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by jklugman 8-2-2009

John Quiggin asks if there are any Republicans who reject all forms of delusion propounded by that party: delusionism... Birtherism Creationism... 9/11 Trutherism (not, in most cases, the “Bush knew” version, but the “Saddam organised it, via meetings in Prague” version) Crank medical theories: on passive smoking, the Terri Schiavo case, abortion-breast cancer link, AIDS reappraisal, claims about stem cells (to make it easy, getting any of these right will suffice) Rejection of plate tectonics... Bonus points if we can find one who’s not from Maine.

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POPS Malignant Tumors

by jklugman 6-19-2009

I love this quotation. Thanks John Quiggin.

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POPS US Army sergeant accused of murdering Iraqi prisoners

by jklugman 8-29-2008

Via John Quiggin at Crooked Timber

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POPS "Converted Muslim extremists" fooling Christian right?

by masbury 2-23-2008

I have often wondered why my conservative religious colleagues are so convinced that extremists are planning all-out war. These fellows are very likely among their sources.

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POPS Conservapedia: Jesus Never Condemned Stoning Adultress

by jklugman 5-13-2007

An essay in Conservapedia which argues that the bleeding-heart liberal Jesus depicted in John 7:53-8:11 (where he tells a mob about to stone an adulteress "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her) is a fabrication. The Wikipedia entry on the Pericope Adulterae agrees that this story was a late addition to the Bible. I do find it interesting how people will use textual analysis to dismiss those parts of scripture they find inconvenient. I am sure this tendency is not limited to conservatives (but this example, where it blatantly anchors textual analysis to ideology, strikes me as especially funny). It does make me skeptical of arguments that Christianity (as well as any other religion) should be a source of wisdom for moral questions that confound us today. Via John Quiggin .

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POPS "Delusionist"; alternative definition instead of "sceptic"