Marco Rubio spoke to the RNC last night, and reminded everyone that we atheists aren’t Americans after all. We are special [We are?] because we’ve been united not by a common race or ethnicity [This is true of many countries. What about Canada?]. We’re bound together by common values [Again, trivially true of most countries]. …
Monthly Archive: August 2012
Aug 31 2012
Why I am an atheist – Tom
Because it’s the only explanation that works with the evidence we have. Is this long enough? TomUnited Kingdom
Aug 30 2012
Someone explain this to me
That nutcase Jack Sarfatti (he’s been a plague on the internet since my usenet days) left a comment on the Scienceblogs side of things, which is very similar to a lot of my email, and I really don’t understand it. You sound like a Nazi with The Final Solution for those you consider crazy. Shame …
Aug 30 2012
How the turtle got its shell
In my post bashing that silly article claiming to have figured out how endoskeletons evolved from exoskeletons, there was a good question buried in the comments, and I thought I’d answer it. Are there any models pulled out of arses which explain the turtle’s unique skeleton? Yes! I mean, no, not pulled out of arses, …
Aug 30 2012
A momentary flash of reason
Matt Abbot is a Catholic columnist with Renew America, Alan Keyes’ wingnutty freaky weird site full of fanatics. You know he’s deep in the tank, so it’s a little surprising when his head rises briefly above the surface to splutter, “wait…Catholic priests…child abuse…disturbing…” before sinking back into the slime. What could possibly have shaken him …
Aug 30 2012
The Big Theme: LIES
I spent another pleasant night not watching the Republican National Convention, but I did follow the live-blogging on ThinkProgress. It’s the best way to do it, because apparently they’ve organized a team of fact-checkers, and everytime a Republican opened their mouth, someone scurried off and looked up whether they were lying or not. It must …
Aug 30 2012
Why I am an atheist – Mitch Austin
I was raised lightly religious, Lutheran, went to AWANA with friends. At 14 I joined De Molay. They say prayers at regular intervals. The prayers are all non-sectarian, but everyone knows they’re said to Baby Jesus. It’s also a great way to meet the ladies. I’m sure most everyone lost their “purity” through club hookups. …
Aug 29 2012
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