Archive for April, 2008

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Separation of Church and State … but Were Afraid to Ask!

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

First Freedom First is an activism group dedicated to protecting the precious rights of religious liberty guaranteed by the First Amendment. On March 26 they held a special 2-hour simulcast event that vividly outlined their agenda, and the many threats our “first freedom” faces. The show features thought-provoking and moving interviews, as well as musical [...]

A Christian Proves Evolution

Monday, April 28th, 2008

YouTuber DonExodus2 is a Christian, and also a biology student who forcefully argues against the ignorance of creationists. In these two videos, he offers four irrefutable proofs of the theory of evolution. (And yes, he acknowledges that “proof” is a mathematical term that, while not applicable to scientific theories, nonetheless carries the vernacular meaning he [...]

Heretics in Our Government

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

The letter below landed in my inbox yesterday, and I thought it was worth passing on. I looked up the quotes and they’re real.
Freaky!

*** If you are worried about the fate of our nation, please forward this email to everyone you love! ***
Dear Concerned American Citizen,
Our nation is in dire trouble.
The following quotes, as incredible [...]

Expelled Exposed

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Many reality based members of the YouTube community are coming forth with critiques of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, and it’s understandable why they have a hard time keeping a straight face even while smashing the movie’s tissue of lies with tons of cold, hard facts. Here’s a great example: the latest two installments of Thunderf00t’s [...]

Who Wrote the Bible?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

An academic theologian examines the historical roots of the Bible text, and ends up questioning his own faith.

Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

A hilarious parody of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Which is about all that movie is good for.
Plus, bonus feature: The Expelled Idiocy Knows No Bounds, via Brian Flemming.

Sam Harris: Liberals are Clueless about Muslim Extremists

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I’ve also had conversations with liberal believer friends who seem to want to ascribe the terrorism of extremist Muslims to anything but their actual religious beliefs. Quite astonishing.

Richard Dawkins with Bill Maher

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Not an in-depth interview, but a few clever insights and some interesting twists and turns.

The Cube becomes KUBUS

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Back in 2006 I wrote a post about discovering the source of one of my childhood nightmares: a remarkable teleplay by Jim Henson called The Cube. If you’re up for having your mind warped, you can watch it here:
Now a German production company is bringing The Cube to the theatre stage as KUBUS. Sorry, no [...]

The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Go shopping at 3Trillion.org.
$3 trillion? Really? Here’s a panel discussion with economists Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes regarding their new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict.