Monthly Archives: September 2010

Liberals Proven More Intelligent Than Conservatives … Or Not

Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives: Liberals think they’re more intelligent than conservatives because they are reported on a study that claims precisely this.

Shawn Smith, the “Iron Shrink”, responded with Are Liberals More Intelligent than Conservatives? Another Broken Study Says It Is So

Skepchick Stacey summarized Smith’s arguments, concluding:

The point isn’t that liberals aren’t more intelligent than conservatives – maybe they are, maybe they aren’t – but this study hasn’t proven it. The point is that if the evidence is bad, I have to ignore it – even when it tells me what I want to hear.

“Bible or Koran – which burns best?”

Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible

Lawyer says “Bible smokes better than Koran” …

In the [Youtube video] clip, titled “Bible or Koran – which burns best?”, the professed atheist says burning religious books is no big deal and people need to get over it.

“It’s just a f—ing book,” he says.

Via Slashdot

Burning Holy Books: Some Fact Checking

Claim:
“How many Bibles have been burned in the Muslim world in the last nine years? None.”

Evidence:

From Putting tolerance in perspective.