Sunday School

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

According to a Republican political advisor Evangelical leaders who back Trump do more harm to Christian values than atheists do.

On growing up as an atheist in Alabama.

A Christian in Australia looks to introduce religious discrimination rights for bigots. I wonder if he corresponds with Tony Perkins of Project Blitz?

Iraq’s growing community of atheists no longer peripheral.

This weeks’ Woo: True believers, entrepreneurs, and scammers in alternative medicine.

Climate Crisis: The U.S. is set to have a record setting heatwave.

50 years ago humans landed on moon, once the domain of the gods.

Some Stone Age myths we made up.

What Western civilization owes to Islamic cultures.

Scientists debate the origin of cell types in the first animals but it could be plant viruses that reshape our world.

Human behavior is more predictable than we like to imagine.

Could this be the best dinosaur fossil ever discovered?

How fast is the Universe expanding?

What caused us to think we have Free Will?

Who let the dogs out?

Long Read: The ugly history of beautiful things.

This week I am reading this book: Alchemy – Good ideas that don’t make sense.

Some photographs taken last week. Fifty Apollo 11 photographs.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil…..

Coffee Break Video:  Do we really need the Moon? What humanity can learn by returning to the Moon. Ted Talk: Derren Brown on mind reading.

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[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Have a great week everyone!!

“Nobody can tell me what is right and what is wrong; what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a god and I had his teachings right before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself.”

Tsugumi Ohba.

[_Robert_]

OK, just finished my jog, fed the fish and turtles in the pond, got some homemade pizza dough on the rise, gonna grab a 2nd cup of java and get to Sunday School, amen.

[Strega]

Thanks Reg!

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Sounds like a pleasant way to enjoy Sunday morning 🙂

Heavy rains here today, very humid. Went to the gym to use the dreadmill but only managed a slow 5k as it was still too humid to push it. I think it is warmer in Ottawa than in Florida.

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Make sure to check out the videos in the “Dogs” story.

[Glen D]

I think it should be pointed out that the Australian trying to change our currently quite OK religious discrimination laws is Scott Morrison, our Prime Minister.

Good old Scott also belongs to one of the more irritating bunch of Happy Clappers,  Pentacostals I think.

Scott’s government has the numbers to change the existing law. In brief, he intends to allow churches and  church schools especially to discriminate against anyone on doctrinal differences. EG No church will be obliged to allow gays as members or to perform same sex marriages. They will be able to discriminate in employment and  for example be able to reject the children of gays etc in their schools.

Our PM (for whose party I did not vote) wants to legalise bigotry .He’s an ignorant  arsehole . I am outraged that  he is allowed to use his his personal superstitions when governing my country. A pox on him and his party .

 

For those who may be unaware: Under the Parliamentary form of government, the Prime Minster is not elected. He/she is an elected politician who is also the head of his/her party. The leader of the party who wins government is automatically Prime Minister. He/she can be removed at any time by their party. This has happened  in Australia six times in the last ten years.

The Prime Minister  is our head of government, but is neither our Commander In Chief nor  Head Of State. Our head of State is Queen Elizabeth.

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