Archive for March, 2007
Preaching what they don’t know
It’s one thing to preach what you don’t practice, but what about preaching what you don’t know? This appears to be the case with a majority of Americans according to a quiz given by Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University. We are not just talking about Americans being [...]
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The Long Kiss Dubai
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Nobody here but us bigots
Suzanne Fields of the Washington Times has a new article out and she starts swinging with the opening sentence.
There are no atheists in foxholes, as any dogface soldier could tell you, and neither are there many atheists in politics. Looking death in the face, whether in a foxhole or at the polls, makes a believer [...]
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Interview with Brian Flemming
Here’s a good interview with Brian Flemming, the man behind The God Who Wasn’t There and one of the founders of the Blasphemy Challenge that has sent many of a theist and even a few atheists into a full-blown tantrum.
Some excerpts:
On the Blasphemy Challenge: The Blasphemy Challenge is radical compared to how we normally [...]
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Who killed the sharks?
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Humans behaving very very badly
Earlier this morning I read this post by Brian Switek about the slaughtering of rattlesnakes here in Texas. I thought that was bad until I came across this post by PZ Myers about this video (warning: extremely graphic depiction of dolphins suffering agonizing deaths). Even though I spent some of my childhood on [...]
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Religious groups want exemption from civil right laws
Tomorrow the House Commitee on Education and Labor will be meeting to reauthorize the popular HeadStart program. For those unfamiliar with this, HeadStart is a program for children from low income families. It’s main purpose is to help these children with their education. As it is, the program’s charter includes [...]
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