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POPSGathering of the Loonies And remember, you're promised a "dazzling array of world class speakers"!!! Such as Ken Ham, the creator of the Creationist Museum in Kentucky. I suggest anyone within a 100 mile radius of this event stock up on flashlights and candles as you witness the advent of the Dark Ages.
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POPSMore Ignorant Comments About Creationism Jindal, like Bush himself, must have dozed off in basic science class when they were discussing what science is. It's no mistake that Americans are woefully ignorant when it comes to science. This wouldn't be a problem but for the fact that they want to spread their ignorance to school children too. ID is the pig with lipstick. It's Creationism dressed in a lab coat. It's not science. Period.
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POPSWould Garlic Protect Us From the Courts? More insanity from Texas which seems to have more than its share. This superstitious stupidity really needs to end. This religious immunity from critical scrutiny has existed for too long. It's time to begin shinning a light on these barbaric practices practiced by this death cult.
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POPSChristian Zealot Faces Firing Once again we're witness to an attempt by a Christian fundamentalist to indoctrinate school children into his cult. The interesting point was made that 1) for eleven years people have complained about his classroom behavior and 2) other science teachers have testified that they had to reteach students that took this loon's class. Now the school board is finally looking into sacking this "teacher".
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POPSSC: Land of Gawd? Are these folks so brain dead that they just don't get it? Evidently not. They keep trying to inject their own particular superstition into government and they keep failing. Reminds me of the adage of the crazy person persisting in the same activity and expecting differing results.
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POPSBranding for Christ A "science" teacher in Ohio is under scrutiny for mixing religion and science. This miscreant not only is a fundy nut but a liar too. I'm sure the kids in his class are getting the latest in science education (if they lived in the bronze age, that is).
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POPSChristian Dior vs Dunkin Donuts What an odd pairing. High fashion vs fried cake? Recently both have been seen to cave to PC fringe groups over messages they sent. Dunkin Donuts with its "terrorist" scarved spokesperson, Rachael Ray and now this, Sharon Stone making a comment about "karma" in relationship with the recent earthquakes in China. Both companies acted irresponsibly over silly, non-issues.
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POPSSex Education From Austin Cline's blog, an illuminating exposé of Christian's attempts to sneak religious dogma into public schools.
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POPSFreedom for All Because of the nationwide special privilege that Christians have come to expect this type of discrimination is common place.
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POPS"Repelled" Opens Soon While this "documentary" has been widely panned by many people it will have to be the misinformed and scientifically ignorant that save it. Considering the gullibility of the American public and their abysmal understanding of science and evolution I wouldn't be too surprised if this hatchet job did better than expected. Though, I would be extremely disappointed in the level of intelligence and lack of judgment in the movie going public.
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POPSReligious Tests? Once again we're presented with examples of outright bigoted prejudice. Perhaps not surprising if it was put forth from a stereotypical Nascar dad but from a contender to the presidency it seems a bit out of line.
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POPSGrandpa McCain Don't Like Them Atheists! Promulgating the idea of bigoted, separatist thought seems to take up a lot of the energies of the Republicans these days. Of course this has been their bread and butter issue for years. Give us someone to hate and forget about the real issues that plague the common man. They're the first to cry foul over class issues but they certainly have no qualms about using them to instill fear and prejudice if it suits their corporate aims.
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POPSJesus in My Oatmeal For those of you out there who have recently been awed by the appearance of Jesus or Mary in your marmalade here's a more rational explanation for you to try on. Rationality. It's really a good thing.
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POPSPredictable Huckabee Win Frankly, I'm not surprised in the least. The state that tried to set back the teaching of biology 150 years has given a rousing endorsement to the most biblical candidate in quite a while. How does commander and preacher sound? The inauguration should be fun. I'm all set to watch Dino, the Jesus Horse, leading the parade down Pennsylvania Ave.
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POPSMuslim Bullying How absurd for any religious group to expect for persons of differing faiths or no faith at all to adhere to their quaint religious practices. It reminds me of the resistance to teach evolution in public schools or the attempts to force religion into the public arena. Both spheres have a similar lack of credibility and rationale. Kudos to Wikipedia for not kowtowing to religious fanatics.
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POPSUh, Who Cares What Religion Obama Is? Evidently this "issue" has captured the imagination of religious people around the US. Maybe they're not familiar with Article VI of the Constitution. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. The popular view today would seem to be that this article was simply a "suggestion".
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POPSMy God Can Beat Up Your God For CM regulars who have accused me on beating up on Christians I offer this clip about Hindu militants and their strife with Christians in India. Ain't religion fun...
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POPSWe're Not Alone The US is not alone in the world when it comes to religious puffery. Korea has joined the flock of countries with biblical rulers.
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POPSChristian Cry Babies Overcome Satanic Company I wasn't aware until recently what a brouhaha this had been in GB. But I'm not surprised considering the fact that GB has a state religion (however "civic" it may have become over the years). I posted an earlier piece on this and my opinion still stands. This is much ado about nothing. Another manufactured firestorm over a faux christian threat.
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POPSPity the Poor Christians Once again we have a persecuted Christian being thrown to the metaphorical lions. Oh, how sad. What a careful reading of this story reveals is that BA's dress code bans the wearing of any jewelry over their uniforms. This poor, put upon soldier for Christ hasn't been able to grasp that. And by her own admission, she is wearing the cross to proselytize.
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POPSTexans for Education - 12th Century Style How embarrassing it must be to live in Texas these days. Will we be witness the next time Houston has a problem with the Space Shuttle of their hurriedly convening a prayer circle to fix it?
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POPSTell Me It Ain't So I've often heard my Christian friends make a distinction between worshiping God and Allah. This always struck me as quaint since both religions (Christianity and Islam) share a common Abrahamic tradition. What they mean to infer is the different ways in which the two religions view the biblical Jesus.
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POPSReligious Violence in India Proselytizing Christians anger Hindus in this latest saga of religious violence to sprout up in the world. Of course, atheists look at this and can't help but shake their heads at how nonsensical religionists are.
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POPSEducation Cowards Another "educational" institution bothered by the Christian Evolution Police. They claim they don't want to offend anyone's sensitive religious feelings. What a bunch of crap.
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POPSChristian Panic Once again we're presented with the curious sight of grown people (at least in a chronological sense) getting in a lather over a display that is contrary to their sacred view of the world. Fear seems to be the driving force behind most of the actions of religious people and that fear is exhibited here. Predictably, their response is unfortunately representative of a school yard fight instead of adults addressing a difference of opinion. We'll get to it! You can imagine their moral outrage if the shoe was on the other foot. Acceptance is a concept that they have yet to learn.
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POPSWritten Photographs "quietly marking the spot where two men would have their own religious war, above a box of forgotten fried chicken." This clip is from an ongoing series of "unphotographables". I love the concept. The next time your somewhere and see something you'd take a picture of but don't have your camera, try an unphotographable instead.
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POPSBigotry Alive and Well in Dixie What I didn't include in the clip was that this County Commissioner is 82 years old. I fervently hope that his comment is more of a generational issue than a regional issue. I suspect it's both. Living in this southern bulwark of Republican Conservatism I'm almost immune to comments like this. Not from politicians so much but from the man on the street. To live in a country that is 85% Christian it's ironic to hear this much hate and so little compassion.
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POPSRomney's Hornets Nest Another commentator speaks up about the disastrous attempt by Romney to make dogma the National mantra. Is there a journalistic shift taking place? Are people waking from their 6 year slumber aboard Bush's Ark? Are they finally seeing the actual harm that this quasi-theocratic administration has wrought? Is there hope?
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POPSReligious Hucksters Turn Slimmy It's telling that these snake oil salesmen for god are fine with getting tax breaks but become shifty when asked to back up their tax exempt justification. Typical. I'd like nothing more than see these Charletans for Christ thrown in the clink for contempt of congress. Of course the irony meter pegs out since these crooks claim Constitutional protection. They are the epitome of shameless self-interest. And people line up to give them money.
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POPSWhoa! Sanity from the RCC? While we are worlds apart in certain respects, Brother Consolmagno seems the type of person that I'd enjoy spending an afternoon with.
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POPSStrap on Your Sidearms Boys - It's Wartime Again The time is here! Dig those trenches; arm the battlements; the heathens are at the gates!!!! This is one "War" I find great amusement with. Watching fools act out their paranoid fantasies has great entertainment value.
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POPSQuestion Faith It's time for us to grow up as a culture and trash the inhibition of questioning religion. Why should this area of thought get a free pass? The only answer I can come up with is that it would not survive public doubt and criticism. As we've seen in the Bush administration, religious dogma does have consequences that can negatively affect millions of people. To allow these areas to go unquestioned is ridiculous.
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