TagsTagsIn her latest post Pamela Geller screeches: It is time there was a museum exhibit dedicated to the victims of jihad. Where is the Met's showcase of the lives and cultures and histories of the 270 million victims of over a millennium of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations, and ...
False Statistics, lies, Islamophobia, Religion, wingnuts, Pamela Geller, Bill French, Bill Warner, Anti-Muslim
A new Pew Research survey finds that the people most knowledgeable about religion are atheists. Which shouldn't be a surprise, really; that's why they're atheists. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on ...
Alert: someone is circulating a bogus story that pastor Terry Jones of "Burn a Koran Day" was recently arrested for possession of child pornography. It's not true. The email I received had a link to a user-submitted page at NBC.com, which links to another user-submitted page at another site, where you ...
Religion, Fundamentalism, Hate Speech, Homophobia, Anti-Muslim, Dove World Outreach Center, Hoax
Earlier this week we had a post about the Dove World Outreach Center and their "International Burn A Quran Day;" here's the pastor of this "nondenominational" church, Terry Jones, on the Rick Sanchez show: Church plans Quran-burning event. Video (By the way, is anyone at CNN ever going to notice that the ...
Religion, Fundamentalism, Hate Speech, Homophobia, Anti-Muslim, Dove World Outreach Center, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller
For the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida is planning a special celebration: a good old-fashioned book burning. (RNS) A Florida church with “Islam is of the devil” signs in its front lawn plans to host an “International Burn A Quran Day,” on ...
Dove World Outreach Center, Anti-Muslim, Homophobia, Hate Speech, Fundamentalism, Religion, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller
The Huffington Post has always been friendly toward “new age” quack medicine, but I have to admit I was a little surprised to see them actually publishing the work of Discovery Institute shill David Klinghoffer: David Klinghoffer: The Dark Side of Darwinism. If you’ve ever read an article by this clown, ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, discovery institute, David Klinghoffer, Huffington Post
Sarah Palin demonstrates once again her calm, rational basis for making policy. Gulf disaster needs divine intervention as man’s efforts have been futile. Gulf lawmakers designate today Day of Prayer for solution/miracle Isn’t a disaster like this often referred to as an “act of God?” Maybe God already did intervene. ...
Religious Right, Religion, Populism, Rogue, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry
One of the tenets of the very politically active far right Christian sect known as the “Dominionists” is the “Seven Mountains” analogy — a strategy for building political influence and gradually turning the United States into a theocracy. It may sound crazy, but the people who believe this are completely ...
Religion, Far Right, Dominionism, Calvinism, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Jim Garlow, newt gingrich
On the way to answering the question of why humorists seem to make fun of Christians more often than Muslims, Barrett Brown shamelessly admits that it’s all about the pageviews: Muslims Love the Sweet Taste of Candy: A Message to Judeo-Christian Literalists.
Barrett Brown, Religion, Comedy, Vicodin, Islam, Christianity
Today’s read: part two of Michael J. Totten’s interview with Christopher Hitchens.
Christopher Hitchens, Michael J. Totten, Interview, Militant Islam, Religion, Blasphemy
A must-read: Michael J. Totten interviews Christopher Hitchens, Part One.
Blasphemy, Religion, Militant Islam, Interview, Michael J. Totten, Christopher Hitchens
Well, it’s the Christmas season, and you know what that means — time for the annual War on Christmas! Bill O’Reilly’s ramping up to cover one outrageous story of horrible persecution after another, with a flashy animated rotating “War on Christmas” logo, as atheists and pagans do their best to ...
Religion, Christmas, War on Christmas, Hyperventilation, Religious Right, Establishment Clause, Constitution
Sarah Palin’s extreme religious beliefs are on display in this video released by the Billy Graham organization, in which she repeats the long-debunked fundamentalist canard that the founding fathers “dedicated the country to God,” and calls for America to be ruled by “godly” leaders. And of course, she’s not talking about ...
Sarah Palin, Rogue, Birthers, Religion, Theocrat, Constitution
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC has threatened to stop providing all social services unless the DC City Council drops plans for a gay marriage bill. Under the bill, headed for a council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex ...
Religion, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Washington DC, catholic church
Two of the far right religious fanatics appointed to the Texas social studies curriculum review board by their fellow creationist fanatics are David Barton (of the theocratic Wallbuilders group) and Rev. Peter Marshall (who operates Peter Marshall Ministries in Massachusetts). The Texas Freedom Network has a look at the incredible ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, History, Science, Texas, David Barton, Peter Marshall, Wallbuilders
Pat Condell’s latest video is a brutally direct and very powerful indictment of organized religion. [Video]
The far right religious fanatics appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the State Board of Education are at it again. Led by David Barton of the extreme fundamentalist group Wallbuilders (who don’t believe in the separation of church and state), the three fanatics on the panel are trying to subvert ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, History, Science, Texas, David Barton, Peter Marshall, Wallbuilders
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who signed into law an “academic freedom” bill intended to sneak the teaching of creationism into Louisiana schools, has been using state-funded helicopters to fly him to church on Sundays: Governor’s Sunday helicopter travels have come at taxpayers’ expense. On Father’s Day this year, Gov. Bobby ...
New research into mitochondria provides a devastating refutation of one of the main talking points of Michael Behe and the Discovery Institute neo-creationists, as “irreducible complexity” turns out to be very reducible. Intricate cellular components are often cited as evidence of intelligent design. They couldn’t have evolved, I.D. proponents say, ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Irreducible Complexity
Unbelievable. Apparently, there are quite a few politicians and school board members in Texas who are either 1) unaware of the existence of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, or 2) actively trying to subvert it: Texas public schools required to teach Bible this year. Imagine ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Fundamentalism, Texas, David Barton, Wallbuilders, Fanaticism, Theocracy
In these troubled times, Tulsa Republican mayoral candidate Anna Falling knows what’s important — putting a young earth creationism exhibit in the middle of the Tulsa Zoo. It’s her top priority. “It’s first,” she said to calls of “hallelujah” at a rally outside the zoo. “If we can’t come to the ...
William Dembski, the “intelligent design” creationist who is a professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has some rather interesting requirements for students of his creationism courses — 20% of their final grade comes from having written 10 posts promoting ID on “hostile” websites: Academic ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, richard dawkins, William Dembski, Intelligent Design, Theocracy, Fundamentalism
Two well-known figures in the public debate over the scientific theory of evolution, biologist Richard Dawkins and Wendy Wright (president of Concerned Women for America) square off for a fascinating glimpse into the glazed mind of a creationist. [Video] That’s part one; here’s part two, and if you can stand any more ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, richard dawkins, Wendy Wright, Pseudo-Science, social conservatism, Science
The Weekly Standard has been bought for an embarrassingly low price by a Christian fundamentalist billionaire, so don’t be surprised if you see them do a sharp lurch to the creationist side of reality: “Weekly Standard” Going Creationist? Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has sold The Weekly Standard to Christian conservative ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, discovery institute, Weekly Standard, Right Wing