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Religion:
Essentialism beyond just animals
Category: Politics
How religion generates social conservatism: You could make a reasonable case that pencils have a purpose, but pencil shavings just exist. But what about elephants? Religious people and children are, of course, more likely than non-religious adults to say that...
Posted by Coturnix at 1:59 PM • 0 Comments •
Attenborough makes sense (video)
Category: Skepticism
There is a reason why he is #1
Posted by Coturnix at 5:02 PM • 1 Comments •
What is science's rightful place?
Category: Science Education
If you walk into a room and flip a switch and the light does not come on, what do you do? I doubt that you throw yourself on the floor in fear, speaking in tongues, praying, blaming the Aliens or asking the Government to help you.
Posted by Coturnix at 5:05 PM • 9 Comments •
War on Christmas? Ho-ho-ho!
Category: Politics
There is no clearer and better example of Artificial controversy than the War on Christmas, as Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity re-invent it every year in order to boost their tanking ratings. What War on Christmas? Just drive along a...
Posted by Coturnix at 9:13 PM • 5 Comments •
Desk? No: Head-desk! McCain is....Jesus Christ!
Category: Politics
Little Light explains the strange tale about the school desk from Huckabee's speech. As we should have known by now - it is a dogwhistle: Sound familiar yet? Please tell me it does. This is the doctrine of "Grace, Not...
Posted by Coturnix at 5:29 PM • 9 Comments •
So, how are evangelicals and fundamentalists responding to Palin?
Category: Politics
owlz: Stated or not, the extreme right, the real audience intended to be won over by the Palin choice, will be eagerly anticipating her becoming president at the earliest possible date. They will be looking for her to have influence...
Posted by Coturnix at 9:28 PM • 5 Comments •
Why teaching evolution is dangerous
Category: Ideology
It is so nice teaching biology to adults when there are no (obvious) Creationists in the classroom. It does not always happen that way - I have had a couple of cases in the past - but this time it...
Posted by Coturnix at 12:50 PM • 33 Comments •
I thought they were spineless to begin with...
Category: Medicine
But new research shows they lose spine gradually over the years. [via]...
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Door To Door Atheists Bother Mormons
Category: Religion
Silly, but funny to see how people react when treated to a dose of their own medicine: "Australian filmmaker John Safran is so fed up with mormons ringing his doorbell early in the morning that he flies to Salt Lake...
Posted by Coturnix at 12:49 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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