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Humor Religion

The Stupidest Things Ever Said, Number 3: Best church sports announcement ever

Here it is, straight from the 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar, culled from a church bulletin listing: Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. My question upon seeing such a notice would, of course, be: Is […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

The Tripoli Six revisited

Last fall, I and quite a few other bloggers wrote about the Tripoli Six. These are six foreign medical workers arrested for allegedly intentionally infecting over 400 children with HIV in a Libyan hospital and, thanks to the ignorant hysteria whipped up against them and the need of the Libyan government to find scapegoats for […]

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Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

One third of Americans?

A new Gallup poll shows just how bad things are for science and reason: PRINCETON, NJ — About one-third of the American adult population believes the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally word for word. This percentage is slightly lower than several decades ago. The majority of those […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

The Neville Chamberlain School of Evolutionists, revisited one (hopefully) last time

i think I’ve made it exquisitely clear how much I detest and despise the term “Nevile Chamberlain School of Evolutionists.” Indeed, my disgust at the term led me to sic the Hitler Zombie on (of all people) Richard Dawkins, the originator of the term, a deed that was either the boldest thing I’ve ever done […]

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Religion

A truly unexpected eulogy

Larry Flynt: My friend, Jerry Falwell. Strange but apparently true.