20,000

This blog was started in June of 2006 just as a way of killing time and to ramble on about whatever came to mind.  Today it received it’s 20,000th visitor.
For a blog which is basically about nothing, I don’t think that’s too bad. Heh.

The OUT Campaign: RichardDawkins.net

The RichardDawkins.net website has started something of a campaign, called the OUT Campaign, a means of asking Atheists to come out and give a voice to their convictions and support of rational thought and reasoning.  To that of objective and critical thinking.
Highly recommended.

Aussie Politicians: Pandering to Fundamentalists.

Australia, like many other western nations, is a secular nation.  One where no religion is meant to be proclaimed over any other or given unfair advantage.  This is especially useful when you consider that Australia is quite the multicultural (at least in theory) society and different cultures hold dear different religious beliefs.
If that is the [...]

Teacher summer schools: not nearly enough

Last week, all teachers in Australia received the following letter from Federal Minister of Education Julie Bishop. Kindly read the letter and think about the contents for a short time.
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Money for Catholic Youth Day. Why?

The Catholic church is pretty wealthy by any standards. The Vatican is technically it’s own country, the assets owned are huge to the point of being near uncountable while the liquid assets are massive indeed (including all that cash placed in collection plates every service). So why, if the Catholic Church is so [...]

Religion in Schools: A complete shamozzle

This leads from my last post on why creationism in schools is a damn stupid idea and why any attempts to teach it as part of any sort of curriculum is morally indecent.  This post shall deal with two points:  The impact religious beliefs have on everyone else and just what religious aspects are taught [...]

Creationism in the classroom: It exists.

To any persons out there that believe the hypothesis of creationism (yes, it is not a theory. Not by a long shot.) does not currently have any impact in the classroom … bollocks to you.  I am an educator, a teacher of children in the curriculum decided upon by the state Department of Education and [...]