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Muslim McCarthyism & Death Prayers

November 20, 2009

Pat Robertson (Wingnut for God), Pete Hoekstra(R-MI), Chuck 'Pulling the Plug on Grandma' Grassley (R-KS), Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sarah Palin (Celebrity)…..all have something very much in common.
Rachel Maddow explains…..

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Texas Theocons & The Magic Book

August 24, 2009

Up until this school year, high school classes where the Bible is the focus of study have only been available in some Texas public schools.
With these types of results….
Mark Chancey, associate professor in religious studies at Southern Methodist University, has studied Bible classes already offered in about 25 districts for the Texas Freedom Network.
"Some classes [...]

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Jihad For Jesus

June 3, 2009

Rachel Maddow puts Dr. George Tiller's execution by known domestic terrorist, Scott Roeder, into it's proper perspective, while Rachel's guest, Dr. Warren Hern, rightly explains why Tiller's killing was an American political assassination, not a random violent act.
Hern's comments are essential….they start at about the 5 minute mark.

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The God Report: Blasphemy in Philly

March 21, 2009

The United States is a place where silly, medieval, religious beliefs don't determine our laws. We're free from the unenlightened nonsense often witnessed in backward countries like, say, Iran, whose silly embarassment of a government includes an "Office for Promotion of Virtue and Prohibition of Vice." Can you imagine? And who could forget the barbarian [...]

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Embryonic Stem Cells According to Krauthammer

March 14, 2009

Charles Krauthammer's take on funding embryonic stem cell research…..'I'm not against it, but Obama is still wrong.'….
President Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit [...]

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The Wingnut Wars…Chapter One

March 3, 2009

And it came to pass at the beginning of the 21st century, as determined by the timeline of the Religions of Old, came the Great and Terrible Wingnut Wars of America.
Though prefigured in those mighty Conservative Leaders of the Olden Times, Lord Nixon and Saint Ronald of Hollywood, it wasn't until after the Reign of [...]

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God's Deceivers

February 21, 2009

If you haven't read this morning's Bob Dyer Beacon Journal piece about the Akron Fossils & Science Center in Copley, do so here.
What could possibly be wrong with a place called the Akron Fossils & Science Center? Right? Fossils…..science….sounds educational, plus who doesn't like looking at fossils?
Fossils are 'any remains, impression, or trace of a [...]

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What Would Jesus Say?

January 31, 2009

Gallup has come out with a new poll-map, by state, showing the importance of religion in Americans' daily lives. It seems that, on average, 65% of Americans consider religion important in their daily lives while 35% do not. Ohio ranks 25th, with Ohioans considering religion to be important in their daily lives by 65%.
Now compare [...]

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