Yesterday afternoon, the new Austin chapter of the Center for Inquiry had a meet-and-greet brunch at the Iron Cactus downtown. I’m happy to see them come. They’re true movers and shakers in the arena of promoting naturalism, science, rationalism, and in fighting religious ignorance and extremism. I’ve always found it interesting that, in the public …
Monthly Archive: October 2006
Oct 21 2006
Florida schadenfreude continues: Hovind’s hubris will bring him down!
One can only imagine the glare on his face, and the word “Judas!” stuck on an endless loop inside his ever-so-loopy mind, as Kent Hovind watched his lawyer friend David Charles Gibbs effectively tie his noose on the stand in his tax-evasion trial. According to Gibbs, Hovind’s belief that he owed no taxes was rooted …
Oct 20 2006
Hovind on trial: Dr. Dino’s sleaze laid bare
Kent Hovind’s former employees — erm, excuse me, “missionaries” — have been testifying to his bizarre tax-avoidance practices. Among the shenanigans: Popp testified that Hovind warned employees not to accept mail addressed to “KENT HOVIND.” He said Hovind told the workers the government created a corporation in his “all-caps name.” Hovind said if he accepted …
Oct 19 2006
The Worldview Quiz
Discovered this by way of my very favorite godless blog grouch in all the world, PZ Myers at Pharyngula. Go ahead and try it yourself. The choices are pretty much A vs. B or C, but then when you think about it, the questions being asked seem to have pretty doggone obvious answers to me. …
Oct 19 2006
Kent’s in the dock; will God get him out?
We’re in for heavy doses of high comedy and rollicking entertainment over the next — well, however long it takes to find him guilty — as creationist pest and tax cheat Kent Hovind goes on trial, with his wife, for failure to pay nearly half a million dollars owed to the IRS. Hovind’s defense is …
Oct 15 2006
Exploring the boundaries of church/state separation
I’m posting in advance my topic notes for The Atheist Experience today. Expect them to be a bit scattered, as I’m writing this more as speaking notes than as a carefully planned essay. Note: I am a new-ish member of Chorus Austin, which will be presenting the Bach B-Minor Mass on November 4. My intention …
Oct 15 2006
Warning: you will need a shower if you click this…
Just when you thought you’d seen everything: here comes the Christian Boylove Forum. Christian Boylove Forum participants believe that a distinction must be made between feelings of attraction (which are not chosen) and behavior (for which one must be held responsible). We believe that boylovers can control and channel their feelings so that their relationships …
Oct 13 2006
Recent Christian cinema not benefiting from Passion halo-effect
Christian conservatives often like to complain about the sinful depradations of godless librul Hollywood, and how the entertainment industry as a whole is a repellent den of sin that is “out of touch” with the American mainstream. The wild box office success of The Passion of the Christ two years ago was trumpeted — by …
Oct 11 2006
Jesus Camp review
I went on Friday with about ten fellow Atheist Community members to see Jesus Camp, but I hadn’t gotten around to posting my review until now. This has already been discussed on both The Non-Prophets and The Atheist Experience, but I’m offering up a written version for your perusal. First of all, this is not …
Oct 08 2006
What to do if you’re middle-aged, Catholic, female, and can’t find a husband
This is really kind of sad. 42-year-old Lori Rose Cannizzaro of East Aurora, NY, admitting to herself that “Dating wasn’t working. I wasn’t connecting. Not that I never wanted to be married or never wanted children,” has chosen to “consecrate her virginity” in a strange Catholic ceremony. People deal with loneliness in all kinds of …
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