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HuffPo Religion and Science: the stupidest thing I’ve read on the internet all morning
Posted by Greg Laden on July 6, 2010 Although I quickly add that I’ve not been reading much on the Internet this morning, but stilll ….. There is this item in HuffPo … Jesus and the Evolution of the Species by Stanley Knick, PhD: This is not about whether you believe in God, or whether you believe in evolution. It is not about…
Louie Gohmert Hates the Constitution
Posted by Greg Laden on July 6, 2010 Hat Tip: Rachel Maddow
“I choose to believe the record of Scripture – even if I am seen as a fool…a Bible-thumper…a loony literalist!”
Posted by Greg Laden on July 4, 2010 … OK, I think we can arrange that …
Church Suspects Treated like Possible Criminals. Vatican Shocked.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 27, 2010 I’m not going to say anything about the methods the Belgian authorities have used, because I don’t know anything about due process in that country. (Though I did notice that that Belgian police carry big machine guns, at least when I’ve been there.) Anyway, the Vatican has it’s shorts in a twist because civilian police…
What to do with those pesky religious skeptics
Posted by Greg Laden on June 26, 2010 In which I provide my two cents regarding the current discussion between PZ Myers, Pamela Gay, and others.
Jesus Struck by Lightning, Burned to Ground, as Predicted in Bible
Posted by Greg Laden on June 15, 2010 Pat Robertson, others, claim that this is a sign from god telling us that Christianity is not the true religion.
Making religious delusion work for you.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 14, 2010 It won’t always work …
A hail storm of biblical proportions
Posted by Greg Laden on May 21, 2010 When I was first in the Ituri Forest, I Noticed there were many kinds of plantains grown in the gardens there They varied by size and shape. One version seemed to have numerous black spots on the outside. When asking what it was called, I found its name was the same as the variety without…
Pope: You are still not helping!
Posted by Greg Laden on May 11, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI has made the statement that the outrage and calls for action from outside the over the sexual abuse of children within the church is a for of “persecution of the Church.” He further stated that the cause of that widespread sexual abuse of children that has been documented within the Catholic Church…
Jesus Christ on Comedy Central: William Donaohue Mad, Confused
Posted by Greg Laden on May 7, 2010 A new show called “JC” is planned for Comedy Central. The details of the show indicate that it has potential to be rather funny. But what is even funnier is watching the Catholic League trying to figure out exactly how to be mad at Comedy Central.
What if “Boob Quake” had been …
Posted by Greg Laden on May 3, 2010 “Dick Shake”
New Anti-Evolution Pro-Fundy Christian Book, Reviewed
Posted by Greg Laden on April 21, 2010 C.E. Cupp is Ann Coulter before the bottle-blond crap is poured on her head, but maybe slightly less vile.1 She just came out with a new book: Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity, which explains everything you had wrong if you were a progressive liberal in the education business. The book even…
Religious Hate
Posted by Greg Laden on April 21, 2010 … crazies ask for death to South Park authors …
Pope-linked Cover-up of Catholic Church Sex Scandal Gets Worse
Posted by Greg Laden on April 20, 2010 A FORMER vicar-general in the archdiocese of Munich has claimed that he was pressurised last month into taking the blame for a mistake made 30 years ago by the then Archbishop of Munich, Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict), concerning the case of a paedophile priest. Fr Gerhard Gruber has now said he did so only…
Greg Laden just can’t help himself ..In Broadbrush artistry
Posted by Greg Laden on April 17, 2010 Somebody is wrong on the Internet, and apparently, it’s Greg Laden. “…Greg. Don’t get us wrong, we want to see the Pope (and priests) answer for what they’ve done,…” We just want it done OUR way, and not your way. So please sit down and shut up. Signed, We’ll, we’re not going to say who…
Pope, in incredible act of insensitivity, mixes up roles of victim and perp
Posted by Greg Laden on April 17, 2010 In his first foreign trip since sex abuse scandals in Europe and the US broke, Pope Benedict has said the Church has been “wounded by its sins”. msnbc
Alert: Evolution Suppressed in Connecticut
Posted by Greg Laden on April 14, 2010 “Mr. Tangarone, a 17-year veteran of the Weston school system, claims that a program he wanted to teach about Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln was rejected by the school administration because it involved teaching evolution — the scientific theory that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor.”
Richard Dawkins to Arrest Pope*
Posted by Greg Laden on April 11, 2010 Rumor has it that Richard Dawkins, along with Christopher Hitchens, plan to use the same legal gambit that allowed the arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, to arrest Pope Benedict XVI for his alleged involvement in the cover-up of Catholic priest sexual abuse cases. Do you think Dawkins has gone to far?
BAT 2010: The Secular School
Posted by Greg Laden on April 7, 2010 This is my belated contribution to Blogging Against Theocracy.
Humanists dissed by ACLU in Mississippi: Your opinion needed.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 2, 2010 I don’t know what to think about this. Remember the prom, where the lesbian girl wanted to wear a tux (gasp!) and bring her girlfriend (gasp) so the local already known to be wacked out school district shut the prom down? You may also know that the ACLU organized an alternate prom, and has been…
Science proves that God created everything out of nothing.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 13, 2010 Accoring to Aubrea Wagner, the 17 year old winner of the Christian World View essay contest in which students were asked to write an essay on the following theme:
What does an atheist firing squad look like?
Posted by Greg Laden on February 8, 2010 Perhaps not what you’d think. This is not about appeasement. It is about not being a racist slob.
Courts allow University of California to reject credit for Creationist High School courses
Posted by Greg Laden on February 7, 2010 A federal appellate court has ruled against a Christian school in Murrieta which had sued the University of California over its refusal to accept high school courses that rely on the Bible as the unerring source of truth. Details here. Next step: Homeschoolers! (Hat tip: August Berkshire)
Look what religion makes people do
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2010 Point: Poe:
Bible Verse Rifle Scope Problem Solved
Posted by Greg Laden on January 22, 2010 The general told them to stop. The manufacturer agreed. Fox news is now calling the US Armed Forces unpatriotic. Or something.
Ethics and morality sans religion
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2010 You probably don’t know that I went to Harvard, because I rarely mention it, but I did, and when I was there I literally worked and studied around the Divinity school. The lab I worked in was on one side of the Div School, and the Peabody Museum (home of the Anthro Dept) was on…
US Military Rifle Scopes Imprinted with Bible Verses
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2010 This is bible thumpers breaking military rules, US law, and endangering the troops. The war profiteers who do this admit it, and retorts that those who do not like the bible references printed on US military hardware are “not Christians.” Presumably this means that their complaints are irrelevant.
Religion and Science: The Non Debate
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2010 There is an interesting conversation developing on The Intersection (What Should Science Organizations Say About Religion? Answer: A Lot) to which this is my response: The conversation you have modeled here (people talking past each other … see the original post) is very close to what actually happens in an NCSE like conversation, except that…
Christmas is Hell
Posted by Greg Laden on December 21, 2009 People are very on edge today. More short and ill tempered than usual. I was walking along in Target and had that sense of tension and angst all around me, the feeling that everyone in the store would be happier if everyone else in the store was not there. As I was walking along I…
“Black Prison” interrogation video leaked
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2009 This is just un-believ-able
, which is now available for the 
