Terry Firma, though born and Journalism-school-educated in Europe, has lived in the U.S. for the past 20-odd years. Stateside, his feature articles have been published in the New York Times, Reason, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Wired. Terry was the founder and Main Mischief Maker of Moral Compass, a now-dormant site that pokes fun at the delusional claim by people of faith that a belief in God equips them with superior moral standards. He was the Editor-in-Chief of two Manhattan-based magazines until he decided to give up commercial publishing for professional photography... with a lot of blogging on the side. These days, he lives in an old seaside farmhouse in Maine with his wife, three kids, and two big dogs.
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association is spinning tales again — this time, on Twitter: Ancient Mesopotamian tablet confirms biblical account: worldwide flood, huge ark, animals in pairs. http://t.co/hD8T6y7cI7— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 25, 2014 The battered, light brown tablet in question, about the size of the average cell phone, is inscribed with 60 lines of Mesopotamian cuneiform thought to contain instructions for building a circular vessel called a coracle. The ancient object includes a reference to putting animals on the boat “two by two.” It went on display at the British Museum the other day after Irving Finkel, the museum’s assistant keeper of the Middle East, managed to translate the writing. Read more
A half dozen Allah aficionados from Blackburn, England, are going to prison for their attempt to kidnap a 35-year-old woman named Sarah Harrison in June of last year. What caused the broad-daylight attack? The five women and one man, of Pakistani descent, were outraged that their sister, Nazma Ditta, 28, had refused an arranged marriage with a man chosen by the family. She was in a relationship with Harrison instead. Surveillance camera footage played in court showed … members of Miss Ditta’s family trying to bundle Ms. Harrison into their car, along with shouts of “Get her in, get her! You’ve messed with the wrong Muslims!” According to Preston Crown Court, Miss Harrison said she was worried that she would have acid thrown in her face. Read more
