The evolution of the Egyptian veil…

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These are four pictures from 1959, 1978, 1995 and 2004 respectively of the graduating class of Cairo Univeristy’s English Department. They showcase the change of societal norm in an epoch of a country’s nation. It would be interesting to study the correlation between the political sphere of the times and how it impacts social attributes. How political dynamism, corruption, standard of living, totalitarianism and the state of feminist thought can or cannot impact the same people of the same within decades. And how piety can angulate so quickly with the times and for what reason, if you get my breeze.  Also, it’s also peculiar how the English department has waned with time, but that’s another subject.

New York City ad campaign turns heads…

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Manhattan buses have been plastered with these ads everywhere. They are brought on by the Coalition Of Reason and set to bring the facts to center-stage. New York, being a metropolitan forward-thinking city, has a high concentration of Atheists, Agnostics, Rationalists and Non-believers. Therefore, this ad campaign serves to bring light to that fact. Click below for the press release.

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Richard Dawkins talks to fool Bill O’Reilly

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Bill O’Reilly is at it again trying to swing it for his miseducated nuts and sounding like a little fool. Apparently, conservatives have just learned about World War II because they have been flinging around the words “Hitler” and “Fascism” a lot lately and very freely. It doesn’t deliver their message across better, it just makes them look more uneducated than ever. In fact, people who love Hitler predominantly vote republican, or are we wrong?

The real problem is that liberals are calm and reserved when it comes to argument and conservatives yell nonsense loud. This make their standpoint more affective. Richard Dawkins has it right when he says “stop shouting” and then the fool says “That’s just the way I speak.” Really? or is it the only way they know how to make a point with the absurd Neanderthal ways? Someone’s religious beliefs should not be imposed on everybody. Even if the majority believes in it. Period. The majority believed the earth was flat back then. Does it make it flat?

The US becomes less religious

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According to a new study atheists, agnostics and other non-believers has not only become greater in the US, but it has doubled. This means that not only are non-believers a big chunk of the population, but the third largest belief group after catholics and baptists. I think that this is the case everywhere in world. Some countries that do not allow religious freedom might be surprised as to how many non-believers there are around them. It’s just that most liberals do not like to tread on people’s toes and this causes a silence about pertinent issues like religion and disbelief.  Good for the US. The full article from ABC.com after the jump:

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Bill Maher should have gotten a nomination

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200px-religulous_posterIf you ask me, and i am being totally baised again, Bill Maher’s fantastical documentary “Religulous” should have been at least nominated for the oscars. The Academy Awards are known for being a little light on liberalism (Paradise Now’s loss) and high on pomp (Heath Ledger winning). The documentary was unlike any other and it deserved some kudos, especially for such a crucial subject rarely visited. It’s out now on DVD, so go get it.

Bill Maher visits the Vatican…

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I have been dying to see Religulous for months now and I can’t seem to find it here. So, naturally, I binge on YouTube. I am becoming quite a fan of Bill Maher and his show, which I find the clearest eye on politics in mainstream media today. It also happens to be the funniest political show. Yes, even funnier than John Stewart’s.