Comments on: She’s Not Requesting Attention… but It’ll Follow Her Anyway

By: Mark W

Mark W — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:53:59 +0000

hey there.
well i am a Christian and believe in God and happen to love the song God Bless America. However, this is America and people should worship or not worship as they please. So Dawn is right. We should keep public events as secular as humanly possible. I think Rob just blew it out of porportion. It is like he is begging for attention to promote his books or something.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:52:10 +0000

otto,
Where did you get that statistic about 15-46% of the general public believing in geocentrism? I educate the public about science in general and astronomy in particular, and I know that many people have misconceptions about basic things such as the movement of the earth and other planets. However there is a big difference between having a misconception about what causes, say, day and night and actually disbelieving in the rotation of the earth and heliocentrism in favor of geocentrism, as did the people of Galileo’s time.

If your point is that ignorance in basic science is widespread in the U.S, I wholeheartedly agree. One of the worst failings of our educational system is that we teach what science finds out but we don’t teach how science finds out. We fill them with facts but they have no understanding of the scientific method. We also fail to show them how science relates to their lives, so they don’t care enough to pay attention.

By: otto aiden

otto aiden — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:49:32 +0000

Rob was an interesting character in the past, but it all means nothing now.
The only 5 opinions that matter are the majority 5 on the US Supreme Court.
The Court majority, no pun intended, are extreme majoritarians who think it is ok for the government to aggressively promote the majority religion, as long as they do not establish an official state church. So atheists, get ready for alot of preaching, Jesus, the Bible, and hell for the next 40 years, because that is where we are. BTW anywhere from 15-46% of the general public believes in GEOCENTRISM, and I am not kidding. We cannot fight over Darwin if a sizable minority do not even buy into Mr. Copernicus.

By: Marlene D.

Marlene D. — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:39:25 +0000

I know Rob Sherman cause he’s my brother-in-law – - He’s a Nut that’s all I can say -

My Niece Dawn is nothing like her dad, but I’m proud that she stands on her 2 feet -

By: God Bless America: School Fight Song for Our Times « Cocking A Snook!

God Bless America: School Fight Song for Our Times « Cocking A Snook! — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:46:30 +0000

[...] songs for the public school dance and make God Bless America a winner or loser, it seems to me that even between “believers” and ‘atheists” the discor-dance (pun intended) is m…. More about purposes of war and peace than heaven and hell. Flag and country today, not ancient [...]

By: Mriana

Mriana — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:01:25 +0000

Well, if you have all that information and it’s not a library or other public computer, they should find the person.

By: Hemant

Hemant — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:39:21 +0000

Do you have a stats tracker for visitors to your blog? If you do, the police might be able to get an IP address for whoever made that comment.

Yuppers. I get the IP address/email address for all commenters (at least, if they provide an email), all of which were sent along in this case.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:32:09 +0000

Good job Hemant. I was hoping you did.

Do you have a stats tracker for visitors to your blog? If you do, the police might be able to get an IP address for whoever made that comment.

By: Hemant

Hemant — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:23:57 +0000

For what it’s worth, I sent Laura’s comment to the Shermans and the police as soon as she made it yesterday. I’m not tolerating that.

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:35:52 +0000

Laura,

Do you spell Jesus with an extra “s” in the middle?