Thursday, May 31, 2012
Rush The Magic Job Creator Said He Created More Jobs Than Obama And Romney Combined | Addicting Info
Not surprisingly, Limbaugh’s claim isn’t true. EIB is the name of the syndicator of Limbaugh’s show. Clear Channel is the parent company. Interestingly, Bain Capital owns Clear Channel.
Rush The Magic Job Creator Said He Created More Jobs Than Obama And Romney Combined | Addicting Info
Rush The Magic Job Creator Said He Created More Jobs Than Obama And Romney Combined | Addicting Info
‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: Secularism leads to Sharia law | The Raw Story
Really having hard time understanding his reasoning on how secularism will lead to Sharia since Sharia is religious law,,,but this coming from a guy who thinks,,,
Under Sharia law, there is no such thing as a separation of church and state,,,religion is the law,,,this idiot believes that lack of religion will lead to sharia law, while him imposing his religious views would prevent it,,,any one else confused??
‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: Secularism leads to Sharia law | The Raw Story
“I never regretted what I did, I did exactly what I knew I was to do and that is to stand firm and not let some federal judge tell me to remove a monument, which he had no right to do anyway.”
Under Sharia law, there is no such thing as a separation of church and state,,,religion is the law,,,this idiot believes that lack of religion will lead to sharia law, while him imposing his religious views would prevent it,,,any one else confused??
‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: Secularism leads to Sharia law | The Raw Story
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death - NYTimes.com
Not quite sure how I feel about this,,,but think my addled brain just isnt catching the point,,,
The power of psychedelics to mitigate mortality’s sting is not just the obsession of one lone researcher. Dr. John Halpern, head of the Laboratory for Integrative Psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Belmont Mass., a psychiatric training hospital for Harvard Medical School, used MDMA — also known as ecstasy — in an effort to ease end-of-life anxieties in two patients with Stage 4 cancer.
Grob’s setup — the eyeshades, the objects, the mystical music, the floral aromas and flowing fabrics — was drawn from the work of Stanislav Grof, a psychiatrist born in Prague and a father of the study of psychedelic medicine for the dying. In the mid-’60s — before words like “acid” and “bong” and “Deadhead” transformed the American landscape, at a time when psychedelics were not illegal because most people didn’t know what they were and thus had no urge to ingest them — Grof began giving the drug to cancer patients at the Spring Grove State Hospital near Baltimore and documenting their effects.
Grof kept careful notes of his many psychedelic sessions, and in his various papers and books derived from those sessions, he described cancer patients clenched with fear who, under the influence of LSD or DPT, experienced relief from the terror of dying — and not just during their psychedelic sessions but for weeks and months afterward.
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death - NYTimes.com
The power of psychedelics to mitigate mortality’s sting is not just the obsession of one lone researcher. Dr. John Halpern, head of the Laboratory for Integrative Psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Belmont Mass., a psychiatric training hospital for Harvard Medical School, used MDMA — also known as ecstasy — in an effort to ease end-of-life anxieties in two patients with Stage 4 cancer.
Grob’s setup — the eyeshades, the objects, the mystical music, the floral aromas and flowing fabrics — was drawn from the work of Stanislav Grof, a psychiatrist born in Prague and a father of the study of psychedelic medicine for the dying. In the mid-’60s — before words like “acid” and “bong” and “Deadhead” transformed the American landscape, at a time when psychedelics were not illegal because most people didn’t know what they were and thus had no urge to ingest them — Grof began giving the drug to cancer patients at the Spring Grove State Hospital near Baltimore and documenting their effects.
Grof kept careful notes of his many psychedelic sessions, and in his various papers and books derived from those sessions, he described cancer patients clenched with fear who, under the influence of LSD or DPT, experienced relief from the terror of dying — and not just during their psychedelic sessions but for weeks and months afterward.
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death - NYTimes.com
Matt Ridley on the Question: Has Human Evolution Stopped? | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com
are we messing with mother nature,,,
If you write about genetics and evolution, one of the commonest questions you are likely to be asked at public events is whether human evolution has stopped. It is a surprisingly hard question to answer.
I’m tempted to give a flippant response, borrowed from the biologist Richard Dawkins: Since any human trait that increases the number of babies is likely to gain ground through natural selection, we can say with some confidence that incompetence in the use of contraceptives is probably on the rise (though only if those unintended babies themselves thrive enough to breed in turn).
More seriously, infertility treatment is almost certainly leading to an increase in some kinds of infertility. For example, a procedure called “intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection” allows men with immobile sperm to father children. This is an example of the “relaxation” of selection pressures caused by modern medicine. You can now inherit traits that previously prevented human beings from surviving to adulthood, procreating when they got there or caring for children thereafter. So the genetic diversity of the human genome is undoubtedly increasing.
Or it was until recently. Now, thanks to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, parents can deliberately choose to implant embryos that lack certain deleterious mutations carried in their families, with the result that genes for Tay-Sachs, Huntington’s and other diseases are retreating in frequency. The old and overblown worry of the early eugenicists—that “bad” mutations were progressively accumulating in the species—is beginning to be addressed not by stopping people from breeding, but by allowing them to breed, safe in the knowledge that they won’t pass on painful conditions…
Matt Ridley on the Question: Has Human Evolution Stopped? | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com
If you write about genetics and evolution, one of the commonest questions you are likely to be asked at public events is whether human evolution has stopped. It is a surprisingly hard question to answer.
I’m tempted to give a flippant response, borrowed from the biologist Richard Dawkins: Since any human trait that increases the number of babies is likely to gain ground through natural selection, we can say with some confidence that incompetence in the use of contraceptives is probably on the rise (though only if those unintended babies themselves thrive enough to breed in turn).
More seriously, infertility treatment is almost certainly leading to an increase in some kinds of infertility. For example, a procedure called “intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection” allows men with immobile sperm to father children. This is an example of the “relaxation” of selection pressures caused by modern medicine. You can now inherit traits that previously prevented human beings from surviving to adulthood, procreating when they got there or caring for children thereafter. So the genetic diversity of the human genome is undoubtedly increasing.
Or it was until recently. Now, thanks to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, parents can deliberately choose to implant embryos that lack certain deleterious mutations carried in their families, with the result that genes for Tay-Sachs, Huntington’s and other diseases are retreating in frequency. The old and overblown worry of the early eugenicists—that “bad” mutations were progressively accumulating in the species—is beginning to be addressed not by stopping people from breeding, but by allowing them to breed, safe in the knowledge that they won’t pass on painful conditions…
Matt Ridley on the Question: Has Human Evolution Stopped? | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com
Anne Burrell Comes Out: Food Network Star Confirms She's A Lesbian
One of my idols,,and glad she is part of the fam,,,as is my other idol Cat Cora,,,awesome!!
Anne Burrell Comes Out: Food Network Star Confirms She's A Lesbian
Anne Burrell Comes Out: Food Network Star Confirms She's A Lesbian
Bleaching away the autism | Butterflies and Wheels
hmm,,,gee last time I ingested, ok inhaled a bleach mixture (sulfuric acid and bleach to be exact) I ended up in hospital hooked up to O2 and IVs,,,
So,,, someone please explain how the fuck ingesting industrial bleach will help those with autism,,,I have a nephew that deals with aspbergers and a friend whose son is severely autistic so I for one would love to find a "cure",,,but this is bullshit,,,
Bleaching away the autism | Butterflies and Wheels
So,,, someone please explain how the fuck ingesting industrial bleach will help those with autism,,,I have a nephew that deals with aspbergers and a friend whose son is severely autistic so I for one would love to find a "cure",,,but this is bullshit,,,
Bleaching away the autism | Butterflies and Wheels
Nobel laureate joins anti-vaccination crowd at Autism One - Forbes
“It’s no surprise that Jenny McCarthy and Andrew Wakefield, leaders of the anti-vaccine movement, are speaking at AutismOne. Much more surprising is the presence of Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of the link between the HIV virus and AIDS. What is he doing at this festival of pseudoscience?
Well, apparently Montagnier has gone off the deep end into pseudoscience himself. He claims that his new group, Chronimed, has discovered in autistic children
“DNA sequences that emit, in certain conditions, electromagnetic waves. The analysis by molecular biology techniques allows us to identify these electromagnetic waves as coming from … bacterial species.”
What the heck? In what seems to be a desperate effort to stay relevant, Montagnier is promoting wild theories with little scientific basis, and now he is taking advantage of vulnerable parents… to push a therapy of long-term antibiotic treatment for a
Nobel laureate joins anti-vaccination crowd at Autism One - Forbes
Well, apparently Montagnier has gone off the deep end into pseudoscience himself. He claims that his new group, Chronimed, has discovered in autistic children
“DNA sequences that emit, in certain conditions, electromagnetic waves. The analysis by molecular biology techniques allows us to identify these electromagnetic waves as coming from … bacterial species.”
What the heck? In what seems to be a desperate effort to stay relevant, Montagnier is promoting wild theories with little scientific basis, and now he is taking advantage of vulnerable parents… to push a therapy of long-term antibiotic treatment for a
Nobel laureate joins anti-vaccination crowd at Autism One - Forbes
Jesus returning on May 27? Indiana pastor urges Christians to pray for the well-being of doomsday ‘prophet’
oops,,,missed another one,,,damn missed the calling for my new home,,,,
Jesus returning on May 27? Indiana pastor urges Christians to pray for the well-being of doomsday ‘prophet’
Jesus returning on May 27? Indiana pastor urges Christians to pray for the well-being of doomsday ‘prophet’
Toddler's Homophobic Song Puts Church on LOCKDOWN ... Pastor Getting Death Threats | TMZ.com
Original post: Child abuse: Toddler sings ‘Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make it to Heaven’ in church
I was a tad bit peeved to see such a display, altho I don't place blame on the young boy singing as I am reminded of a quote by Richard Dawkins (God Delusion): “There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.”
But,,,you reap what u sow,,,
Which again reminds me of this from Dawkins,,,
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
Toddler's Homophobic Song Puts Church on LOCKDOWN ... Pastor Getting Death Threats | TMZ.com
I was a tad bit peeved to see such a display, altho I don't place blame on the young boy singing as I am reminded of a quote by Richard Dawkins (God Delusion): “There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.”
But,,,you reap what u sow,,,
Despite the threats, all the members we spoke to have no regrets about the song getting posted online -- in fact one said, "The people who are upset just don't read the word of God. If we don't teach the children the truth early they will never learn."
Which again reminds me of this from Dawkins,,,
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
Toddler's Homophobic Song Puts Church on LOCKDOWN ... Pastor Getting Death Threats | TMZ.com
Zach Wahls delivers 275,000 signatures to Boy Scouts calling for end to anti-gay policies | GLAAD
KUDOS to Zach,,,
“While today's meeting was productive and thoughtful, the delivery of these petitions marks the beginning of this journey, not the end,” said Wahls. “I thought our dialogue today was an honest one, and I'm looking forward to continuing the conversation in the months ahead. We leave today one step closer to religious and personal freedom than when we arrived, and it's hard to be anything but thrilled about that."
Zach Wahls delivers 275,000 signatures to Boy Scouts calling for end to anti-gay policies | GLAAD
“While today's meeting was productive and thoughtful, the delivery of these petitions marks the beginning of this journey, not the end,” said Wahls. “I thought our dialogue today was an honest one, and I'm looking forward to continuing the conversation in the months ahead. We leave today one step closer to religious and personal freedom than when we arrived, and it's hard to be anything but thrilled about that."
Zach Wahls delivers 275,000 signatures to Boy Scouts calling for end to anti-gay policies | GLAAD
BREAKING: Exxon votes down LGBT protections
I see not much has change since I left (altho I left just prior to the merger when it was still rumor),,,and I thought Wendy's was bad,,,
ExxonMobil has called the measure unnecessary. It says the company is a “meritocracy” for its 82,000 workers worldwide, and that it already prohibits all forms of discrimination.
This is also the first year ExxonMobil appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission to have the shareholder resolution thrown out. The company based its claim on a nondiscrimination statement in its Corporate Careers publication.
The SEC refused to allow ExxonMobil to throw out the resolution, saying the publication doesn’t have the weight of a corporate nondiscrimination policy.
Meanwhile, ExxonMobil maintains the lowest possible rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, with a minus-25.
BREAKING: Exxon votes down LGBT protections
ExxonMobil has called the measure unnecessary. It says the company is a “meritocracy” for its 82,000 workers worldwide, and that it already prohibits all forms of discrimination.
This is also the first year ExxonMobil appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission to have the shareholder resolution thrown out. The company based its claim on a nondiscrimination statement in its Corporate Careers publication.
The SEC refused to allow ExxonMobil to throw out the resolution, saying the publication doesn’t have the weight of a corporate nondiscrimination policy.
Meanwhile, ExxonMobil maintains the lowest possible rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, with a minus-25.
BREAKING: Exxon votes down LGBT protections
Kansas pastor calls on U.S. government to kill LGBT people | The Raw Story
WTF,,,another one,,,they just be coming out of da wood work now,,,sigh,,,
“He said put them to death,” he continued. “Shall the church drag them in? No, I’m not say that. The church has not been given the power of the sort; the government has. But the government ought to [kill them]. You got a better idea? A better idea than God?”
Kansas pastor calls on U.S. government to kill LGBT people | The Raw Story
“He said put them to death,” he continued. “Shall the church drag them in? No, I’m not say that. The church has not been given the power of the sort; the government has. But the government ought to [kill them]. You got a better idea? A better idea than God?”
Kansas pastor calls on U.S. government to kill LGBT people | The Raw Story
Richard Land Blames the Devil for the 'Homosexual Lifestyle' | rightwingwatch.org
,,,Land agreed with her that “the Devil takes pleasure in anything that causes destruction in human society and the homosexual lifestyle does cause destruction.” He went on to claim that homosexuality was at least partly responsible for the collapse of empires in the past:
Richard Land Blames the Devil for the 'Homosexual Lifestyle' | rightwingwatch.org
Richard Land Blames the Devil for the 'Homosexual Lifestyle' | rightwingwatch.org
Highlights From Wolf Blitzer's Interview With Donald Trump - YouTube
Good lord this is hysterical,,,sad, but funny,,,
Highlights From Wolf Blitzer's Interview With Donald Trump - YouTube
Highlights From Wolf Blitzer's Interview With Donald Trump - YouTube
LCMS, Anglicans Affirm Common Beliefs; Mull Fighting Homosexuality, Abortion Together
Very disappointing,,,
The cooperation between the two denominations is a reason for joy at a time when "there is a widespread failure to recognize the biblical teaching regarding the creation of man and woman and their biblical roles, life-issues, and other grave challenges that society faces," LCMS President the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison said in a statement Friday as the two bodies released a joint report summarizing the areas of agreement.
LCMS, Anglicans Affirm Common Beliefs; Mull Fighting Homosexuality, Abortion Together
The cooperation between the two denominations is a reason for joy at a time when "there is a widespread failure to recognize the biblical teaching regarding the creation of man and woman and their biblical roles, life-issues, and other grave challenges that society faces," LCMS President the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison said in a statement Friday as the two bodies released a joint report summarizing the areas of agreement.
LCMS, Anglicans Affirm Common Beliefs; Mull Fighting Homosexuality, Abortion Together
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Simon Phillips - Drum Solo Performance - Drum Fest 2009 Sticklibrary - YouTube
Another just for fun,,,
Is there a difference between a religion and a cult? - YouTube
Out of the UK an interesting take on a big question,,,
Voices in the Wilderness and Sacred Madness | Psychology Today
What would modern psychiatry make of these voices in the wilderness? What would they say of those who would dare to radically challenge their society and its standards? They would be locked away, forced drugs, labeled, never understood.
Voices in the Wilderness and Sacred Madness | Psychology Today
Voices in the Wilderness and Sacred Madness | Psychology Today
Hubble Telescope Confirms Existence of God with Incomprehensible Power, Author Says - Christian Newswire
"To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One. "Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing." - Isaiah 40:25, 26
According to author J. Paul Hutchins's book, "Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power," (book to be released at New York City's BookExpo America in June) Isaiah recorded what appears to be a "divine invitation from God to mankind," inviting man to search the stars to find anyone equal in power.
Hubble Telescope Confirms Existence of God with Incomprehensible Power, Author Says - Christian Newswire
According to author J. Paul Hutchins's book, "Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power," (book to be released at New York City's BookExpo America in June) Isaiah recorded what appears to be a "divine invitation from God to mankind," inviting man to search the stars to find anyone equal in power.
Hubble Telescope Confirms Existence of God with Incomprehensible Power, Author Says - Christian Newswire
Congress Shall Make No Law Respecting An Establishment Of Religion. What Does That Mean?
Even if the Founding Fathers were all devout Christians (which they
weren’t), the facts alone surrounding the desire not to have another
monarchy or government that relied on divine intervention or rule is
enough to tear apart any argument that
the United States Government is based upon a Christian heritage. It
seems very apparent that the individual beliefs of the founders played
no role in their political philosophy. This is nowhere more apparent
than the First Amendment, that says congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion.
Congress Shall Make No Law Respecting An Establishment Of Religion. What Does That Mean?
Congress Shall Make No Law Respecting An Establishment Of Religion. What Does That Mean?
Romney Attacks Student Loan Reform, Touts For-Profit Colleges | Education | AlterNet
Something to keep in mind if you have kids heading off to college or you are thinking on returning,,,avoid the for profit colleges at all costs
Romney Attacks Student Loan Reform, Touts For-Profit Colleges | Education | AlterNet
Romney Attacks Student Loan Reform, Touts For-Profit Colleges | Education | AlterNet
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History | Belief | AlterNet
To hear religious apologists tell it, the triumph of atheism would mean a swift descent into selfishness and chaos. The defenders of the faith argue that atheism inevitably leads to selfishness and nihilism, and that only religion can justify charity or compassion, bind people together in community, or inspire a lively and flourishing culture. But this assertion can only be sustained by ignoring the accomplishments of famous nonreligious people throughout history, of which there have been many.
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History | Belief | AlterNet
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History | Belief | AlterNet
A Sermon on Gay Marriage | Camels With Hammers
Kudos to the good Reverend,,,altho I wouldn't quite call it a sermon (well at least not a sermon I have ever heard,,,there be no fire and brimstone),,,anyways,,,he makes some really great points especially concerning how "marriage" is portrayed in the bible,,,very well thought out !!
A Sermon on Gay Marriage | Camels With Hammers
A Sermon on Gay Marriage | Camels With Hammers
The Myth About Marriage by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
he early church had no specific rite for marriage. This was left up to the secular authorities of the Roman Empire, since marriage is a legal concern for the legitimacy of heirs. When the Empire became Christian under Constantine, Christian emperors continued the imperial control of marriage, as the Code of Justinian makes clear. When the Empire faltered in the West, church courts took up the role of legal adjudicator of valid marriages. But there was still no special religious meaning to the institution. As the best scholar of sacramental history, Joseph Martos, puts it: “Before the eleventh century there was no such thing as a Christian wedding ceremony in the Latin church, and throughout the Middle Ages there was no single church ritual for solemnizing marriage between Christians.”
Only in the twelfth century was a claim made for some supernatural favor (grace) bestowed on marriage as a sacrament. By the next century marriage had been added to the biblically sacred number of seven sacraments. Since Thomas Aquinas argued that the spouses’ consent is the efficient cause of marriage and the seal of intercourse was the final cause, it is hard to see what a priest’s blessing could add to the reality of the bond. And bad effects followed. This sacralizing of the natural reality led to a demoting of Yahwist marriage, the only kind Jesus recognized, as inferior to “true marriage” in a church.
The Myth About Marriage by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
Only in the twelfth century was a claim made for some supernatural favor (grace) bestowed on marriage as a sacrament. By the next century marriage had been added to the biblically sacred number of seven sacraments. Since Thomas Aquinas argued that the spouses’ consent is the efficient cause of marriage and the seal of intercourse was the final cause, it is hard to see what a priest’s blessing could add to the reality of the bond. And bad effects followed. This sacralizing of the natural reality led to a demoting of Yahwist marriage, the only kind Jesus recognized, as inferior to “true marriage” in a church.
The Myth About Marriage by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
Marriage Compromise and a Counteroffer
The Church came to marriage late and grudgingly. Only in the twelfth century did Aquinas add an Aristotelian spin on marriage and make it a sacrament. Note that this is not a biblical argument but a natural law argument. Protestant founders like Luther and Calvin seemed to reject it when they left marriage as a civil institution.
Marriage Compromise and a Counteroffer
Marriage Compromise and a Counteroffer
From Quiverful Courtship To Lesbian Couple | Camels With Hammers
I have yet to read the full posts referred to, but if what is to follow is anything like the highlights it will be a fascinating read,,,I have been actively following the quiverfull movement since discovering the Duggar's (of 19 kids and counting fame) about 7 yrs ago,,,both intriguing but yet "disgusting" at the same time,,,but this story is a must read on my list,,,
From Quiverful Courtship To Lesbian Couple | Camels With Hammers
From Quiverful Courtship To Lesbian Couple | Camels With Hammers
Monday, May 28, 2012
Why Atheism Demands Social Justice | Greta Christina's Blog
So I’m not arguing for any dogma, or for any specific political stance. Not here, anyway. I’ve certainly argued elsewhere for specific political stances — fervently, and many times over — but I don’t think any of them are automatically demanded by not believing in God. I’m not arguing — here, anyway — for the repeal of corporate personhood or an end to the drug war, same-sex marriage or an end to racist policing practices, globally enforced child labor laws or greater equity in funding for education, restored regulation of the financial industry or an end to government support of corrupt dictatorships. I’m not saying that, when it comes to social justice, atheists need to do any one particular thing.
I’m saying that we need to do something.
Why Atheism Demands Social Justice | Greta Christina's Blog
I’m saying that we need to do something.
Why Atheism Demands Social Justice | Greta Christina's Blog
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Gipson, like many other Republicans, puts Biblical law over Constitutional law. And as a state Representative, that’s a clear violation of separation of church and state and a failure to uphold the oath of office. You know, that oath in which politicians swear to defend the Constitution
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
And now a word from reality. As of May 16th, the Texas lakes and reservoirs are not “full,” they are at 75.67% capacity. Perry’s prayer rally was from April 22-April 24, 2011. At that time, 17% of Texas was classified as undergoing “exceptional drought.” By August, when Perry held yet another prayer rally in Houston, those conditions had spread to 70% of the state. The first real rain didn’t come until Oct. 11.
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Gots to agree,,,,
Here’s the irony for me. The Alliance Defense Fund argues often and loudly that Christian symbols on public property — nativity scenes, Ten Commandments monuments, etc — do not constitute endorsement of the explicitly religious message they convey. But in an image that has only the most distant relationship with any religious belief at all, they suddenly see a required endorsement of a religious message. Funny, that.
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Here’s the irony for me. The Alliance Defense Fund argues often and loudly that Christian symbols on public property — nativity scenes, Ten Commandments monuments, etc — do not constitute endorsement of the explicitly religious message they convey. But in an image that has only the most distant relationship with any religious belief at all, they suddenly see a required endorsement of a religious message. Funny, that.
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Bubba Carpenter, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Lauds Potential Return Of 'Coat Hanger' Abortions
If the name fits,,, well that just sent us back 40 aught yrs,,,
Bubba Carpenter, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Lauds Potential Return Of 'Coat Hanger' Abortions
Bubba Carpenter, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Lauds Potential Return Of 'Coat Hanger' Abortions
BBC News - New York Amish in court over smoke alarms
Hmmm,,,to borrow from star trek,,,the needs of the many out way the needs of the few, or the one,,,tough call on this one,,,
BBC News - New York Amish in court over smoke alarms
BBC News - New York Amish in court over smoke alarms
Movin' Meat: Isaac is bleeding
An Awful Story of Parents Willing to Sacrifice Their Child in the Name of Faith,,,
It was around that time that his parents showed up and informed us that the patient was a Jehovah’s Witness and would not accept blood products under any circumstances. Even if that meant his death. They were adamant on this point even after I explained that we were not in hypothetical territory any more — that his injuries were quite life-threatening and the blood loss might be the factor that caused him to die. They were firm and well-prepared and even showed us a piece of paper signed by the patient, fairly recently, expressly refusing blood transfusions.
Movin' Meat: Isaac is bleeding
It was around that time that his parents showed up and informed us that the patient was a Jehovah’s Witness and would not accept blood products under any circumstances. Even if that meant his death. They were adamant on this point even after I explained that we were not in hypothetical territory any more — that his injuries were quite life-threatening and the blood loss might be the factor that caused him to die. They were firm and well-prepared and even showed us a piece of paper signed by the patient, fairly recently, expressly refusing blood transfusions.
Movin' Meat: Isaac is bleeding
Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism | Secular News Daily
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) appeared today on Truth that Transforms, the flagship radio program of Truth in Action Ministries, to push his Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act, which the Interfaith Alliance notes would allow houses of worship to engage “in partisan politicking,” such as endorsing candidates from the pulpit, “without losing their tax-exempt status.” Truth in Action Ministries recently produced a film likening the rule to Nazism, and Jones told host John Rabe that the tax provision is like “communism” and “socialism.”
Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism | Secular News Daily
Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism | Secular News Daily
Tony Perkins: Some Same-Sex Couples Great Parents | ThinkProgress
BALDWIN: If you were ever to do so, and you’re sitting across from them over dinner, how would you convince them that their life together — either two men, two women — hurts straight couples? What do you tell them?
PERKINS: Well first, Brooke, we don’t make public policy based on what’s good for me and my family, or you and your family, or one couple.
BALDWIN: I’m just asking, on a personal level…
PERKINS: We’re engaged here, in a discussion about public policy and what’s best for the nation. Not annecdotes or what one couple likes.
BADLWIN: But this is issue–it is personal. It is personal as well.
PERKINS: But that’s not how we make public policy. Certainly, there are some same-sex couples that are probably great parents. But that’s not what the overwhelming amount of social science shows us.
Tony Perkins: Some Same-Sex Couples Great Parents | ThinkProgress
PERKINS: Well first, Brooke, we don’t make public policy based on what’s good for me and my family, or you and your family, or one couple.
BALDWIN: I’m just asking, on a personal level…
PERKINS: We’re engaged here, in a discussion about public policy and what’s best for the nation. Not annecdotes or what one couple likes.
BADLWIN: But this is issue–it is personal. It is personal as well.
PERKINS: But that’s not how we make public policy. Certainly, there are some same-sex couples that are probably great parents. But that’s not what the overwhelming amount of social science shows us.
Tony Perkins: Some Same-Sex Couples Great Parents | ThinkProgress
"We Believe" Todd Stiefel speaking at the Reason Rally - YouTube
Starting at the 5:41 mark,,,sums it up pretty well i think,,,
We believe there is no rational basis to discriminate on the basis of race or gender. We believe our sex live are our business, not the government’s. We believe life has the meaning we give it through increasing happiness and decreasing suffering in the world. We believe healthcare is our decision and our doctors’, not the bishops’. We value teaching how to think, not what to think. We value science, over the supernatural, as an explanation for the world around us. We believe, and value, forming opinions based on reason, not authority. We believe moral principles are tested based on their consequences, not on the dictates of ancient books and preachers. We believe we should change our beliefs based on evidence, not make them immune to questions. We believe marriage should be based on love, not hate. And most of all, we believe freedom is based on “We the People,” not “They the Clergy.”
"We Believe" Todd Stiefel speaking at the Reason Rally - YouTube
We believe there is no rational basis to discriminate on the basis of race or gender. We believe our sex live are our business, not the government’s. We believe life has the meaning we give it through increasing happiness and decreasing suffering in the world. We believe healthcare is our decision and our doctors’, not the bishops’. We value teaching how to think, not what to think. We value science, over the supernatural, as an explanation for the world around us. We believe, and value, forming opinions based on reason, not authority. We believe moral principles are tested based on their consequences, not on the dictates of ancient books and preachers. We believe we should change our beliefs based on evidence, not make them immune to questions. We believe marriage should be based on love, not hate. And most of all, we believe freedom is based on “We the People,” not “They the Clergy.”
"We Believe" Todd Stiefel speaking at the Reason Rally - YouTube
Barton: 'I Don't Care What the Supreme Court Says,' Homosexuality Should be Illegal | rightwingwatch.org
Uhm whose version of sound doctrine,,,rcc,,,mcc,,,lutheran,,,pentecostal,,,baptist,,,morman,,,jw,,,oh and what bible version shall we use,,,kjv,,,rsv,,,niv,,,
Barton: 'I Don't Care What the Supreme Court Says,' Homosexuality Should be Illegal | rightwingwatch.org
Barton: 'I Don't Care What the Supreme Court Says,' Homosexuality Should be Illegal | rightwingwatch.org
Voters pick Creation Museum as top destination
Uhm what exactly is discernment int he eye of a creationsit?? oh i kn its dinosaurs in genesis or where they on the ark??
And while we never discourage parents from taking their children to museums such as the number two choice on Budget Travel’s list – the Field Museum of Chicago, home of ‘the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever dug up’ – we do suggest they go armed with a bucketful of discernment.”
Voters pick Creation Museum as top destination
And while we never discourage parents from taking their children to museums such as the number two choice on Budget Travel’s list – the Field Museum of Chicago, home of ‘the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever dug up’ – we do suggest they go armed with a bucketful of discernment.”
Voters pick Creation Museum as top destination
Church Excommunicates Doctor And Mother Of 9-Year-Old Rape Victim -- But Not The Man Who Raped Her | ThinkProgress
You have got to be kidding me,,,
Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed “a heinous crime”, the Church took the view that “the abortion, the elimination of an innocent life, was more serious”.
Church Excommunicates Doctor And Mother Of 9-Year-Old Rape Victim -- But Not The Man Who Raped Her | ThinkProgress
Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed “a heinous crime”, the Church took the view that “the abortion, the elimination of an innocent life, was more serious”.
Church Excommunicates Doctor And Mother Of 9-Year-Old Rape Victim -- But Not The Man Who Raped Her | ThinkProgress
Meet The Eligible Florida Voter Gov. Scott Just Purged From The Rolls
I would say no fraud but trying to destroy the democratic process more like it,,
Meet The Eligible Florida Voter Gov. Scott Just Purged From The Rolls
Meet The Eligible Florida Voter Gov. Scott Just Purged From The Rolls
Missouri taxpayers fund 24-hour security camera for Limbaugh statue | The Raw Story
Good use of taxpayer money,,,got to love it!!
Missouri taxpayers fund 24-hour security camera for Limbaugh statue | The Raw Story
Missouri taxpayers fund 24-hour security camera for Limbaugh statue | The Raw Story
The Ultimate Obama-Islam-Sharia-Agenda 21-Immigration-Debt Conspiracy | Secular News Daily
Yea,,,secret information,,,you got me there,,,
Avi Lipkin, who on speaking tours in churches and synagogues across America says he learned secret information from his wife, whom he claims is an Israel intelligence officer. On Crosstalk with Vic Eliason of VCY America, Lipkin maintained that Obama is a Saudi plant who is out to destroy Israel and the United States:
The Ultimate Obama-Islam-Sharia-Agenda 21-Immigration-Debt Conspiracy | Secular News Daily
Avi Lipkin, who on speaking tours in churches and synagogues across America says he learned secret information from his wife, whom he claims is an Israel intelligence officer. On Crosstalk with Vic Eliason of VCY America, Lipkin maintained that Obama is a Saudi plant who is out to destroy Israel and the United States:
The Ultimate Obama-Islam-Sharia-Agenda 21-Immigration-Debt Conspiracy | Secular News Daily
Gay ‘cure’ therapist loses appeal against suspension | Secular News Daily
Uhm,,,say what?? A tolerant society doesn't preach intolerance,,,
“A truly tolerant society would allow for this therapy to continue not to treat it with suspicion and those who practise it with suspicion.”
Gay ‘cure’ therapist loses appeal against suspension | Secular News Daily
“A truly tolerant society would allow for this therapy to continue not to treat it with suspicion and those who practise it with suspicion.”
Gay ‘cure’ therapist loses appeal against suspension | Secular News Daily
Once again, Barton falsely claims the Constitution reflects the Bible ‘verbatim’ | Secular News Daily
To think the power he wheels when it comes to school age text books,,,very scarey,,,
This is the second time that Barton has falsely claimed that a specific provision in the Constitution reflects Biblical language verbatim, leading us to suspect that he does not actually know what the word "verbatim" means.
Once again, Barton falsely claims the Constitution reflects the Bible ‘verbatim’ | Secular News Daily
This is the second time that Barton has falsely claimed that a specific provision in the Constitution reflects Biblical language verbatim, leading us to suspect that he does not actually know what the word "verbatim" means.
Once again, Barton falsely claims the Constitution reflects the Bible ‘verbatim’ | Secular News Daily
Anne Graham Lotz: The End Times are Coming Soon and God's Judgment has Already Begun | rightwingwatch.org
Wonder what daddy thinks of them apples, he must be so proud,,,
Anne Graham Lotz: The End Times are Coming Soon and God's Judgment has Already Begun | rightwingwatch.org
Anne Graham Lotz: The End Times are Coming Soon and God's Judgment has Already Begun | rightwingwatch.org
Ken Ham Explains How the Theory of Evolution Leads to Same-Sex Marriage | rightwingwatch.org
Yea and this dude thinks the world is 4000-6000 years old,,,
Ken Ham Explains How the Theory of Evolution Leads to Same-Sex Marriage | rightwingwatch.org
Ken Ham Explains How the Theory of Evolution Leads to Same-Sex Marriage | rightwingwatch.org
Jesus' Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
Further research is being done by Williams and his team who are now analyzing the report of darkness from noon to 3pm after the crucifixion. Three of the four canonical gospels confirm that darkness pervaded during those three hours which could allude to a dust storm, according to Williams.
Jesus' Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
Jesus' Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
Bone Flute Means Musical Instruments Date Back 40,000 Years, Scientists Say
Researchers were studying a modern human settlement called Geißenklösterle, a part of the Swabian caves system in southern Germany, when they came across the bone flutes. One is made of mammoth ivory, while the other seems to be made of bones from a bird. They also found a collection of perforated teeth, ornaments and stone tools at the site.
Bone Flute Means Musical Instruments Date Back 40,000 Years, Scientists Say
Bone Flute Means Musical Instruments Date Back 40,000 Years, Scientists Say
Conviction upheld in 'exorcism' torture death of 13-month-old girl
Not an easy read,,,
During Milam’s trial forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Pinckard testified there were too many injuries suffered by the 13-month-old to give a definitive cause of death.
Conviction upheld in 'exorcism' torture death of 13-month-old girl
During Milam’s trial forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Pinckard testified there were too many injuries suffered by the 13-month-old to give a definitive cause of death.
Conviction upheld in 'exorcism' torture death of 13-month-old girl
Jury selection starts in child's faith healing death case
What you choose to do for yourself is your business but when a child is involved use your freaking brain,,,
Two other Oklahoma children whose parents attend a Church of the Firstborn have died in recent months without medical care, according to media reports.
Jury selection starts in child's faith healing death case
Two other Oklahoma children whose parents attend a Church of the Firstborn have died in recent months without medical care, according to media reports.
Jury selection starts in child's faith healing death case
Kid Told Westboro Protesters 'God Hates No One' Because, 'That Is True' : The Two-Way : NPR
Got to love this kid,,,kudos for him and his family that teach understanding,,,
As for Josef, he felt "really brave and confident" that day (the Westboro protesters "were respectful," by the way, according to Akrouche). And now he's a little surprised by the attention he's gotten. "I thought it would be just, like, 'oh, that's really great, good for you,' " he said, not something that would go viral.
Kid Told Westboro Protesters 'God Hates No One' Because, 'That Is True' : The Two-Way : NPR
As for Josef, he felt "really brave and confident" that day (the Westboro protesters "were respectful," by the way, according to Akrouche). And now he's a little surprised by the attention he's gotten. "I thought it would be just, like, 'oh, that's really great, good for you,' " he said, not something that would go viral.
Kid Told Westboro Protesters 'God Hates No One' Because, 'That Is True' : The Two-Way : NPR
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years - CBS News
Crazy numbers,,,
There is no official record-keeping system for exonerations of convicted criminals in the country, so academics set one up. The new national registry, or database, painstakingly assembled by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, is the most complete list of exonerations ever compiled.
They found that those 873 exonerated defendants spent a combined total of more than 10,000 years in prison, an average of more than 11 years each. Nine out of 10 of them are men and half are African-American.
Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years - CBS News
There is no official record-keeping system for exonerations of convicted criminals in the country, so academics set one up. The new national registry, or database, painstakingly assembled by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, is the most complete list of exonerations ever compiled.
They found that those 873 exonerated defendants spent a combined total of more than 10,000 years in prison, an average of more than 11 years each. Nine out of 10 of them are men and half are African-American.
Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years - CBS News
A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches
But I wanted to know what happens next. If you’re absolutely sure the world is going to end on a specific day, and it doesn’t, what do you do? How do you explain it to yourself? What happens to your faith in God? Can you just scrape the bumper stickers off your car, throw away the t-shirts, and move on?
A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches
A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches
Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible | Richard Dawkins | Comment is free | The Observer
I have an ulterior motive for wishing to contribute to Gove's scheme. People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have motivated the "millionaire Conservative party donors". I have even heard the cynically misanthropic opinion that, without the Bible as a moral compass, people would have no restraint against murder, theft and mayhem. The surest way to disabuse yourself of this pernicious falsehood is to read the Bible itself.
Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible | Richard Dawkins | Comment is free | The Observer
Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible | Richard Dawkins | Comment is free | The Observer
Cameron Todd Willingham Exoneration Was Written But Never Filed By Texas Judge
A little too late don't ya think,,,why im am against death penalty except in extreme and exceptional cases,,,
Cameron Todd Willingham Exoneration Was Written But Never Filed By Texas Judge
Cameron Todd Willingham Exoneration Was Written But Never Filed By Texas Judge
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Gipson, like many other Republicans, puts Biblical law over Constitutional law. And as a state Representative, that’s a clear violation of separation of church and state and a failure to uphold the oath of office. You know, that oath in which politicians swear to defend the Constitution.
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Mississippi Conservative Calls For Putting Gay People To Death On Facebook Page | Addicting Info
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Got to agree,,,
Here’s the irony for me. The Alliance Defense Fund argues often and loudly that Christian symbols on public property — nativity scenes, Ten Commandments monuments, etc — do not constitute endorsement of the explicitly religious message they convey. But in an image that has only the most distant relationship with any religious belief at all, they suddenly see a required endorsement of a religious message. Funny, that.
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Here’s the irony for me. The Alliance Defense Fund argues often and loudly that Christian symbols on public property — nativity scenes, Ten Commandments monuments, etc — do not constitute endorsement of the explicitly religious message they convey. But in an image that has only the most distant relationship with any religious belief at all, they suddenly see a required endorsement of a religious message. Funny, that.
Wingnut Loses Weird Religious Freedom Suit | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
And now a word from reality. As of May 16th, the Texas lakes and reservoirs are not “full,” they are at 75.67% capacity. Perry’s prayer rally was from April 22-April 24, 2011. At that time, 17% of Texas was classified as undergoing “exceptional drought.” By August, when Perry held yet another prayer rally in Houston, those conditions had spread to 70% of the state. The first real rain didn’t come until Oct. 11.
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
Wingnuts on the Power of Prayer | Dispatches from the Culture Wars
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