?
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Over at Religion Dispatches Levi McLaughlin, a professor of religion who specializes in East Asian traditions, writes […]
Sue Blackmore decides that religions are not, in fact, viruses of the mind
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Sue Blackmore is one of the go-to voices in the UK on matters of religious […]
SCOTUS rules in favor of Westboro on funeral protests
Cross-posted from State of Formation. The Supreme Court ruling on Snyder v. Phelps was issued this morning– 8-1 in favor of […]
Some links for Sunday
Westboro Baptist’s reply to Anonymous is predictably childish. (That link goes to the PDF, but you can see a jpeg […]