{"id":3075,"date":"2009-09-22T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/a-romanian-explains-democracy-and-religious-liberty-to-american-creationists\/"},"modified":"2009-09-22T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T08:58:00","slug":"a-romanian-explains-democracy-and-religious-liberty-to-american-creationists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/a-romanian-explains-democracy-and-religious-liberty-to-american-creationists.html","title":{"rendered":"A Romanian Explains Democracy and Religious Liberty to American Creationists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I just have to share this video<\/a> (HT Pharyngula<\/a>). For those with no tolerance for even the slightest vulgarity, I warn you that it includes the expression \u201cBS\u201d spelled out as a phrase (in this context not<\/i> \u201cBiblical studies\u201d). But the maker of the video, a Romanian named Cristina, seems to understand how democracy and freedom of religion work in the United States far better than Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Watch it and decide for yourself<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>For those who\u2019ve missed the wider context, Ray Comfort is giving away his own edition of <i>On The Origin Of Species<\/i> with an introduction making bogus claims about Darwin and evolution. Alas, many Americans won\u2019t see through his lies, and are unlikely to accept correction from \u201csome foreigner with an accent.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2552539668822080387?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just have to share this video (HT Pharyngula). For those with no tolerance for even the slightest vulgarity, I warn you that it includes the expression \u201cBS\u201d spelled out as a phrase (in this context not \u201cBiblical studies\u201d). But the maker of the video, a Romanian named Cristina, seems to understand how democracy and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>A Romanian Explains Democracy and Religious Liberty to American Creationists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just have to share this video (HT Pharyngula). 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