If anyone answers it, then you know they are to be immediately dismissed: (via Cectic — back in form after a long hiatus) Read more
I’m pretty sure this is what would happen if the Religious Right had their way: I wonder what Sarah Palin did with all the other books… Here’s one more — an ode to the Palin-esque/Young Earth Creationist thinking that humans and dinosaurs lived together at one time… Both are illustrations from Zina Saunders’ new book The Party’s Over which visually depicts John McCain’s campaign . A preview of the book is at Blurb. (via Boing Boing) Read more
It’s not surprising that religious Americans voted overwhelmingly for John McCain. Still, the percent of Evangelical Christians voting for the Democrat this election went up five percent from 2004 (from 21% to 26%). That five percent change in favor of Barack Obama wasn’t the biggest change on the list, though. That honor went to those of us not connected with any faith. The Pew Forum says this: In Obama’s victory over Republican nominee John McCain, the Democrats’ largest gains (eight… Read more
Are you kidding me? Elizabeth Dole, in her concession speech after she lost the North Carolina Senate race to Kay Hagan, said this: “People from faraway places poured tens of millions of dollars into North Carolina, funding tough, unfair negative ads against me. I responded forcefully. I’m not happy with the tone this race acquired, but I must say I will never regret fighting as hard as I could for the privilege of continuing to serve the people of my… Read more
Jesus and Mo take on the wording of the Atheist Bus Campaign: I like the word “probably” in the ad. It’s more honest. You rarely hear religious people saying they are anything less than 100%-certain in their faith. (Is that a contradiction?) Read more
I heard it again the other day. A Christian said to me, “Oh, I’m not religious. I just have a relationship with Christ.” So I responded back: “Oh, I’m not a math teacher. I just teach students how to manipulate numbers and variables.” In terms of getting a conversation going, I think I failed. Read more
The Religious Right isn’t going away just yet. Here’s a quotation from one of their leaders: “This is just bizarre, and it shows how the teachers with their radical sexual agenda want to start early to reprogram these kids’ minds. They want to undermine the faith teachings that the kids have at home; this is part of a plan,” he suggests. “To me, this is like Hitler with Nazi Germany and the Soviets wanting to get to the youth and… Read more
Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition for America, writes a piece for the Washington Post On Faith blog where he talks about politicians paying lip service to various groups. Candidates always want to court the Religious Right voters, but they don’t always follow their orders. Instead, they just mention the Christian faith in every speech and play up their conservative credentials and talk about how they will be led by the Bible while in office. Thankfully, it’s more words… Read more
