Category Archives: Evolution

We got scared…

This video is an excellent find by a new friend, Lee D. It is worth trying to get every believer we know to watch. There will be resistance, but it contains a powerful message as to the beliefs humans have … Continue reading

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A Toast To The Man Who Changed The World

Happy Darwin’s Day, everyone. Here’s to the man who rang the bell of reason heard round the world, whose curiosity and thirst for knowledge led him to the most logical of conclusions, who dared to do what few would do, … Continue reading

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Christianity’s War on America: The Values Voters Summit

I’m not telling you anything you don’t know when I say the United States is in pretty bad shape right now.  The economy is in the middle of a meltdown, unemployment has skyrocketed and the nation is so deeply divided, … Continue reading

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A primer: How to really “Teach the Controversy”

I rarely read the “funny papers” anymore.  These days, as close as I ever get are the editorial cartoons on the OpEd page.  But, once in a while, I re-discover the brilliance hidden in cartoons.  Like “Doonesbury” and “Non Sequitur”…

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The Republican Party: How Do I Loathe Thee? Let Me Count The Ways…

Normally, in terms of ideology, I struggle to adopt a similar credo along the lines of “hate the idea, love the ideologue” (yeah, yeah, it smacks of “hate the sin, love the sinner”: so what, get over it) – and … Continue reading

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How Creationists Are Wrecking Our Culture–And It Shows, Even In The Prettier Faces…

“Take the only tree that’s left and stuff it up the hole in your culture” – Leonard Cohen, The Future “Be uncomfortable; be sand, not oil, to the machinery of the world.” — Gunter Eich. Watching this video should probably … Continue reading

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Christianity’s War on America: Rick Perry’s Great Big Boner for Jesus

[This is the first installment of what will be an ongoing series of articles focusing on the individuals and groups working hard to abolish the United States Constitution as we know it and turn America into a totalitarian Christian theocracy.] … Continue reading

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But That’s Just Me: One Atheist’s Explanation – Part 2

Continued from Part 1 In high school, something happened that puzzled and even frightened me.  It had been going on for a while, but it wasn’t until those later years that I was struck by it — and struck hard.  … Continue reading

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Happy Darwin Day–And A Nice Surprise From An Honest Politician

Darwin Day is our ‘holiday’. It really is. The celebration of the birth of a person who shook the rafters and changed the world. Brought the religious to their knees (albeit, unwillingly). I won’t even go into the incredible lengths … Continue reading

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Willfully ignorant adults mislead children

I don’t know if I would go so far as to say this is child “abuse”, but it is definitely misleading them and keeping them ignorant of reality and doing these kids a terrible educational wrong by replacing Science with … Continue reading

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