Oh my! Well obviously I cannot read this article. It’s behind a pay wall and frankly I get enough insults at my lack of faith without having to pay to read it. But Rabbi Shmuley Boteach obviously doesn’t like us very much. All I can say is that the UK is moving on up in …
Monthly Archive: June 2011
Jun 28 2011
Whoops!
The only killing this man ever didwas at the box office. Dear Michelle Bachmann Oh Michelle Bachmann, in you the rest of the world sees everything that is wrong with america. You are irrevocably damaged by your religious stance and let it poison your actions. Rather than tempering the writings of biblical times using your …
Jun 26 2011
Muggle’s Guide to Medical School
The secret is out I suppose. I am sadly in the Harry Potter camp in this one. Down to unfashionable glasses, bad hair and forehead scar.
Jun 25 2011
Rights of the Silent majority – Death by a Thousand Cuts
It’s a well known fact that the best form of healthcare is preventative. In medicine there exists the idea of community medicine (an actual field in India) which consists of number crunching and ideas such as immunisation, contraception use, registry of drugs and education. The majority of diseases are preventable by things we take for …
Jun 22 2011
Victims of Disease
Animal Aid are a british based animal liberation organisation calling for the reduction of people giving money to charities such as Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Parkinson’s UK and the Alzheimers Society due to the fact that these charities are big proponents of animal testing. I used to work for Cancer Research as a volunteer. I used to sort …
Jun 21 2011
The Real Man
Greta Christina’s article Wealth, Handsome, Strong, Packing Endless Hard-Ons has enthralled me. I will admit I am unhappy with the way I look. I am of the belief that since I am incapable of getting the things that I like to eat (Bacon, Steak, Pizza, Cheese Cake) and that I have been on a diet to get …
Jun 19 2011
Is it the work of a madman or the religious?
Accused murderer uses Old Testament to defend killing a gay man The murderer is probably insane and has a whole bunch of issues. But would he have killed this man if he were not religious?
Jun 19 2011
GAVI and me
There are some causes worth fighting for and recently Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation had a conference to drum up funding for vaccination schemes across Africa where vaccine uptakes are low. It doesn’t matter if you give money or give time or merely spread the word to those who can give money. Please donate. Vaccination is …
Jun 18 2011
From Goo To You via Woo
The Huffington Post while critical of american right wing movement also plays host to some of the most amazing woo merchants in the form of Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton and Gregg Braden whose recent forays into the depths of pseudoscience have produced the idea of spirituality based science. This idea is a mix of religiously evocative ideology mixed in with …
Jun 15 2011
It Gets Better – Dear Arch Bishop Dolan
I did send a response to the Archbishop of New York about his stance on marriage, However as his comments are moderated, I assume that my post will be deleted. So I shall post it here as a letter, hopefully someone will read it and it may reach him.Dear Archbishop DolanI disagree. Your nation was founded …
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