“C” as in censored

In his Jesus for the Non-Religious talk, Bishop John Shelby Spong points out how ridiculous it is for an athlete to thank God for a touchdown, or something of the sort.  As Spong put it God hates Phoenix.  When you thank God for an achievement like that you are implicitly saying that he chose the [...]

Pivar drop suit

Stuart Pivar dropped his $15 million lawsuit against PZ Myers.  Great news.

And the magic word is…crackpot

According to the Pivar lawsuit, calling someone a “crackpot” is libel per se… Scott Pilutik wrote:
Libel per se means libel on its face, without requiring any other facts (in contrast with “libel per quod”, where the libel can only be understood as libel if more was known to the reader).
There are only a few [...]

PZ sued

Apparently Stuart Pivar, author of the book Lifecode is suing PZ Myers (of Pharyngula) and ScienceBlogs. Imagine that - being sued for a negative book review (or, well, several of them). I always knew the academic publishing world was cut-throat, but seriously? (Not that Pivar’s book is actually an academic publication. [...]

Mind boggling

Apparently Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar, aka Harun Yahya, has managed to get a Trukish court to shut down access to all WordPress blogs because of “unlawful statements regarding…Adnan Oktar”.
Official WordPress blog
Matt’s blog
Ed Darrell’s blog, and some older background notes
PZ Myers
The offending blogs:
http://adnanoktar.wordpress.com
http://adnanoktarveislam.wordpress.com/
http://fitikado.wordpress.com
http://oktarbabuna.wordpress.com
http://adnancilar.wordpress.com/
http://adnanoktarveislam.wordpress.com/
http://whoisharunyahya.wordpress.com/
http://adnanoktargercekleri.wordpress.com/
http://quiestharunyahya.wordpress.com/
http://harunyahyaarabic.wordpress.com/
http://safsataciharunyahya.wordpress.com/
http://savsatalaracevap.wordpress.com/
And, most interestingly, the demands of Yahya’s lawyers:
WE DEMAND YOU TO REMOVE AND PROHIBIT [...]