Faith = Illness: Why Ive Had It With Religious Tolerance |
The following article is called "Faith = Illness: Why I've Had It With Religious Tolerance" by Douglas Rushkoff, one of 41 articles in Disinfo's new anthology, Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: ...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:24:00 PST |
The Honesty of Atheism |
The following is a small portion of Dianna Narciso's "The Honesty of Atheism," one of 41 articles in Disinfo's new anthology, Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religi...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:55:00 PST |
The Failure of Jesus of Nazareth |
Wells is best-known for his proto-science fiction works from the 1890s, including The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, and The Invisible Man, but his next-to-last book was partially about his dreams, ...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:37:00 PST |
Sexuality in the Confessional |
The following is a small portion of my "Good Books," one of 41 articles in Disinfo's new anthology, Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion edited by Russ Kick. Ot...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST |
Obedience |
ObedienceIn 1961, Adolf Eichmann, one of the key architects of Nazi Germany's Final Solution, was sentenced to death in Jerusalem. Throughout his trial, Eichmann had insisted that he was "only followi...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:29:00 PST |
The "Kiss" Of An Iron Maiden |
Iron Maiden"The celebrated original Iron Maiden (Eiserne Jungfrau)," as an illustrated catalog describes it, has a legendary yet murky history. Outnumbered only by the number of experts denying its us...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:06:00 PST |
Human Cages For All To See |
the gibbetTravel through Europe during the Middle Ages and the gibbet, or "hanging cages" would have been an omnipresent sight, frequently displayed on the approaches to a town or near the site of a c...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:05:00 PST |
Beware the Noisemaker’s Fife |
Noisemaker's FifeSquaring nicely with Cicero's edict that the punishment should fit the crime, the noisemaker's fife and similar objects were prescribed as a tool of penance for those who had committe...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:03:00 PST |
Are You A Heretic? |
Heretic's ForkExtend your chin as far back as it will go, as if you are looking straight up into the sky. Now push it back even further until the muscles in the back of your neck cramp. Now imagine th...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:59:00 PST |
Would You Sit in this Chair? |
Interrogation ChairThe interrogation chair was an essential piece of furniture something an outside observer would believe was necessary for the correct "feng shui" of a torture room from the time...
Posted by GØÐRËKR on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:54:00 PST |
