Pastor Ray Mummert, in a report on the Dover, PA "intelligent design" lawsuit:
"Christians are a lot more bold under Bush's leadership, he speaks what a lot of us believe," said Mummert."We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture," he said, adding that the school board's declaration is just a first step.
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Um. I'm floored. I am absolutley, completely and totally floored.
Buy Euros and learn a foreign language. You'll need them.
Yeah I read that, it's worth a belly laugh isn't it.
And yet, I'm willing to die for these sorts of people... What the hell was I thinking?
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"it will make you a liberal, with all that rational thinking and intellectual inquiry."
And they make it sound like a bad thing. I hope the kid ignored their warnings.
It also reminds me of the last time I went to church were the pastor said that we "shouldn't use logic when reading the bible."