Monthly Archives: March 2008

Canadian Baptists respond to Dr. Frank Page

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Bene Diction

A few days ago I picked up on a comment by the President of The Southern Baptist Convention regarding Canadian ministers and human rights tribunals. His comment was made within a larger speech to the American Family Association about bias in liberal media. … Continue reading →

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Dr. PZ Myers and the Expelled film PR – it happened again

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Bene Diction

ar arrr arrrr! Oh forget chuckling, this is funny. HAHAHAHAHA!  I promised myself I would not write about  Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed again. There has been another blunder by Premise Media, PR firm and producers while attempting to address the last one that resulted … Continue reading →

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SBC President Frank Page desensitized to myth

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Bene Diction

I despair. When the head of an evangelical denomination in the US says Canadian ministers can be jailed for speaking against homosexuality, a couple of million Southern Baptists take his words as gospel. As Dr. Frank Page is getting ready to leave office … Continue reading →

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Constantine’s Sword

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Bene Diction

Director Oren Jacoby: Our movie poses the question: Where did anyone get the idea that it was all right to kill people in the name of God? When we started to make this film we were shocked to discover how … Continue reading →

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Overheard during the break from one of my fellow spectators: “I’m just a blogger.” Leave out the ‘just,’ and say it with pride.*

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Bene Diction

Dr. Dawg: Anti-climaxing in Ottawa: Warman versus Lemire A packed room; hundreds turned away. Sweating tension in the faces of cowering, pallid operatives of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, wrenched from their burrows. Fearless defenders of free speech, the gleam … Continue reading →

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Mark Mathis: The Premises of Feeding the Beast and Expelled

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Bene Diction

There is a cliche that no publicity is bad publicity in the movie business. A 3.5 million dollar film by Premise Media - Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed made for proponents of Intelligent Design in the US got a lot of online … Continue reading →

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Key Human Rights Hearing Tuesday – Mark Lemire

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Bene Diction

There is a significant Human Rights Tribual tomorrow in Ottawa. Dr. Dawg and BigCityLib have more. Warren Kinsella will be there to watch. has more. Good background at The National Post: Scrutinizing the human rights machine. …one of Canada’s most … Continue reading →

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Richard Dawkins on creationist documentary Expelled

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Bene Diction

On Thursday night, Dr. PZ Myers, the most prominent US science critic of creationism was expelled from a pre-screening of a creationist documentary. His family and guest were not. His guest was Richard Dawkins. The New York Times and other … Continue reading →

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