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Anti-Semitism Holocaust denial Politics Religion

Darby’s slipping into the Twilight Zone

The other day, I mentioned an atheist named Larry Darby who happened to be an anti-Semite and Holocaust denier. I was perturbed because this clown was coming far too close to my neck of the woods for comfort, and the stench of his vileness offended me. Because Darby is an atheist, not surprisingly fellow ScienceBloggers […]

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Movies Religion

People, it’s just a book and a movie!

I was just going to leave my plug for the Skeptics’ Circle this week stand as my only post today–until I became aware of some serious lunacy: MUMBAI (AFP) – A Catholic group called on Christians to starve themselves to death in protest at the release of “The Da Vinci Code” at cinemas in India […]

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Evolution Medicine Religion Science

One last time: Our young earth creationist medical student is at it again

Oh, boy. Last week, as part of my series Medicine and Evolution, I mentioned the blog of a homeschooled medical student who also happens to be a young earth creationist and used her as an example of why I feared that credulity towards a a pseudoscience that is so obviously wrong based on the empirical […]

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History Holocaust Politics Religion

Whoever thought this would be a good idea?

Sometimes people come up with ideas that are just so mind-bogglingly inappropriate that I have a hard time grasping them. Case in point, recently Polish authorities granted permission by a local theater group to perform Jesus Christ Superstar at an old Nazi death camp: POLISH authorities have withdrawn permission for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar […]

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Humor Religion

What better way to start the weekend than with a Jack Chick parody?

This Jack Chick parody is a bit incoherent at times, but parts of it are still pretty amusing nonetheless. I’m still not entirely sure what it’s about, and maybe someone can help me out there. This particular parody seems to be a parody put together from more than one Chick tract. However, one of them […]