tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149924262011-07-26T22:13:27.956-05:00An independent project to demonstrate why Secularism in America is vital for Democracy and the survival of Humanity itself.Da Rat Bastidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04488061622039918225noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14992426.post-1152657219055188462006-07-11T17:32:00.000-05:002006-07-11T19:56:44.093-05:00

Special thanks to Bill in Portland for Daily Kos for the heads up.I've pasted the juicy tidbits from it.I mean, you gotta LOOOVE this headline:'End times' -Religious groups want apocalypse sooner than later, and they're relying on high tech -- and red heifers -- to hasten its arrival.By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff WriterJune 22, 2006Think that's insanity personified? Wait, it gets better!!!For

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While we're all focused on Iran and Iraq, Israel has restarted it's own Crusader-like behavior.That's it Olmert. Feed the violence. Push the entire Moslem population of the Middle East to overrun your borders.YOU'RE FREAKING NUTS!!!! What, are you as stupid as Sharon?Oh, wait...You know, the social experiment that became Israel could have worked. But Israel has fallen into a bunker mentality that

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I've been thinking alot about this dude right here. See, I've read a few books on him just because it does seem Ol' Nosty did describe some amazing similarities to catastrophes that have occured after his demise.However, I think the existence of his writings are the basis of the current Millenial hsyteria we're experiencing in America today.Now don't get me wrong, Revelations from John is the

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This is exactly the kind of stuff that drives me nuts about "conventional wisdom" in the Democratic Party. They've never had a clue about long range viability because they can't tell the forest from the trees. In a couple of cycles it'll backfire on them when we end up invading Iran and the anti war movement feels the coming (and certain) betrayal."Values". Pfft. I hate that term. You know what

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This is the funniest thing ever. I love that the Catholics are out protesting, too. I mean it's STOOPID funny to me. I haven't laughed this hard since I heard that South Park had to kill off Chef.And Christians, I hate to tell you this, but my opinion is that this so-called controvery is a fiction about a fiction, or at the very least, quasi-non fiction. I mean, seriously, folks. This whole

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It's hard to be an atheist in the state of Misery (nee: Missouri) nowadays. I really don't like to disrespect people based on their beliefs, but since this has become commonplace to attack freethinkers among the Rush Limbaughs and Bill O'Reillys of the world, I feel I have to fight back.If you want to believe in a higher power, be my guest. However, I will not stand idly by while while

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I can't even imagine how the survivors of Katrina feel right now. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this disaster. On a scale of 1 to 10, this destruction reaches "biblical" proportions.However, this "act of god" had plenty of help from Humanity. You got your global warming, your Federal budget cuts, bureaucracy slowing relief, the incapability of state and local governments to handle the

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Here's a snippet from the latest Americans' United press release: Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts has consistently sought to roll back constitutional safeguards protecting religious liberty, according to a report issued today (PDF) by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.The 19-page report, “Religious Minorities At Risk,” concludes that Roberts throughout his legal and

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The Minister of Mean, Pat Robertson has called for a duly elected leader of a another sovereign nation, Venezuela, to be assasinated by the US Government.Now, take a look at the rules for profane broadcast restrictions from the FCC:Profane Broadcast RestrictionsThe FCC has defined profanity as including language that “denote[s] certain of those personally reviling epithets naturally tending to

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If you've ever wondered why America is way behind the rest of the world in science, one only has to look at the idiotic debate over "Intelligent Design". The New York Times has done a couple of stories on the Intelligent Design debate lately. Unfortunately, they're coverage has been incredibly biased in favor of this perversion of science.Check it out: Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and

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I think I've laid out enough of my opinion, but I will quickly state it one more time: Organized religion(s) are currently using dogma, apocalyptic language and the War on Terror in an effort to make people believe that these are the End Times.My opinion of this is that it is total and complete HORSESHIT. The people who sell this shinola to the average citizen know it, too. However, they also

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Selling Armageddon is a lot of work for the Religious Right. It takes tons of funding and manpower to keep a population of nearly 300 million deluded and frightened. Fortunately for the Christian Right, they've been able to turn lying into a multi million dollar broadcasting empire, with various forms of propaganda supplied either through syndication or station ownership.With this media empire,

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I love how predictable Bush political team are, and hate how the media acts like they have no clue that they're being duped. The Bush administration has pulled this "omitted" information ploy a few times now. Classic Rovian slider in the mud.We'll use SanFran's CBS 5's horrible job of presenting the facts as our example.Let's start at the real beginning of the story:Gay rights groups sued and the

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Special Thanks to SecularState.org for the heads up. Justice Sunday is the epitomy of 21st Century religious hypocrisy, and it is also a sign that all is not well for the party of the fish cult.Read on:Religious Right's 'Justice Sunday II' To Bash Courts, Politicize Churches, Charges Americans UnitedFriday, August 12, 2005AU's Lynn Will Participate In Counter 'Faith & Freedom' Event in

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DINO (Democrat In Name Only) has surfaced as the new buzzword in reform minded circles since 2004 electoral cycle. This label generally is used to describe Democrats who have a bad habit of breaking Party ranks and vote for Republican initiatives.However, the definition of a DINO is not limited to this narrow frame. With the help of this article in The Nation magazine by Ari Berman, I hope to

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The St. Louis Journalism Review has been a fair and competent critic of the local media for a couple of decades. They've started reprting on the pressure and influence organized religion has on the Corporate Media:A little dial shall lead them:The agenda of some Christian stations isn't religion, but politicsby Jill MoonOf the more than 35 radio stations in the St. Louis market, about half of

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Special thanks to my friend Tom Chapin for this from the UK Independent:The conflict at the highest level of the Catholic Church about the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution breaks out publicly today.Recent comments by a cardinal close to the Pope that random evolution was incompatible with belief in "God the creator" are fiercely assailed in today's edition of The Tablet, Britain's Catholic

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There is a big issue present in the undertones of the Religous Right: The Apocalypse.This elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about is this language that the Religious radicals use on a daily basis. Every religion has an apocalypse scenario to add that element of fear to keep people from dismissing falliable, archaic and outdated theologies. On top of that, our calendar comes from

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The Headline: "But is it Intelligent?"You know, I really have no problem with people learning what this debate is about, but I have a problem with the context the Jesus Freaks want Intelligent Design taught under; SCIENCE:They want their theory to be accepted as science and to be taught in ninth-grade biology classes, alongside the theory of evolution. I'm sorry, but don't you need empirical

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Bill,I gotta give you credit where credit is due. You took on a few big taboos in this article that need to be debated in America.Missouri Compromise, indeed.Intelligent Design is not just "rebranding" an idea; it's selling junk science. This is what organized religion has had to do to stay credible in the 21st Century. They have to find a new way to lie to people because they can't compete with

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NOTE: This is a "cut 'n' paste" job. The information in this post was taken from The Rick Ross Institute, who have done an incredible job documenting Cult activity, complete with links back to the original articles and sources.The Trinity Broadcasting Network has known for some time that prophesy has become big business. It has made it's owners, Pentecostal preachers Paul and Pat Crouch, rich

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First of all, I don't care two hoots about the Pledge of allegiance. There are bigger problems in the world, and especially concerning the perversion of piety in American Politics.It is no great secret of history that religious belief can be used to intimidate, repress and manipulate populations to protect the special interests of elites instead of the greater good of the community.We are now

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