Ah, the type of letters to the editor that get submitted to my hometown newspaper here in Bumblefuck, USA.  Here’s one in the paper today from Nora Treat. The terrible tragedy that occurred in Connecticut was beyond description, and the ACLU and the atheists who have been responsible for God being taken out of our schools can blame themselves for these senseless tragedies. Of course, the first thing people talk about is gun control. Think about it. All the time... Read more

A legislator here in Arkansas just introduced a bill that would allow public high schools to teach the bible as an elective class. In a state like Arkansas (or Alabama, or Mississippi), I think it’s highly likely that his is an attempt to give religious teachers an outlet to preach to a captive audience.  We know this is one of the goals of fundamentalist Christians.  However, I do support an academic (and factually-sound) education of the bible.  So how could... Read more

After the reaction of people like Mike Huckabee to the Sandy Hook shooting, I made a facebook status that read “God’s opinion is apparently that if children aren’t being forced to pray then their lives aren’t worth saving.” Patrick Brown, a guy I went to college with (and Christian) commented: First, Patrick, how is that relevant at all to my status?  My status didn’t say “Praying to god doesn’t stop murderers, so you should pray to me.”  It did reiterate... Read more

My niche as a blogger is to deconstruct religious statements.  However, these two pieces need no commentary from me.  If you read these articles and find yourself nodding in agreement, then you have mental faculties of a caliber that suggests you need to be watered regularly. First, Rachel Adams interviews David Bahati, the Uganda legislator who authored the kill-the-gays bill. Have you seen the Ugandan Human Rights Commission’s (UHRC) position on the bill? It states that most of the provisions... Read more