PRAYER DOES NOT WORK

“God may indeed exist and prayer may indeed heal; however, it appears that, for important theological and scientific reasons, randomized controlled studies cannot be applied to the study of the efficacy of prayer in healing. In fact, no form of scientific enquiry presently available can suitably address the subject.”   The above is the conclusion […]

JORDAN PETERSON IN MORE TROUBLE- MAY LOSE PSYCHOLOGY LICENSE

Once again, Canadian crackpot and pseudo intellectual Jordan Peterson is in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time, he’s in hot water with the Ontario, Canada agency that licenses psychologists. The charges against him stem from statements he’s made on Twitter and in live interviews. The agency believes these comments undermine public confidence […]

NO MORE PROSELYTIZING IN SCHOOLS!

The other day I posted about a teacher in Tennesee who was proselytizing in a class on the Christian Bible, going so far as to tell students to “torture” Jewish people by writing and saying the name of G-d outside of prayer, because this is considered a horrific sign of disrespect to religious Jews. Below […]

MAKING JEWISH STUDENTS UNCOMFORTABLE IS OKAY IN TENNESSEE

Yahoo News ran an article about a school board in Tennessee that offers a course teaching “the Bible,” which is of course a Christian version favored by fundamentalists and Evangelicals. If anyone doubts the real intent is to force this religious dogma down everyone’s throats, read what the teacher recommends students do when they encounter […]

FREEDOM FOR WRITERS UNDER SIEGE IN FLORIDA

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at it again. There’s no bastion of freedom of thought and expression he isn’t prepared to assault. Our anti-science governor found time to take on such non-existent problems like transgender girls in sports (never a single problem case in Florida), sanctuary cities (we don’t have any), critical race theory (not […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS AN AMERICAN Our Heritage and Gift to the World THE BILL OF RIGHTS Amendment I : Freedom of religion, speech, and the press; rights of assembly and petition Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of […]