From the monthly archives:

February 2008

First patriotism, now God soaked patriotism?

February 12, 2008

Our daughter just started school this year and it’s been wonderful to see her slowly get past her bashfulness. Getting her to talk, even to say if something hurt was like pulling teeth with pliers made out of play dough.
Getting her talk to even family members was about impossible and strangers speaking to her [...]

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What happens if God strikes himself dead?

February 12, 2008

Growing up in the southern US one of the phrases I heard and still repeat myself sometimes is “may God strike me dead”. It was/is a way of communicating that one is not lying no matter how far fetched the story might be.
If you were lying, God was supposed to take you out [...]

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Do you have enough faith to survive cancer?

February 12, 2008

I’ve written a couple of posts about Kenneth Copeland and his holy war against Senator Grassley’s investigation, but a comment this morning reminded me of something that’s being overlooked in the scam that is the “prosperity gospel”.
What’s been overlooked is how Copeland and the rest get people to give them the money in the first [...]

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The longest suicide ever?

February 12, 2008

90 Day Jane is due to kill herself a little over 80 days from now. She’s not crazy, depressed or any of that – she’s an atheist who thinks life has no greater purpose. There’s just no point to living, especially since her generation hasn’t had the experience of a “great depression” [...]

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Cussing is the new thing in bigotry apparently

February 11, 2008

The Christian Defense Coalition is picketing ESPN. Why are they picketing ESPN? Because saying Jesus Christ in a less than loving manner and Goddamn is the equivalent of calling a black person a n*gger and a homosexual a f*ggot.
It is the goal of the Christian Defense Coalition to help ESPN realize the negative [...]

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Republican’s sexist & racist – what a surprise, eh?

February 11, 2008

The Conservative Political Action Commitee (CPAC) recently got together and here’s what they’re selling each other (via Feministe):

Hillary, of course, gets the brunt of the hatred (The Economist):

It’s not every day you see racism, sexism and classism in the same picture – so enjoy that last one.

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Religious kids are corrupt fools

February 11, 2008

And it’s your fault American atheists. You’re a relatively powerless minority group that can’t so much as frown in the vicinity of a theist without being accused of personally plotting the assassination of every theist on the planet, but thanks to you there are millions of religious kids running around the country looking not [...]

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More evidence that God’s a bit bizarre

February 11, 2008

Check out this video of young amphibians literally eating the skin off their mom’s back:

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As weird as it may be, it makes sense if evolution is true. The mother’s skin becomes very thick and rich with nutrients when she’s brooding and unless the [...]

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YouTube: A nod to atheist women

February 11, 2008

When I first saw the link for the video I was a bit worried as a lot of things that address atheist women tend to run along the lines of “an atheist female who’s also pretty??? hot!!!”. My worry was for naught for it’s a pretty good video featuring atheist women, not “pretty” women [...]

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Can you steal an election from yourself?

February 10, 2008

While there’s some rumbling that the Democratic National Convention might involve tear gas this year it appears that the GOP higher-ups are getting a bit worried about Huckabee’s popularity. Huckabee took all the delegates for Kansas and won Louisiana by 1 percent just to have the GOP declare McCain the winner in Washington after [...]

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