Archive for November, 2007
Poll finds more Americans believe in devil than Darwin
More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin’s theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. It is the latest survey to highlight America’s deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart from much of the developed world. Read the full story at Reuters [...]
The Poo Theory of Life
The Cambrian period began a little over 500 million years ago. Before the Cambrian period, life on earth consisted of mostly single-celled organisms and bacteria. Afterwards the evolutionary ancestors of all the major groups of living things today were hanging around the planet. So what caused this evolutionary leap? According to one scientist, poop. Biogeochemist [...]
Scientology: Inside the Cult
Watch as a journalist infiltrates the cult of Scientology and unveils their bizarre yet effective recruiting tactics.
Intelligent Design trying new tactics that just may make headway
Intelligent Design cannot currently be taught in public schools thanks to the well publicized Dover trial. Moreover, it’s very unlikely this decision could be successfully challenged in the near future. So now Intelligent Design advocates are looking in new directions and trying new tactics to get their message out to young people. 1. Sow seeds [...]
Holy pancake sold for $338
Port St. Lucie (CBS4) ? A South Florida woman got a spiritual surprise on Sunday morning while making breakfast when she claims an image resembling Jesus and Mary appeared on her pancake. Marilyn Smith, from Port St. Lucie, says she was about to put chocolate chips in her pancake, when she saw the divine outline [...]
The Spirit of Truth – One Man Show
This is a classic. I can’t even begin to put this into words. You just have to watch it for yourself. Be warned: This video has very adult language, spoken in the name of the Lord.
Richard Dawkins announces possible book for children
Richard Dawkins, speaking at the Atheist Alliance International convention (AAI 07), announced that he is considering writing his own children’s book to teach reason and truth, in an effort to counter the early indoctrination into wild superstitions among our youth.
Fred Phelps rants on CNN about the Snyder verdict
Fred Phelps argues that God is killing soldiers in the middle east because of America’s tolerance of homosexuals, and recently lost a lawsuit for $10.9 million to the father of a soldier whose funeral was protested by Phelps and his gang of fag-hating Christian thugs. Now you can hear the man for himself, as he [...]
In Military, Non-Believers Harrassed and Threatened
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — In the midst of their fight to bring freedom to Iraq and Afghanistan, some American soldiers say they are finding their own freedoms threatened by the troops on their own side. Though the U.S. Constitution mandates that the government apply no test of faith for employment (and presumably deployment), soldiers who are [...]
Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest
(CNN) — A federal jury in Baltimore, Maryland, Wednesday awarded $10.9 million to a father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by members of a fundamentalist church carrying signs blaming soldiers’ deaths on America’s tolerance of homosexuals. The family of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder — who was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq’s [...]