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so- I found him

Psychodiva — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Mr Octavius giraldo-Vay - designer and engraver of really bad jewellery

Wants to meet people

is on Wayn

peddles his crap all over the net

so- I found him

Psychodiva — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Mr Octavius giraldo-Vay - designer and engraver of really bad jewellery

Wants to meet people

is on Wayn

peddles his crap all over the net

The saga continues

Psychodiva — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:02:00 +0000

After getting himself banned for a week from the RA forum the git has now set his lapdogs on me:

ANTEK
New Member!

Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: ..........
Posts: 2

Dear psychodiva

Pleas stop your hacker because I am getting bored ( he is really good).
I'm being attacked and you know packet filtering and all this shit makes me sleepy.
My lawyer is pushing me to contact Dutch and British authorities with all evidence collected and ruin your career (he contacted google and youtube already).
I am not interested in cyberwarfare with atheists. Nobody attacked your FB, blog or email and you know that so tell him to stop this fucking java script (this one is my favourite) on my facebook and those boring hijacking attacks.
You don't want to have new enemies.

Thank you

good night

nice and threatening eh? Like all bullies he thinks that mention of 'authorities' will scare me into doing- well- whatever it is they hope I'll do- forgetting as he (Cal) has been informed by me over the years - that i worked in the crimnal justice system here for quite some time and it does not phase me at all.

so- i asked him what he was going on about- I have no idea how to hack anything or set hackers on anyone- and a quick look at this guy's youtube page shows that there is nothing wrong with it - so he is accusing me of things that are lies.

he goes on

You posted my private message from hacked fb account, it is not a joke.
I don't mind being hacked but atheists you know. I don't like to cooperate with police.
It is between you and me
Think about it, I will cancel my profile now we have nothing to talk about.
Good night

no idea who the git is so no idea how to go about finding an FB account that belongs to him- and definitely no idea about hacking anything- then of course he obviously remembers about the threats re the police not working with me and backs down on that lol promises to cancel his profile- and still hasn't

I wonder if this is the guy?

The saga continues

Psychodiva — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:02:00 +0000

After getting himself banned for a week from the RA forum the git has now set his lapdogs on me:

ANTEK
New Member!

Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: ..........
Posts: 2

Dear psychodiva

Pleas stop your hacker because I am getting bored ( he is really good).
I'm being attacked and you know packet filtering and all this shit makes me sleepy.
My lawyer is pushing me to contact Dutch and British authorities with all evidence collected and ruin your career (he contacted google and youtube already).
I am not interested in cyberwarfare with atheists. Nobody attacked your FB, blog or email and you know that so tell him to stop this fucking java script (this one is my favourite) on my facebook and those boring hijacking attacks.
You don't want to have new enemies.

Thank you

good night

You posted my private message from hacked fb account, it is not a joke.
I don't mind being hacked but atheists you know. I don't like to cooperate with police.
It is between you and me
Think about it, I will cancel my profile now we have nothing to talk about.
Good night

I get stalked

Psychodiva — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:48:00 +0000

For some time I have been arguing with an idiot on ravingatheists.com forum - he asserts that religion is a mental illness and I ask for evidence- so he gets abusive and insulting. he has no ability to debate and no logical way of thinking so resorts to name calling instead (and calling it 'witty' insults lol)Recently he decided to start stalking me- to research me and then accuse me of child molestation - so from now on he has an enemy- me and all my friends :) this is a missive I received from him this morning

ROTFLMAO...I see what I was told about you been the Psycho nurse in ..... that is insecure & have mental problems.
Hey piece of shit retard this is a friend told me about you:

"I took my little daughter and run away to UK, did some work for F1 before the crisis, now we moved to NL, in Poland we have religion in public schools I had to protect my child against cognitive dissonance
Psychodiva ...... lying bich is a psychiatric Nurse".

So, the corrupt insane retard that is MOLESTING children is YOU, not me. Get a brain,

So there. Sorry the truth I present hurts, Please get educated & get that retarded brain fixed...and please quit insisting you are a mentally healthy, atheist, person. You are not, just an envious retard that can't stand the TRUTH. remember moron I've read your book.

he has a youtube channel where you can see his demented ramblings

he is on Think Atheist with a video supporting pedophilia - which is one of the many arguments I have had with him and probably why he is turning it back on me- as he thinks pedophilia was invented by christianity and it was all ok before then. He has even stated in exchanges with me on Raving Atheists that he has slept with boys in the past and that it is ok - of course when called out about this he backpedals and says he was 'just playing' to get a response from me.

He was brought up catholic in a very rich household and it shows in his disdain for anyone who doesn't have as much money as him- he calls people 'peasants' and accuses us of being 'jealous' of what he has (which is a rather over-designed and tawdry gilt-laden piece of trash in Chandler, Arizona, full of bad antiques) - he is an engraver / jewellery maker of tawdry overdone pieces who thinks that he has made connections between lots of disciplines- has never studied any of them in his life and instead skim reads papers looking for 'connections' to 'suport' his ideas. Yet thinks he is a polymath and has the right to tell people who have actually studied these disciplines that they are wrong-he even said yesterday that sam Harris didn't know anything about neurology- because he didn't agree with his 'idea' about religion being a mental illness lol. If you have the audacity to ask for supporting evidence, papers, research- anything that would give his idea a little backup- in fact if you disagree with him in any way at all he will rant and yell and insult you like a two year old child with ADHD and then accuse you of 'attacking the messenger and not the message'(which is what he does constantly).

He accuses people of being 'false atheists' because they were brought up in a country that has a religion - conveniently forgetting that he was brought up catholic and conveniently ignoring the fact that I was actually brought up with no religious beliefs at all.

Go see him on any of these sites and see what I mean- also- don't hold back- tell him what you think- the more people that do, the better.

I get stalked

Psychodiva — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:48:00 +0000

ROTFLMAO...I see what I was told about you been the Psycho nurse in ..... that is insecure & have mental problems.
Hey piece of shit retard this is a friend told me about you:

"I took my little daughter and run away to UK, did some work for F1 before the crisis, now we moved to NL, in Poland we have religion in public schools I had to protect my child against cognitive dissonance
Psychodiva ...... lying bich is a psychiatric Nurse".

So, the corrupt insane retard that is MOLESTING children is YOU, not me. Get a brain,

So there. Sorry the truth I present hurts, Please get educated & get that retarded brain fixed...and please quit insisting you are a mentally healthy, atheist, person. You are not, just an envious retard that can't stand the TRUTH. remember moron I've read your book.

For my Mum

Psychodiva — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Mum died peacefully with her family around her this afternoon- this is for her- it describes her so well and it is she I have to thank for my rebelliousness, my bolshyness and my love of life

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

By Jenny Joseph

For my Mum

Psychodiva — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:24:00 +0000

My Time of Day

Psychodiva — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:55:00 +0000

My time of day is the dark time
A couple of deals before dawn
When the street belongs to the cop
And the janitor with the mop
And the grocery clerks are all gone.

When the smell of the rainwashed pavement
Comes up clean, and fresh, and cold
And the streetlamp light
Fills the gutter with gold

That's my time of day
My time of day.

1950
Frank Loesser

My Time of Day

Psychodiva — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:55:00 +0000

Psychodiva’s Mutterings FCD 2009-06-27 17:21:00

Psychodiva — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Q: How can I make an interesting blog?

Asked by scotthut

A: lol- mine is not interesting - so yu may want to head on over to Sean the blogonaut or Nullfidian or Pharyngula.

Ask Psychodiva a question.

Psychodiva’s Mutterings FCD 2009-06-27 17:21:00

Psychodiva — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Q: How can I make an interesting blog?

Asked by scotthut

A: lol- mine is not interesting - so yu may want to head on over to Sean the blogonaut or Nullfidian or Pharyngula.

Ask Psychodiva a question.

I get published

Psychodiva — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:35:00 +0000

On Raving Atheists I have regular knock-down drag-out verbal fights with an idiot called Calpurnpiso- who think he knows a bit about psychiatry, psychology, neurology etc etc - anyhoo- he gets soooo annoying sometimes I just have to take the piss out of him because he really is not at any level of knowledge in any of the subjects other than what he has read in a few papers and text-books to have any real intelligent and useful discussion or debate with - he just thinks he is- and when I refuse to debate him he always assumes I am backing down - he has an 'idea' about religion and psychosis being connected in some way- which I'll admit is an interesting idea- but he just reads loads of random things and connects the dots in his head in a very random fashion akin to those conspiracy theorists and woo-merchants and well- homeopaths. If he actually came up with a coherent theory or hypothesis it may be worht talking about- but he doesn't- and every time I ask him- he gets abusive.

So I got mad one night and sent off a thing to the Urban Dictionary- not expecting it to be accepted - and it was!!! so here we are- I have defined a new word - to calpurnpiso is to be:

an annoying person addicted to and obsessed by a single theory, for which they have no evidence and to which they stick despite all evidence to the contrary.

See: RavingAtheists forum for hundreds of similar- if not identical posts:

Calpurnpiso says:"This is exactly my point. Religious-psychosis attacks brains susceptible to this form of schizophrenia mixed with temporal lobe epilepsy disease. This is my hypothesis since the cause of about 90% of neurologiocal disorders, including schizophrenia, TLE is unknown. If the cause of schizophrenia or TLE was known I would not be so certain religious DELUSIONAL BELIEFS, which are not unlike those produced by the schizophrenic, TLE, Drugged, Traumatized brain, are a form of mental illness!.

The brain is an organ like any other organs of the body, and they ALL are susceptible to illness some genetic and some acquired. Aren't some people born with underdeveloped optic nerve? Though having normal vision the brain can't interpret them correctly. Only over 50 years ago, these people would be labeled mentally retarded!"

it can be seen on this page here

the one thing I regret is- he will probably lap it up - and he is one of the biggest arseholes and wankers I have ever met in the decade or more I have been on the net.

ah well- I still got published in the UD !!!!!!

I get published

Psychodiva — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:35:00 +0000

an annoying person addicted to and obsessed by a single theory, for which they have no evidence and to which they stick despite all evidence to the contrary.

See: RavingAtheists forum for hundreds of similar- if not identical posts:

Calpurnpiso says:"This is exactly my point. Religious-psychosis attacks brains susceptible to this form of schizophrenia mixed with temporal lobe epilepsy disease. This is my hypothesis since the cause of about 90% of neurologiocal disorders, including schizophrenia, TLE is unknown. If the cause of schizophrenia or TLE was known I would not be so certain religious DELUSIONAL BELIEFS, which are not unlike those produced by the schizophrenic, TLE, Drugged, Traumatized brain, are a form of mental illness!.

The brain is an organ like any other organs of the body, and they ALL are susceptible to illness some genetic and some acquired. Aren't some people born with underdeveloped optic nerve? Though having normal vision the brain can't interpret them correctly. Only over 50 years ago, these people would be labeled mentally retarded!"

The law has no place in scientific disputes: Simon Singh petition – sign it!!!!

Psychodiva — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:42:00 +0000

The law has no place in scientific disputes
We the undersigned believe that it is inappropriate to use the English libel laws to silence critical discussion of medical practice and scientific evidence.

The British Chiropractic Association has sued Simon Singh for libel. The scientific community would have preferred that it had defended its position about chiropractic for various children's ailments through an open discussion of the peer reviewed medical literature or through debate in the mainstream media.

Singh holds that chiropractic treatments for asthma, ear infections and other infant conditions are not evidence-based. Where medical claims to cure or treat do not appear to be supported by evidence, we should be able to criticise assertions robustly and the public should have access to these views.

English libel law, though, can serve to punish this kind of scrutiny and can severely curtail the right to free speech on a matter of public interest. It is already widely recognised that the law is weighted heavily against writers: among other things, the costs are so high that few defendants can afford to make their case. The ease and success of bringing cases under the English law, including against overseas writers, has led to London being viewed as the "libel capital" of the world.

Freedom to criticise and question in strong terms and without malice is the cornerstone of scientific argument and debate, whether in peer-reviewed journals, on websites or in newspapers, which have a right of reply for complainants. However, the libel laws and cases such as BCA v Singh have a chilling effect, which deters scientists, journalists and science writers from engaging in important disputes about the evidential base supporting products and practices. The libel laws discourage argument and debate and merely encourage the use of the courts to silence critics.

The English law of libel has no place in scientific disputes about evidence; the BCA should discuss the evidence outside of a courtroom. Moreover, the BCA v Singh case shows a wider problem: we urgently need a full review of the way that English libel law affects discussions about scientific and medical evidence.

Signed

Click here to read additional comments from signatories

Sign this stament now

Main Page

Stephen Fry, Broadcaster and Author:
“It may seem like a small thing to some when claims are made without evidence, but there are those of us who take this kind of thing very seriously because we believe that repeatable evidence-based science is the very foundation of our civilisation. Freedom in politics, in thought and in speech followed the rise of empirical science which refused to take anything on trust, on faith, on hope or even on reason. The simplicity and purity of evidence is all that stands between us and the wildest kinds of tyranny, superstition and fraudulent nonsense. When a powerful organisation tries to silence a man of Simon Singh’s reputation then anyone who believes in science, fairness and the truth should rise in indignation. All we ask for is proof. Reasoned proof according to the established protocols of medicine and science everywhere. It is not science that is arrogant: science can be defined as ‘humility before the facts’ - it is those who refuse to submit to testing and make unsubstantiated claims that are arrogant. Arrogant and unjust.”

Professor Richard Dawkins, FRS, University of Oxford:
“This splendid manifesto hits so many bullseyes, I feel like adding my signature to every line of it. The English libel laws are ridiculed as an international charter for litigious mountebanks, and the effects are especially pernicious where science is concerned.”

The law has no place in scientific disputes: Simon Singh petition – sign it!!!!

Psychodiva — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:42:00 +0000

The law has no place in scientific disputes
We the undersigned believe that it is inappropriate to use the English libel laws to silence critical discussion of medical practice and scientific evidence.

The British Chiropractic Association has sued Simon Singh for libel. The scientific community would have preferred that it had defended its position about chiropractic for various children's ailments through an open discussion of the peer reviewed medical literature or through debate in the mainstream media.

Singh holds that chiropractic treatments for asthma, ear infections and other infant conditions are not evidence-based. Where medical claims to cure or treat do not appear to be supported by evidence, we should be able to criticise assertions robustly and the public should have access to these views.

English libel law, though, can serve to punish this kind of scrutiny and can severely curtail the right to free speech on a matter of public interest. It is already widely recognised that the law is weighted heavily against writers: among other things, the costs are so high that few defendants can afford to make their case. The ease and success of bringing cases under the English law, including against overseas writers, has led to London being viewed as the "libel capital" of the world.

Freedom to criticise and question in strong terms and without malice is the cornerstone of scientific argument and debate, whether in peer-reviewed journals, on websites or in newspapers, which have a right of reply for complainants. However, the libel laws and cases such as BCA v Singh have a chilling effect, which deters scientists, journalists and science writers from engaging in important disputes about the evidential base supporting products and practices. The libel laws discourage argument and debate and merely encourage the use of the courts to silence critics.

The English law of libel has no place in scientific disputes about evidence; the BCA should discuss the evidence outside of a courtroom. Moreover, the BCA v Singh case shows a wider problem: we urgently need a full review of the way that English libel law affects discussions about scientific and medical evidence.

Signed

Click here to read additional comments from signatories

Sign this stament now

Main Page

Stephen Fry, Broadcaster and Author:
“It may seem like a small thing to some when claims are made without evidence, but there are those of us who take this kind of thing very seriously because we believe that repeatable evidence-based science is the very foundation of our civilisation. Freedom in politics, in thought and in speech followed the rise of empirical science which refused to take anything on trust, on faith, on hope or even on reason. The simplicity and purity of evidence is all that stands between us and the wildest kinds of tyranny, superstition and fraudulent nonsense. When a powerful organisation tries to silence a man of Simon Singh’s reputation then anyone who believes in science, fairness and the truth should rise in indignation. All we ask for is proof. Reasoned proof according to the established protocols of medicine and science everywhere. It is not science that is arrogant: science can be defined as ‘humility before the facts’ - it is those who refuse to submit to testing and make unsubstantiated claims that are arrogant. Arrogant and unjust.”

Professor Richard Dawkins, FRS, University of Oxford:
“This splendid manifesto hits so many bullseyes, I feel like adding my signature to every line of it. The English libel laws are ridiculed as an international charter for litigious mountebanks, and the effects are especially pernicious where science is concerned.”

Fucking Catholic crap carries on

Psychodiva — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Bill Donohue's behaviour on this programme is typical of the hysterical crap he puts about claiming that his fucking religion is persecuted- his behaviour is so obviously that of a Merkin who is used to this crap being listened to and is used to behaving in such an obnoxious way - I love that he is taken down and given a new one by the guy who was a victim of abuse himself. Go listen and rage. - he calls it a 'moral panic' he says he has 'read about child abuse' and fails to remember that this is a judicial review that was undertaken, not one of his stupid little polls.

What. A. Fucking. Bigotted. Idiot

Fucking Catholic crap carries on

Psychodiva — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Swine Flu Scams

Psychodiva — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Found this on the Skeptic Zone's Website - I couldn't put it better myself- so here it is.

Swine Flu Scam Alert

You might also want to visit the site- it is packed full of excellent interviews and podcasts.

While I'm at- I found this over on the site - a most excellent pamphlet indeed!

Swine Flu Scams

Psychodiva — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Anonymous needs to respond

Psychodiva — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:26:00 +0000

I'm not often lost for words- ask anybody that knows me- give me the box to stand on about certain subjects and I will yell- but this time? this time I'm just speechless- the Catholic Church- that 'holder of the wisdom of ages', that institution that is purported to guide people through the world towards a heaven of their imagining- well, I always knew it- I had read previous reports to which I had access due to my work - but this one? I am incoherent with rage. I will not quote from it- quotes can be found all over the web, accounts of torture and abuse that we have come to expect in Rwanda, Darfur, and other places - but Ireland- well again - a country that is so in the grip of an insitution such as the catholic church should have expected this to happen - anyone who has ever, like me, treated or assessed sex offenders would know this was going to happen - Ireland needs to kick this 'church' out once and for all.

It sounds like a cliche but reading it brings tears to my eyes- I also don't cry often - what I do do however, is therapy for kids and adolescents who have been abused- I hear stories of abuse every day and want to run and punch the dad or mum or other carer that has perpetrated this abuse on these vulnerable and scared kids that sit in front of me begging me- in actions but never words - to help them, so incoeherent with rage against the world that allowed this to happen to them that they can only communicate it through anger and destruction.

These Christians have carried out sustained and systematic torture of children over decades and they are going to get away with it- why? because they are part of that 'grand' institution the 'catholic church'. No other institution would get away with it- if a bunch of social workers under the guise of caring for kids in group homes were to do this they would not be able to hide, to keep their names out of the report - they would be named, they would be prosecuted, they would never again be permitted to work with children- what do these fucking priests get? Anonymity - well lets give it back--

Anonymous- I challenge you to turn away from the useless hounding of scientology and actually do something useful - start doing to the catholic church what you have done to scientology.

Protest outside the abbeys, the churches, the cathedrals, the seminaries where these people indoctrinate the massess - hand out the leaflets warning people against what the catholic church can do to a family- they have after all been doing it far longer and with far more success than the scientologists will ever do.

Please set up protests- I will join- i know members of my family will join. I believe the only way justice is going to be won against this monstrous institution is for the world to protest and to let the catholics know that it will no longer be tolerated.

So come on Anonymous- get off the wagon of scientology and make some real change in the world- you are a group that is already geared up for protests of this sort - you are perfect for the job- accept the challenge!!

Anonymous needs to respond

Psychodiva — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Training

Psychodiva — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:00:00 +0000

This blog- sparse as it has been for the past year anyway - will now proceed to get more sparse as I start reading for my upcoming training in child and adolescent psychotherapy with the Tavistock Clinic. I f eel like I am having to relearn a lot of things from when I first trained in psychiatry back in the 90s - but from a different angle- no more medical model for me- but I have been working against that since I first qualified. My only regret is that I didn't find psychoanalysis training ealier in my career as to do it full time now would mean a loss in pay for me :( mortgages and other expenses mean I cannot give up my job so I am doing the training part-time and all the stress and overwork that entails means of course that this blog and many other things will fall by the wayside.

However- I can also see this blog being an outlet for my thoughts on my training and the process of changing me from psychiatric to psychoanalytical thinking - so maybe it will just evolve.? we shall see.

Training

Psychodiva — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Car Booting

Psychodiva — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:12:00 +0000

Not a very atheist post this- but maybe it shows we have normal lives just like everybody else lol.

We spent most of Saturday clearing out the garage - finally we can get into it without crampons and a rope!!!!! anyhoo- on Sunday we got up at 6am and went off to the local car boot sale with two cars packed with goodies! we managed to sell a lot of old books and videos, a lot of old toys and some other junk and stuff that had just been hanging around in the garage for ages!

My daughter made enough money to go on a trip to the cinema :) and I made a little to go towards a new TV set :) which is cool.

While there we of course did the trawl ourselves- I found a rusty old oil lamp and a plaque / face mask of Bachus for the garden- plus some old metal rings and what looks like an old razor but when i finally got around to looking at it properly turned out to be a cigar clipper :)

Then right at the end I haggled with a guy who let me have a load of old documents from the 20s and 30s- a couple from the 50s- for £3! so I am happy :) I got into conversation with the bloke who asked what I did with the papers and I told him artwork and stuff to relax- he asked why I need to relax and I told him lol- why are people always so impressed by what I do for a living? it is not that bad- not as if I have to clean out toilets or clean up sick or put my life at risk like some people do.

I am also wind-burnt as we were sat in the middle of a field for 5 hours! freezing to death with cold wet feet lol I was sure I was going to go home with trenchfoot!

Today is a bank holiday so I intend to catch up on some ATC I am supposed to do and also a 'welcome to hell' pack I have to do for a swap :)

Tomorrow it is back to work- but not really as we are moving offices and I spent most of Friday packing y stuff up- so we are spending most of next week moving to the nice new place and settling in- only two appointments with kids and one meeting during the whole week- it will be like a holiday :)

Car Booting

Psychodiva — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:12:00 +0000

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Psychodiva — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W B Yeats

1.

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Psychodiva — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:52:00 +0000

sadness

Psychodiva — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

sadness, originally uploaded by psychodiva.

just seeing if the link works from Flickr :)

this is one of the photos I took on my visit up to Hull

sadness

Psychodiva — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

sadness, originally uploaded by psychodiva.

just seeing if the link works from Flickr :)

this is one of the photos I took on my visit up to Hull

35th Humanist Symposium- or Humanity’s Extremes

Psychodiva — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Welcome to the 35th edition of the Humanist Symposium- please be gentle with me as this is my first time :) the allusion will become clear as you read on.

Now, I'm supposed to try and find a connection between the various submissions that will help people relate to them in some way.

I at first found this difficult due to the apparent disparate nature of the posts but as I read on I found myself thinking that the overall theme of this month's symposium could easily be stated as 'The extremes of human nature': many of the posts covering topics such as death and sex but also some posts which could loosely be placed under the heading of extreme thought or an investigation of human feelings.

Which left me in a quandary- do I place the posts under these self-imposed headings or do I let the reader find their own groupings?

I decided that as I had the opportunity for an audience I would give my own thoughts on the posts some airing as this little blog is unlikely ever to have such an audience again :)

So- on to the submissions - under the loose heading of:

'Life as we know it'

Comes a post from Daylight Atheism which reminds us that life often needs support in a more practical way and asking us to think about how we, as atheists might lend that support through charitable means while also urging us to ignore the attitude of the 'perpetually disgruntled' in accusing us of being 'holier than thou'. I know I searched for a long time to find a charitable organisation without ties to any religion to which I could donate with a clear conscience - they are out there and Daylight Atheism appears to have found a good one.

I believe we have only one life and we should live it to the full - blinding myself to nature by laying a human face or feelings onto natural processes removes for me the wonder inherent in this world.A Nadder has a thoughtful post that reminds us of the extremes of nature and the way that the human habit of anthropomorphising blinds us to the real glory and wonder that can be seen if we only care to look.

Now for that allusion- under the loose heading of:

'A variety of sexual experiences'

Comes a wonderful satirical post from Cafe Philos designed to make us think about the inherent bigotry in religious beliefs about sex and sexuality.

Hot on the heels of that is a post by Glowing Face Man about human sexuality and the way religious belief constrains and changes it from something to be enjoyed and celebrated into something 'dirty' and deniable. In my practice as a therapist for kids, I come butting up against this 'belief' every day- it is a belief that I wish could be removed from the consciousness of many of the adolescents I see- it is a belief that hurts and maims the personality of many a teenager and carries on throughout their lives into adulthood and parenthood- it is a belief that makes me sad for all those people who do not enjoy life as a result of it.

To top off the sexuality theme a post by The evolving mind writes about a study undertaken by Prof Michael King into the use of therapy to change sexual orientation. As a therapist myself I found this disturbing and intriguing and hope that the wealth of possibilites for future posts is explored by evolving mind.

And from life comes......

'Death as we know it' which is explored by Living with Mormonswho writes with obvious sadness about attending the funeral for a friend who was a Mormon and successfully extrapolates this out to religious funerals in general and urges us to celebrate the life of the person, rather than the religion under which they lived.

And finally we have:

Human Nature and Extremes of Thought, a very loose heading indeed but probably containing some of the most thought-provoking submissions:

The Philly Chief over at You Made Me Say It proposes an alternative response to the assertion by many religious and non-religious people that 'you were never a real.......'.

Which brings me to loss of faith / religion which is explored by a submission from grrlscientist over at Living the Scientific Life which has a very good review of a book by William Lobdell about losing his religion- I must say that as a British native I had no idea who this person is but the review made it clear and helped me decide whether to read it or not. The most thought-provoking piece of the review comes at the end when the question is asked - who do people turn to in a crisis of life or faith? Are we as atheists, agnostics or Humanists ready to help people at these times?

Now to be completely honest with ourselves, in a crisis many of us will turn to what could be called 'prayer'- I know I have in the past- I may not have called it prayer but the way I was brought up, as an English child absorbing the culture of my time, a culture that told me 'when in crisis pray', I found it a hard habit to break and one that we all need to be more honest and thoughtful about- the post submitted from Blag Hag does just that and is another post that I would urge warrants further exploration in future posts.

Bigotry and anti-atheism is highlighted by The Atheist Revolution in a post about college student, Zac Smith, who wrote in his local college paper about the bigotry experienced as an atheist.

Epsilon Clue submits a post that at first glance I thought should go under the 'sex' heading but on closer reading is talking about application of the scientific method to everyday occurences, thoughts and questions - not the least of which are 'morality and feelings'- which leads me on to the human feeling of 'unhappiness'.

I see so many unhappy and damaged people in my everyday clinical practice - children and teenagers that have really good reasons to be unhappy, so that when I hear someone say they are unhappy due to, what to me is a spurious and unworthy reason, I have a tendency to get on my soapbox -why do people these days think they have a 'right' to be happy? Raptitude.com proposes a new way of looking at the 'struggle for happiness' that made me rethink my stance on the matter. Well worth reading and I would also urge a few more posts about the subject with deeper exploration of the new 'script'.

Lastly we have a post that can't really be placed under any heading - apart maybe from one that says- 'read this cos it is weird' :

Coquetting Tarradiddles (yes that's right) not only has a wonderful blog name but also a wonderful post on the extremes of human belief related to science and shows us that in the end religion is not the only harbinger of doom and repository for weird and wonderful thinking.

I hope you enjoy the submissions as much as I did and think about submitting to the next symposium which will be held at Bloc Raisonneur on 3rd May. Submissions can be made using this form.

35th Humanist Symposium- or Humanity’s Extremes

Psychodiva — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:15:00 +0000

blog carnival later

Psychodiva — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:34:00 +0000

will be later today (UK time) as I have spent thre last two days knocked out on medication :( sorry

blog carnival later

Psychodiva — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:34:00 +0000

will be later today (UK time) as I have spent thre last two days knocked out on medication :( sorry

Humanist Symposium

Psychodiva — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:22:00 +0000

I shall be hosting the next Humanist Symposium from 12th April. There should be a good variety of posts for your reading pleasure :) I look forward to it

Humanist Symposium

Psychodiva — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:22:00 +0000

I shall be hosting the next Humanist Symposium from 12th April. There should be a good variety of posts for your reading pleasure :) I look forward to it

The Woo is great in you !

Psychodiva — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:05:00 +0000

So- it's Monday morning and over here where I am it is time for the dreaded assessment clinic- other wise known as 'hell'.

So, I'm sitting in 'hell'- listening to this mother drivel on about this child- who will not talk to me and just sits there peeking out from behind her hair or for variety every now and then squirming in the seat and bringing the collar of her jacket up to her nose - and peeking out from behind that.

'Daddy' has also come (believe me this is a rare enough occurence for it to be mentioned with horns blowing and choirs singing) anyhoo- 'Daddy' is sat there on the other side of the girl alternately looking at the huge desk diary he has brought in with him and trying to speak whenever mum takes a breath- which is not often as far as I can tell.

(This seems to be a gender thing- why is it women can talk without breathing - or using circular breathing- and men can't? - answers on a postcard please)

Anyhoo again- 'Mummy' starts explaing to me that 'we' are not sleeping well, and 'we' are a very unhappy little girl who is refusing to go to school, and 'we' scream and kick 'Mummy' and 'Daddy' whenever they try to get 'her' to school. 'We' are not eating properly and 'we' have been quite ill this past year with horrible tonsillitis but now 'we' have had 'our' tonsils out 'we' are ok.

I have this vision at this point of a whole family being operated on at once in one theatre and it is at this point that I wake up and realise she is not talking about herself *sigh* but actually about the little girl who so obviously doesn't want to be in this room right now.

I haven't heard anyone speak in this manner for years so forgive me for being tardy on the Monday morning realisation.

Anyhoo- I do the assessment and 'Mummy', in response to my usual question of 'what have you tried before' and 'what have you found that works?' comes back with

"Well, we went to a homeopath and we felt a lot better afterwards didn't we?" This said while looking pointedly at little girl now hiding behind a cushion and then looking at 'Daddy' pointedly in a way that said- 'say you agree!'

My answer to this?

"Um"

"We also think maybe being a Scorpio could have an influence on her personality - what do you think?" "WE can be very stubborn you know - can't we?" - again looking at little girl who is now turned around in the chair looking at the wall.

My answer to that?

"Well"

and all the time all I could think was- what the fuck? What. The. Fuck. ??????

They come to me looking for help with mental health problems and give me this crap and woowoo about homecrapathy and astrobollocks?!!!!

Of course- being the ultimate professional that I am I said.

" I don't think I'm the right person to see your daughter- I'm thinking more along the lines of creative work as she finds it so difficult to communicate in words- what do you think? - I can make an appointment with our occupational therapist"

'Mummy' is still talking and 'Daddy' is still trying to talk as I usher them out the door. I still haven't seen what colour the little girl's eyes are- but boy am I thankful for hippy-dippy occupational therapists that don't want to hit people when they hear the words 'homeopathy' or 'star sign'.

Next week- the tale of the JW and Mormon families :)

The Woo is great in you !

Psychodiva — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:05:00 +0000

TIM!!!!!!!

Psychodiva — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Just booked to see Tim Minchin in October - coolness!!!!!!

here is a taste

I just realised how long it is since I blogged anything - bit busy these days- studying and whatnot - may get better soon :)

TIM!!!!!!!

Psychodiva — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Pretentious Book Meme

Psychodiva — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:36:00 +0000

From Geoff Arnold

Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.
Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read ENTIRELY
2) Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.
3) Star (*) those you plan on reading.
4) Tally your total at the bottom.

Here’s my response:

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen X+
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien X+
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte X
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling X
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee X+
6 The Bible X (including all the books they left out :)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte X
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell X
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman X++
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens X
11 Little Women - Louisa M AlcottX
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy X
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller X++
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare X (yes even the Sonnets)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du MaurierX
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien X+
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger X+
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey NiffeneggerX++
20 Middlemarch - George EliotX
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret MitchellX
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott FitzgeraldX
23 Bleak House - Charles DickensX
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy X+
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams X+
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh X+
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor DostoyevskyX
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck X
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll X+
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame X+
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens X
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewisx (some only- they are a bit boring)
34 Emma - Jane AustenX
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen X
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis X EH? already in the CON?
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled HosseiniX
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres (EEK TRIED- BUT A MORE BORING FATUOUS BOOK i CANNOT IMAGINE)
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur GoldenX+
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne X+
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell X
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan BrownX (shamefully yes- but with much throwing of the book and swearing at the author)
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins X+
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM MontgomeryX
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy X
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood X++
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding X+
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan*
51 Life of Pi - Yann MartelX+
52 Dune - Frank Herbert X+
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons X+
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen X+
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth*
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens X
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley X+
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon X+
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez*
61 Of Mice and Men - John SteinbeckX
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov X
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre DumasX
66 On The Road - Jack KerouacX
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy X
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding X (EEK hated it tho)
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville X+
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens X
72 Dracula - Bram StokerX
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett X+
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson X+
75 Ulysses - James Joyce X+
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia PlathX++
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome X
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace ThackerayX
80 Possession - AS Byattx
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens X
82 Cloud Atlas - David MitchellX
83 The Color Purple - Alice WalkerX++
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo IshiguroX+
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert X
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White X
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Alborn
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle X
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph ConradX++
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain BanksX++
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams X
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute X+
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre DumasX
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare (again with the repeating- isn't this included in the works? ) X
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald DahlX
100 Les Miserables - Victor HugoX

Well 81 isn't bad is it? So I read a lot :) always have, always will.

Some of the books on the list I would never read- I do not like Salman Rushdie's style and his subject matter does not interest me. I have never understood why Thomas Hardy is considered a classic- I hate the books- especially Tess- he did NOT understand women at all. I only read those boks and a few others on the list because I had to at school :)

I tag- anybody that reads this :)

Pretentious Book Meme

Psychodiva — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Scaremongering in the Media

Psychodiva — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:01:00 +0000

More scaremongering by the media about the MMR vaccine has recently led to Bad Science being threatened by lawyers for LBC and Global radio who are responsible for the airing of a radio show by one Jeni Barnett - a minor celebrity who thinks she can sound off about vaccines with little knowledge or evidence to support her claims.

Ben Goldacre of Bad Science has been told to take down an audio clip from Ms Barnett's show that he was using to illustrate her complete and utter idiocy on the subject - they are obviously embarrassed by her and trying to protect themselves- but then look at her blog and you will see what the result of idiocy is- anger and insults towards people who know more than her- and interestingly- accusations that doctors and nurses would leave her to die in pain were she to refuse the drugs they offered- shame on you Ms Barnett!

Links to audio clips can be found here

I as a nurse treat idiots like you every day-I keep my views to myself about such idiocy because I am there to do a job- not to impose unfounded views but to present idiots like you with scientifically backed evidence so that you can make an informed decision. You are presenting a wide audience with unscientific views and asking them to believe you - and expect the medical profession to mollycoddle and give in to every stupid idea and treat you- regardless of the your beliefs or unfounded unknowledgeable views.

You on the other hand are now probably responsible for a few more children getting measles or mumps, possibly going blind, possibly having fallout from the illness for the rest of their lives- an illness easily avoided by a vaccine that does not cause autism, does not harm the child and actually prevents great suffering- you need to travel to a country where measles and Rubella are pandemic- see the harm they cause.

Calling them 'childhood illnesses' in the way you do is leading people to think- as you obviously do- that it is good for children to suffer through them - well bollocks- do some real reading and then come back to me with some evidence that shows it is good for a child to suffer from these horrendous illnesses- maybe we should all get smallpox again-according to your logic it might make us more robust after all?

Dr Peter Strebel, an immunisation expert at the WHO, stressed that even in countries with good health services, measles could be very serious.

"Parents and doctors need to be reminded that measles is a highly contagious disease," he said. "Even healthy and well-nourished children, if unvaccinated, are at risk of measles and its complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis and, although rare, death."

Contrast this with Jeni's opinion from the broadcast:

“if its viral, and childrens immune systems are strong whats the problem?”

For information about the harm caused by Vaccine denial go here to a wonderful website called 'What's the Harm?'

Mealses

Mealses

Rubella

Mumps

Scaremongering in the Media

Psychodiva — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:01:00 +0000

A reasonable aproach to the bus ‘problem’

Psychodiva — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000

yes- an actual christian who talks sense- they are out there people :)

Stephen Tomkinson in The Guardian's 'Comment is free' column writes

But the atheist bus poster still seems an odd thing to make such a fuss about. For a start it doesn't say anything nasty about God, just that he probably doesn't exist. Many people have said much ruder things about him, and he always seems to take it pretty well.

Makes me think that Stephen's faith is a lot stronger than the bus driver's

And then he goes on to channel me- only in a much more eloquent way :)

It also happens to be a statement of the basic religious beliefs of a lot of British people. Considering the number of religious groups who advertise on public transport, if all drivers took Heather's stance, the result would be pretty chaotic. No Christians, Muslims or other believers could drive an atheist bus. And if a bus had a poster with a verse form the Bible about Jesus dying for our sins, no atheist or Muslim could drive it. If it advertised the Qu'ran – you get the picture.

The best quote? How I wish all religious people would reach this conclusion

In fact, speaking as one myself, I think it shows quite a cheek for Christians to make a fuss about this. We've spent decades covering public places with verses from the Bible, and posters promising that if you let Jesus into your life everything will be all right for ever.

Then as soon as the opposition get the money together to do the same thing we're outraged, and think that God is as cross as we are.

go over there- tell him he is a reasonable human being- I'm sure he is going to get it in the neck from a lot of fundamentalist idiots - so some support from the odd atheist might not come amiss.

A reasonable aproach to the bus ‘problem’

Psychodiva — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000

yes- an actual christian who talks sense- they are out there people :)

Stephen Tomkinson in The Guardian's 'Comment is free' column writes

But the atheist bus poster still seems an odd thing to make such a fuss about. For a start it doesn't say anything nasty about God, just that he probably doesn't exist. Many people have said much ruder things about him, and he always seems to take it pretty well.

Makes me think that Stephen's faith is a lot stronger than the bus driver's

And then he goes on to channel me- only in a much more eloquent way :)

It also happens to be a statement of the basic religious beliefs of a lot of British people. Considering the number of religious groups who advertise on public transport, if all drivers took Heather's stance, the result would be pretty chaotic. No Christians, Muslims or other believers could drive an atheist bus. And if a bus had a poster with a verse form the Bible about Jesus dying for our sins, no atheist or Muslim could drive it. If it advertised the Qu'ran – you get the picture.

The best quote? How I wish all religious people would reach this conclusion

In fact, speaking as one myself, I think it shows quite a cheek for Christians to make a fuss about this. We've spent decades covering public places with verses from the Bible, and posters promising that if you let Jesus into your life everything will be all right for ever.

Then as soon as the opposition get the money together to do the same thing we're outraged, and think that God is as cross as we are.

go over there- tell him he is a reasonable human being- I'm sure he is going to get it in the neck from a lot of fundamentalist idiots - so some support from the odd atheist might not come amiss.

Christian Refuses to Drive Bus

Psychodiva — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Not much of a headline that eh? well this Christian in Southampton decided he didn't like the atheist slogan / advert on the side of his bus and refused to drive it- so what else could the headline say?

Lets have a think and play with this one shall we?

Muslim refuses to drive bus - because the bus has the Alpha Course adverts on it-would he (very rarely she I should imagine) get away with it? probably

Muslim / fundamentalist christian (any religion that hates women really- which is - lets see- oh yeah- all of them!) anyway- refuses to drive bus with adverts containing 'uncovered' women on it - would they get away with that? probably

Atheist refuses to drive bus with Alpha Course, or any religious advert on it- would they get away with it? probably not- what do you think?

This guy has apparently been told by his managers that he will only have to drive the bus if it is the only one available- what next?

Religidiots are holding us to ransom- they are holding governments, companies and individuals to ransom: standing there stamping their foot like a 6 year old who has just been refused the sweets they really really wanted - crowing about their 'rights' and being 'persecuted'.

Lets try this another way?

Man refuses to drive bus because it has adverts containing black people on it - does that sit well? would they get away with it?

Yet this guy is allowed to be bigoted and ignorant towards something that basically just doesn't agree with him - poor thing, his faith is so weak that he cannot stand to have it just mildly questioned.

Every day my eyes and ears are assaulted by images and sounds of religion yet I don't moan (apart from on here), I put up with it unless it impinges on my lifestyle or interteferes with my work or family - sure he is entitled to his beliefs- no matter how half-witted they are- but he is a public servant and he should act like one- imagine if I brought my beliefs (or lack of them) into my consulting room- what a ruckus that would cause?

This guy needs to shut up and go away and just drive his bloody bus.

Christian Refuses to Drive Bus

Psychodiva — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Persecution complex

Psychodiva — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:50:00 +0000

It appears that christians these days feel persecuted- they feel this because they cannot stand tall and shout at people about their religion with impunity any more, they feel this because they no longer have carte-blanche to dictate to government and populace their own brand of 'morality' derived from an old fiction book, they feel this because they are finally realising that the pendulum is swinging to its proper and rightful place- and they call it persecution. They should look the word up in a dictionary - persecuted they ain't - what they need is a relaity check and maybe a history lesson.

Here is a list from them of why they feel persecuted- and a sorry excuse for persecution it is when considered against the amount of harm done in their god's name over the last couple of thousand years.

Top Ten Instances of Christian Bashing in America, 2008

INSTANCE #10: Jack Black Musical Video

INSTANCE #9: Bill Maher Gratuitously Attacks Pope

INSTANCE #8: ESPN Anchor Dana Jacobson's "F--- Jesus" Remark

INSTANCE #7: Minnesota University Professor Desecrates Communion

INSTANCE #6: Religulous the Movie

INSTANCE #5: Chaplains Fired for Praying in Jesus' Name

INSTANCE #4: Colorado Law Criminalizes the Bible

INSTANCE #3: Barack Obama Defames Christianity

INSTANCE #2: Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin Is Attacked

INSTANCE #1: Radical Homosexuals Assault Prop 8 Marriage Supporters in California

BONUS INSTANCE: Senator Grassley's Abuse of Power

Persecution complex

Psychodiva — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Top Ten Instances of Christian Bashing in America, 2008

INSTANCE #10: Jack Black Musical Video

INSTANCE #9: Bill Maher Gratuitously Attacks Pope

INSTANCE #8: ESPN Anchor Dana Jacobson's "F--- Jesus" Remark

INSTANCE #7: Minnesota University Professor Desecrates Communion

INSTANCE #6: Religulous the Movie

INSTANCE #5: Chaplains Fired for Praying in Jesus' Name

INSTANCE #4: Colorado Law Criminalizes the Bible

INSTANCE #3: Barack Obama Defames Christianity

INSTANCE #2: Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin Is Attacked

INSTANCE #1: Radical Homosexuals Assault Prop 8 Marriage Supporters in California

BONUS INSTANCE: Senator Grassley's Abuse of Power