rational geekery

Pop over to Himmelgarten Café, where the fabulously named Costigan Quist looks at a religious conservative's claims about promiscuous Britain.

Nice to see someone actually challenging these sorts of statements.

We do have problems in this country. We do need to do more to make sure that people take parenting more seriously. And we do face social problems because parents are overwhelmed by - or don't take seriously - the realities of bringing up a child. But this has little to do with shagging.

It's perfectly possible to get laid every night, with multiple partners, and then live a perfectly healthy life, with or without collecting an army of sprogs.

It's called using protection (and I don't mean praying every day and wearing a cross).

Also, I might add that humanists and agnostics are no more or less moral than religious people. We just don't necessarily believe in an all-powerful space alien who hasn't done a day's work in over 2,000-years. Capiche?