Choosing Rationality Over Religious Dogma
This morning, I read an article written by Reverend Michael Bresciani titled “National Day of Prayer out says federal judge — America’s identity eroding.” It’s generally more of the ignorance commonly displayed by the religious right when claiming the United States is a “Christian Nation,” though Bresciani does claim that label is inaccurate. He does, …
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This topic of the United States as a “Christian Nation” is abused so often by the religious right that it’s gotten beyond tedious, but Sarah Palin managed to stir it up again with her ignorant ramblings at the Women of Joy conference in Louisville, Kentucky. According to an ABC News story, Palin thinks it’s “mind …
On April 15th, a district court in Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional. It’s a decision that was a long time coming. From the article: Crabb wrote that her ruling was not a judgment on the value of prayer. She noted government involvement in prayer may be constitutional if the conduct …
Lately, I’ve seen a lot of excuse-making in the form of, “Well they did it, too!” I’ve seen this in relation to the sexual abuses by the Catholic Church (and yes… at this point, it’s not just priests, it’s the church), racism and bigotry by tea party protestors, and political activity (or non-activity, as the …
Phil Plait is a Rachel Maddow fanboi and I can’t say I blame him. Though Rachel is fallible and has made mistakes before, more often than not, she hits the proverbial nail on the head, so when she gave her commentary on Climategate, the ACORN “scandal,” and other right-wing, anti-reality nonsense, Phil couldn’t resist linking …
More from PZ Myers on the Catholic Church’s institutionalization of child rape. How bad can a Catholic priest get? Meanwhile, the Pope heads a Catholic office that was sheltering child-rapers, and the entire Catholic hierarchy is busily claiming the martyrdom of Christ for itself because people have started to complain about their intrusive little penises. …
A man in Dallas, Texas is facing charges after explicitly stating (by filing papers in a federal court) that he will use deadly force to stop an abortion. In the filing, he asked for a restraining order against law enforcement, asking that “officers not be allowed to harm him if he had to harm someone …
Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa, the Pope’s "personal preacher" is evidently comparing critics of Benedict and the Catholic church to Hitler. When I read that, my mouth dropped and my reaction was "Are you f**king kidding me?!" Calling someone out for enabling and protecting child molesters is like killing Jews? This is just more to add to …
My first attempt at a webcomic… (Thanks to Mike for the collaboration)
Scott Roeder, the man who murdered Dr. George Tiller, received a life sentence for his crime, with no eligibility for parole for at least 50 years. During his trial, Roeder testified that he killed Tiller in a bid to save unborn children. In a rambling statement in court Thursday, Roeder blamed Tiller’s death primarily on …