Uh oh! Once again we’re threatened with god’s wrath if we don’t subdue our common sense to make a foolish decision: Last month, pastor Ramiro Peña spoke with televangelist Jim Bakker about his role as an adviser to Donald Trump, warning that if Trump isn’t elected president in November, God will judge America for failing to support a candidate who would try to do away with abortion rights. “When a nation continues to go that direction, it will come under God’s... Read more
While maternal deaths around the world are decreasing, in the United States, a developed nation, they’re actually going up: The good news is that maternal mortality rates are declining worldwide. The bad news? The situation for women in the United States is a glaring exception. And in Texas, where clinics serving women have shuttered and their health interests have been battled all the way up to the US Supreme Court, the rate of pregnancy-related deaths more than doubled over the... Read more
I wrote a year ago about how CLG came up with an incredible run to take its first North American championship behind their star bottom lane of Doublelift (ADC) and Aphromoo (Support). Both players came up big against NA powerhouse, TSM, such as this team fight from Game 2 of last night’s championship where Doublelift completely turned it around: And how fitting that it was Doublelift and his friend Aphromoo who walked away from that fight after Aphromoo saved Doublelift at... Read more
Good morning, all! Ok, first, your antidote to all the unhappiness the world is going to throw at us today: Now for even more! I’ve been learning how to cook since the wife started med school and, frankly, it’s a struggle. Right now I’m working on sushi and last night I came up with some stuff that wasn’t half bad, including a sauce I totally just winged on the fly that turned out really good! Are those panko flakes baked... Read more
Here’s all the stuff that didn’t make the blog today. The majority of Americans who have left religion claim science as the reason. This is why religion is having a difficult time in the information age. Trump’s campaign CEO, Steve Bannon, is registered to vote at a vacant address in Florida, a key swing state. Uh oh. Rewire reports that a Chicago woman whose IUD became dislodged was turned away from a Catholic hospital for religious reasons: Her doctor confirmed... Read more
And if you look to your right you’ll see a Christian hypocrite, a species bountiful in Georgia: A Georgia pastor and and conservative political activist was arrested Friday morning on charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation. Ken Adkins, 56, of St. Simons Island turned himself into police at about 9 a.m., according to officials with Georgia Bureau of Investigation. GBI was requested on Aug. 12 to assist officials with the accusations against Adkins. Adkins is currently in the Glynn County... Read more
Kevin asks: Why don’t the churches do more to stop child molestation? And when it does happen, why do they try to cover it up, and then make the child feel like it was their fault? While it’s not a very difficult matter to point out where somebody’s beliefs are false, it’s a much harder (and far more presumptuous) thing to reach into their head and pull out their unspoken motivation. Indeed, we’ve all heard people who use such magical... Read more
The National Baptist Convention is coming back to Kansas City. All would’ve been smooth, but they asked the city for $65,000 of taxpayer money to support their convention. American Atheists filed a lawsuit, the city decided that one way or another the convention wasn’t getting that money and decided to not throw money away on that forgone result. Now the organizers who sought to break the law are sad: The Rev. John Modest Miles, a Kansas City Baptist minister, has... Read more
Top of the morning, everybody. 🙂 In this picture, note the shadow: I am the night .. Read more
Five Pennsylvanians are suing the state over being prohibited from giving invocations before House sessions: American Atheists joined with Americans United for Separation of Church and State in filing a federal lawsuit today challenging a policy prohibiting atheists from offering invocations to open Pennsylvania House of Representatives sessions. The five individual plaintiffs in the case, including two members of Pennsylvania Nonbelievers, an American Atheists affiliate, have repeatedly been denied an equal opportunity to offer secular invocations before the House. “This... Read more
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