From the daily archives:

Monday, January 28, 2008

Make sure you tie one on this evening before turning on the tellie

January 28, 2008

King George I President Bush will be giving his (hopefully last) SOTU address. His plan is to:
“… report that over the last seven years, we’ve made great progress on important issues at home and abroad. I will also report that we have unfinished business before us, and we must work together,”
I suppose if [...]

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Copeland declares "holy war" against Grassley

January 28, 2008

Last November Senator Grassley of Iowa decided to investigate claims that several prosperity gospel ministers were abusing their tax exempt status by using the loot donations they get via their ministries to fund their near obscene lifestyles.
It’s been an uphill battle since with the targeted ministers suddenly pronouncing their support for separation of church(es) and [...]

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Bad science or just good faith?

January 28, 2008

If you’ve been an atheist for longer than five minutes you’ve probably heard the one about the stereotypical self-destructive atheist who after years of being an all around jackass finds himself* in a situation that is life-threatening. Despite being a cold-hearted machine that runs on pure reason said atheist decides that Jesus really does [...]

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The problem with moderate Christians

January 28, 2008

The problem with moderate Christians is that they are unwilling to bluntly state that the conservatives are wrong and will hem and haw to avoid bluntly stating that the Bible itself is wrong. If there’s one subject that they clearly show this tendency on, it is evolution.
A simple reading of the bible makes it [...]

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