Dr. James Dobson reveals why he believes Harriet Miers is a good nominee for the Supreme Court and addresses the objections that have been raised about her. — Lead-in to radio show by James Dobson, on his Focus on the Family website, October 5, 2005 "I believe the president made a wise decision in accepting Harriet Miers’s withdrawal as a … Read More
The Road To Burka-ville
Brio magazine is a teen health and beauty magazine put out by — wait for it — James Dobson’s Focus On The Family. In it, we find such gems as this: Today’s fashion has taken girls away from showing off their personality and instead has them trying to show off their sexuality. It’s not something I want to see anywhere … Read More
Local Church Harrasses Pretty Lady For Getting Into Halloween Spirit
More butt-in-skys who think it is their calling to make everybody be like them: ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. — An Ellettsville family whose home is decorated for Halloween contacted police after someone placed on its porch a flier that suggests Halloween praises the devil. Dalene Gully said she took offense to the flier, which was placed outside her home by the House … Read More
The Only Worthwhile Debate On Intelligent Design
Too busy to blog, but I’ll blogwhore a great post from The Abstract Factory entitled "The only debate on Intelligent Design that is worthy of its subject": Moderator: We’re here today to debate the hot new topic, evolution versus Intelligent Des— (Scientist pulls out baseball bat.) Moderator: Hey, what are you doing? (Scientist breaks Intelligent Design advocate’s kneecap.) Intelligent Design … Read More
Astrology And Palm-Reading Are Sciences Too
I love this opening paragraph from the New York Times story about the "Intelligent Design" case in Dover, PA: A leading architect of the intelligent-design movement defended his ideas in a federal courtroom on Tuesday and acknowledged that under his definition of a scientific theory, astrology would fit as neatly as intelligent design. Yes, professor. And that’s the problem. Astrology … Read More
The Dover Trial
Regrettably, I have not been able to follow the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial as closely as I would have liked. (The case relates to the teaching of "intelligent design" in Pennsylvania public schools). But I do recommend this rant by Plutonium Page at The Next Hurrah, discussing the ID defense "expert" who doesn’t know the concept of scientific method from … Read More
Catholics Enter 20th Century
Wow. This is pretty amazing, when you think about it: THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true. The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, … Read More
New Book Addresses Catholic Attitudes To Extra-terrestrial Life
From this press release: The truth is out there. With increasing numbers of people believing not only in the possibility of intelligent life on other planets, but even claiming encounters with aliens, it is not surprising that the Catholic Church is beginning to explore what effect the discovery of sentient ETs might have on Christian theology. Apparently, this is a … Read More
The Smoking Gun Of Intelligent Design
Interesting testimony in the Dover, Pa case, where legal challenges are being made to the Dover School Board’s decision to promote intelligent design in public education. ID proponents argue, very disingenuously, that intelligent design is NOT creationism dressed up in new clothes. (More background here). Here’s proof of the bullshit. An expert reviewed early drafts of "Of Pandas And People", … Read More
Bush: “God Told Me To Invade Afghanistan And Iraq”
Yup. According to the BBC, that’s what Bush reportedly said.
“Of Pandas And People”
That’s the title of the textbook about "intelligent design" — the book that the religious right wants in schools to counterpoint the teaching of evolution. People like me insist that "intelligent design", aside from not being science at all, is merely creationism in new clothes. ID proponents say that "intelligent design" is a theory entirely different from creationism (because it … Read More
Teach Your Children Well
The following is "Lesson Number Five" from the Creation Museum’s webpage for kids: "Hi! My name is Matt and this is my sister Laura. We grew up around the Creation Evidence Museum. Our dinosaur friends name is Muncher. This page will teach you about many of the things we have learned about how God created the world. Join us as … Read More
Flip-Flops
Yesterday, I wrote about a bill in the Indiana State legislature which would essentially require parents (whether married or not) to be pre-approved by The State of Indiana before producing a child. Well, apparently the bill’s sponsor has had second thoughts, and is withdrawing the bill: State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon saying: “The issue … Read More
Eye On Dover
Intelligent Design in schools comes to the courtroom. Keep an eye on this case. The New York Times sets the stage: DOVER, Pa., Sept. 23 – Sheree Hied, a mother of five who believes that God created the earth and its creatures, was grateful when her school board here voted last year to require high school biology classes to hear … Read More
Joke Of The Day
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: "Stop. Don’t do it." "Why shouldn’t I?" he asked. "Well, there’s so much to live for!" "Like what?" "Are you religious?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?" "Christian." "Me … Read More