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POPSBlack Death Anniversary Certainly a defining moment in world history. It's interesting that present day fundamentalists such as Falwell are still using the same arguments that their 14th century counterparts employed. You'd think that after 600+ years they'd have learned something.
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POPSScience Ignorance Blessed in Oklahoma Although this legislation has not made it through to law the very idea that it was put forth at all is surprising. I feel sorry for rational Oklahomans who must endure this humiliation.
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POPSSpread the Word Here's your FSM toolkit. Put on your white shirt and tie*, hope on your bicycle and start ringing those doorbells. Join the proslytyzing bandwagon. *White shirt and tie optional. Pirate costume entirely appropriate.
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POPSLaw Abiding Immigrants Another straw man that ultra nationalists love to offer shows that it has no legs. With much of present day conservatism based on fear manipulation of the population this study indicates what a little sunshine can do to rank prejudice and bigotry.
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POPSFlorida Creationist Shows Off Of course not all Floridians are this abjectly stupid. Although recent polls indicate that close to 50% prefer creationism over evolution. Take a peek at what a lack of science education can accomplish.
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POPSMuslim Bullying How absurd for any religious group to expect for persons of differing faiths or no faith at all to adhere to their quaint religious practices. It reminds me of the resistance to teach evolution in public schools or the attempts to force religion into the public arena. Both spheres have a similar lack of credibility and rationale. Kudos to Wikipedia for not kowtowing to religious fanatics.
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POPSUh, Who Cares What Religion Obama Is? Evidently this "issue" has captured the imagination of religious people around the US. Maybe they're not familiar with Article VI of the Constitution. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. The popular view today would seem to be that this article was simply a "suggestion".
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POPSIowa Helps Democratic Party When I discovered that Iowa had chosen Mike Huckabee as the Republican nominee my little heart took a leap with joy. Who better than a Bible-thumping, evolution denying , anti-choice, far right priest/candidate for the Dems to be running against. In many ways he is a caricature of Bush although he does appear to be more articulate.
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POPSFlorida Religionists Cling to Myth As in Texas, Florida is also debating whether or not to include Intelligent Design in its science curriculum. Following the Dover Pennsylvania trial you'd think these yahoos would have gotten the word. ID is not science. We'll have to wait and see if they cling to their Bronze Age myths or join the rest of us who live in a reality based world.
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POPSMan Made Life Whoa. The implications from this will be enormous. If this project succeeds expect a concerted campaign of denial and attack from the religious conservatives.
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POPSGet Your Coathangers Ready Anyone who believes that this has nothing to do with banning abortion is a fool. The other troubling point is that it, as mentioned in the article, could also affect birth control. Welcome to 1950 folks. Once again religious ideology takes precedent over rational thought. Once again, emotional pleading trumps reasoned, rational discourse.
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POPSPrayer and Terrorism I particularly liked the "spiritual prayer wall" concept. The idea is so elegantly simple. I'm surprised Bush doesn't immediately seize the opportunity to withdraw all the troops and erect this "prayer wall" around the country. Problem solved. The terrorists couldn't possibly penetrate it and the country would be safe. Also,what was McIntyre thinking? If atheists prayed might that cause problems? I'm not sure how the prayer pipeline operates but this seems problematic at best. It seems atheists might cause prayer static to be generated that could block the prayers of true believers. Maybe they should rethink this whole prayer thing. Maybe do something concrete like begin talks with parties in the middle east? What do I know though. I guess I'll try prayer and see if I get any answers....hello....hello....anybody home?
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POPSWith God on Her Side Another Monica scandal, this one of a different sort. Here we have another Bushie manipulating the system for political purposes. Honestly, she probably thought that she was "doing the Right thing for America" (capitalization inserted on purpose). I can't help but speculate that her "education" played a key roll in her strange ethical standing.
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