Monthly Archives: November 2010

Dembski vs. Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens and William Dembski met for a debate yesterday morning at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas. As it happens, PCA used to be the church of our good friend LRA. According to the PCA website, a video will … Continue reading

Posted in Creationism / ID, Debate | 64 Comments

Babbling Beck

Glenn Beck seems to be angling for a columnist position at the Weekly World News. Here he talks with Rabbi Daneil Lapin about the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. He suggests that the headquarters is intended to … Continue reading

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 43 Comments

I Blame Anne Rice

This is what happens when vampires are trendy for too long… The book is 33 A.D., and according to Amazon it’s basically Jesus vs. the vampires: Jerusalem, 33 A.D. The vampires of the era have long sought to gain a … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Christianity, Weird | 69 Comments

Underside of Academia

This is a little off topic for us, but there’s an article at the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled The Shadow Scholar, that’s been getting a lot of attention. The author goes by the handle “Ed Dante,” and he claims … Continue reading

Posted in Education | 65 Comments

Jesus… Decapitated

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Posted in Humor | 16 Comments

S.E. Cupp on Glenn Beck

I don’t pay much attention to television, so I missed the appearance of the conservative pundit S.E. Cupp. She claims to be an atheist, but she’s also stated that she’d never vote for an atheist and she’s written a book … Continue reading

Posted in History, Oh the Stupidity! | 83 Comments

Conspiracy Carnival

Jeri Massi has a pair of posts up at Blog on the Way about the relationship between conspiracism and Christian Fundamentalism: Christian Fundamentalism’s Easy Compatibility with Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Theory Addiction and Christian Fundamentalism: Conspiracy theories are all about … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Current Events, History | 120 Comments

Visualizing Biblical Contradictions

On the topic of ways to visually present information, this chart of Biblical contradictions by Sam Harris’ Project Reason is visually striking. Unfortunately, it’s also so large that I can’t post any significant portion and have it be usable. Here’s … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Christianity | 143 Comments

The Best Way to Disagree Online

This is the only appropriate response to some of the terrible things I’ve seen on the internet: (via)

Posted in Humor, Videos | 34 Comments

Rep. Shimkus on Global Warming

The US Representative from Illinois, John Shimkus, is now seeking to be the head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Here’s his take on global warming from back in 2009: Can we get a do-over on that last election … Continue reading

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Science | 56 Comments