War on Christmas
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WOC Update: Wiccans Advance in Green Bay
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 The uneasy alliance between Atheists and Wiccans in the War on Christmas paid off this week as a skirmish unfolded in Green Pay, Wisconsin.
Richard Dawkins Debunks “Christmas Delusion”
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 He’s no Bing Crosby. No, he’s better.
WOC Update: Candidates Cave to Christmas Criticism
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 THE front-running candidates in the 2008 US presidential election have released Christmas ads to voters, following the lead of one Republican hopeful who copped heavy criticism for his TV spot. Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher and state governor running for the Republican nomination, was the first candidate to release a holiday message to voters…
WOC Case Study: Enlightened Atheist vs. Wacko Nutbag
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 Little battles are forming everywhere on the internet. Some wacko nutbag who just noticed the War on Christmas for the first time gets all spitty and spatty on the blog. This is picked up by our intelligence services and passed on to a ration, thoughtful atheist blogger, who humiliates the self righteous moron. It is…
WOC Update: Christopher Hitchens Puts the X Back in X-mas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 War on Christmas Update
Posted by Greg Laden on December 19, 2007 A conservative commentator recently editorialized: For centuries, atheism has been the rake lurking around the edges of the Christmas party, but now it’s slurping from the punch bowl in the middle of the room. Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are selling atheist manifestos by the bin, and teens are soaking up blasphemous bits…
Updates on the War on Christmas and Other Matters
Posted by Greg Laden on December 18, 2007 How much influence to key religious leaders have in the White House?; Is Borders Books insensitive to Christians?: What are the Western Colorado Atheists up to?
The Democrats and the Media vs. The Republicans
Posted by Greg Laden on December 18, 2007 This video has been removed becaus, I assume, THEY did not want you to see it… So how about this one instead:
My Christmas is Most Like…
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Your Christmas is Most Like: How the Grinch Stole Christmas You can’t really get into the Christmas spirit… But it usually gets to you by the end of the holiday. What Movie Is Your Christmas Most Like?
The Bible-Thumping Grinch who Pissed on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 16, 2007 I am amazed at the giddiness amongst Christian Fundamentalists that has fomented from the mere utterance of a holiday greeting by Richard Dawkins. The counter-insurgents in the War on Christmas … the Red White and Blue, squeaky-faced smirking shits that call themselves commentators or preachers are creaming in their jeans. But they are also stepping…
Roy Zimmerman on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 15, 2007 Well be praying for you, Roy.
Holiday Shopping Tip #3
Posted by Greg Laden on December 15, 2007 The Rapture Alarm: From The Friendly Atheist
On the Ninth Day of Hanukkah, My True Love Gave To Me…
Posted by Greg Laden on December 14, 2007 … Nine Yahoos Dancing… Flushed with Victory, Bill The Moron O’Reilly Adds One Day to Jewish Holiday: Despite declaring “victory” in the “War on Christmas” this week, Bill O’Reilly continued to harp on his favorite subject last night with Focus on the Family’s Carrie Gordon Earll. Discussing the group’s “Attack on Christmas 2007″ list, Earll…
War on Christmas: The Battle of the House Chamber
Posted by Greg Laden on December 13, 2007 Fox News in a Tizzy:
WOC Spy, Codename RD, Slipps Under Radar Screen
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2007 One of our more cunning spies, who shall be known only as “RD.”, made his move yesterday to slip under the Christian Radar screen, in a stunningly brave, very public move: [RD], who has expressed hopes of converting religious believers to atheism through his international bestseller [deleted], made the comments while fielding open questions on…
War on Christmas Training Manual
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2007 From Austin Cline. What are the Christmas Wars?: In his infamous tract “The International Jew,” Henry Ford wrote “The whole record of the Jewish opposition to Christmas, Easter and other Christian festivals, and their opposition to certain patriotic songs, shows the venom and directness of [their] attack.” The John Birch Society complained that the “Godless…
Golden Compass Review Repressed by Catholic Church
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2007 This just in: Days after its publication, a largely positive review of The Golden Compass that appeared in Catholic newspapers across the country was retracted this week by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops, who could not be reached for comment, offered no explanation for the decision. But Catholic groups, including the…
War on Christmas Update: Atheists Spit in Face of Christians!
Posted by Greg Laden on December 10, 2007 Chistians, especially Catholics, continue “tizzy” regarding The Golden Compass, based on books by atheist Philip Pullman. I heard a woman from the Catholic League, spitting and furming on MSNBC about how this movie was really really bad because it would … Lead to children to reading the books.. Read the books? Hey, read the books!…
VVVVVVSSSSSSSSSSTTTT ….. KABOOM!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2007 Another round of heavy artillery launched in the War on Christmas. It’s a hit! [hattip: PZ Myers]
Blogospherics: Recommended reads
Posted by Greg Laden on December 2, 2007 Good Math Bad Math wastes litte energy in his discussion of how tend to mangle the laws of thermodynamics. This is a good post to read if you are interested in this issue, from a scientific, mathematical point of view. Or, you can just skip to my favorite paragraph: And so, once again, I wonder……
War on Christmas Internet Polls
Posted by Greg Laden on December 2, 2007 Grrl Scientist took one of those crazy on line polls and discovered that she’s a holiday girl. She notes that the answers to the question “What’s your holiday personality?” seems always positive and festive and crap no matter what you answer, and notes “I mean, who wants to be told they are a holiday grinch?”…
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