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Nearly half (48 percent) of the public rejects the scientific theory of evolution; one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact. Seventy-three percent of Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years; 39 percent of non-Evangelical Protestants and 41 percent of Catholics agree with that view.
It is time to refuse to tip-toe around people who claim respect, consideration, special treatment, or any other kind of immunity, on the grounds that they have a religious faith, as if having faith were a privilege-endowing virtue, as if it were noble to believe in unsupported claims and ancient superstitions.
Quelques nouvelles en vrac sur Jésus, les non-croyants et les parrains de la mafia.
C'est une déferlante d'obscurantisme qui s'est abattu ce week end sur la télévision du service public français autour de ce que l'on appelle le « suaire de Turin », qui serait selon ses adorateurs le linceul dont on aurait recouvert Jésus Christ après sa crucifixion.
DE LA RELATIVITÉ – La « Lettre à Dieu » d’Einstein vendue 3 millions de dollars sur eBay. Big Browser,
Tout est marchandise… Mais je me demande : et si des illuminés religieux se mettaient en tête d'acheter la lettre, pour la détruire...
PAUL, Gregory. Is Atheism Increasing at the Expense of Theism ?. science + religion today,
Graphic: A demographic breakdown of the world of religion. National Post,
PIRO, Tony. Picking and choosing. Calamities of Nature,
LOXTON, Daniel. Shroud of Turin Redux. skepticblog,
Les balivernes pseudoscientifiques sont un eternel recommencement.
PIRO, Tony. IQ Versus Religiosity. Calamities of Nature,
CRAWLEY, William. 'We should be thankful to Charles Darwin'. Will & Testament,
