http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/publics-views-on-human-evolution/
"A majority of white evangelical Protestants (64%) and half of black Protestants (50%) say that humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time."
Probably the same people that think animal slaughtering religious pedophiles like Phil Robertson make entertaining TV.
Being an ignorant cracker like Phil is a sin and a affront to human dignity. May he rot for the rest of his unnatural life in a Louisiana jail getting butt-fucked by his black guards. But, remember, I don't hate him -- only his sin
---Steve
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Asshole of the year
It is official:
@TheDailyEdge: In 2014, 5,400 poor Texans will die because of Rick Perry, our choice for Asshole of the Year
http://assholeoftheday.us/post/71326173163/is-rick-perry-asshole-of-the-year
---Steve
@TheDailyEdge: In 2014, 5,400 poor Texans will die because of Rick Perry, our choice for Asshole of the Year
http://assholeoftheday.us/post/71326173163/is-rick-perry-asshole-of-the-year
---Steve
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Punk Rockers Knock Christmas
But there's another kind of Christmas denial: the kind that simply stomps on Christianity as ridiculous and kicks over the nativity set. Take the atheist punk band Bad Religion and its new record of Christmas songs they found "hilarious" to record.
Co-founder Brett Gurewitz told LA Weekly, "Clearly, it's a satire. We were rolling on the floor a lot of the time ... it felt like a Monty Python skit to me."
Greg Graffin, the other co-founder, is a part-time professor of biology and author of the book "Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God." This is Graffin in a nutshell: "Our faith should be expressed in working toward a better planet for our children and not the selfish, juvenile hope for a better afterlife for ourselves. I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others."
---SPSmith
Monday, December 23, 2013
Father on “attacking Christians”.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/2013/12/father-on-attacking-christians/
First, most atheists do not attack Christians, but they often attack the idea of Christianity. I have to agree that attacking PEOPLE is wrong. However, once you bring an IDEA—such as Christianity— into the marketplace of ideas, it is subject to criticism just like any other idea, such as socialism, trickle down economics, or the theory of gravity.
---SPSmith
First, most atheists do not attack Christians, but they often attack the idea of Christianity. I have to agree that attacking PEOPLE is wrong. However, once you bring an IDEA—such as Christianity— into the marketplace of ideas, it is subject to criticism just like any other idea, such as socialism, trickle down economics, or the theory of gravity.
---SPSmith
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Not just the Koch brothers: New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort
Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about global warming and raise public doubts about the roots and remedies of this massive global threat
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-12-koch-brothers-reveals-funders-climate.html#jCp
---SPSmith
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-12-koch-brothers-reveals-funders-climate.html#jCp
---SPSmith
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Slate: Utah Judge “Agrees with Scalia,” Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
Pretty funny: Scalia must be proud: Not many people can say they were integral in bringing about the end of anti-gay-marriage bans.
Utah Judge "Agrees with Scalia," Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2013/12/20/utah_gay_marriage_judge_agrees_with_scalia_strikes_down_ban.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2013/12/20/utah_gay_marriage_judge_agrees_with_scalia_strikes_down_ban.html
---SPSmith
The Economist’s country of the year: Earth’s got talent | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21591872-resilient-ireland-booming-south-sudan-tumultuous-turkey-our-country-year-earths-got?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709
we think, are path-breaking reforms that do not merely improve a single nation but, if emulated, might benefit the world. Gay marriage is one such border-crossing policy, which has increased the global sum of human happiness at no financial cost. Several countries have implemented it in 2013—including Uruguay, which also, uniquely, passed a law to legalise and regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. This is a change so obviously sensible, squeezing out the crooks and allowing the authorities to concentrate on graver crimes, that no other country has made it. If others followed suit, and other narcotics were included, the damage such drugs wreak on the world would be drastically reduced.
---SPSmith
we think, are path-breaking reforms that do not merely improve a single nation but, if emulated, might benefit the world. Gay marriage is one such border-crossing policy, which has increased the global sum of human happiness at no financial cost. Several countries have implemented it in 2013—including Uruguay, which also, uniquely, passed a law to legalise and regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. This is a change so obviously sensible, squeezing out the crooks and allowing the authorities to concentrate on graver crimes, that no other country has made it. If others followed suit, and other narcotics were included, the damage such drugs wreak on the world would be drastically reduced.
---SPSmith
The Bible and homosexuality | What the Bible says about Homosexuality | Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
But, believe it or not. We Christians aren't judging them. We are informing them. God has declared that homosexuality is a sin. It isn't our preferences we're declaring. It is God's. I know. I know. Some will say the Bible isn't true, that it is archaic, sexist, homophobic...blah, blah, blah. I've heard it all before. Kill the messanger and let's all jump into bed together and have our fun. Sorry, I'm not interested in freedom without responsibility and the resulting promiscuity and diseases that accompany the politically correct, sexual freedom of abberant liberal morality. Instead, I'll follow my Lord who calls all to repentance (Acts 17:30), myself included.
---SPSmith
What Persecution Looks Like | Right Wing Watch
Conservative activists were prepared to see Phil Robertson as a victim of religious persecution because they've been primed for years with the "religious liberty" narrative being pushed by Religious Right leaders and their conservative Catholic allies. They portray criticism as persecution. They equate being on the losing side of policy debates with being under the heel of oppression. And when courts and legislatures struggle with the challenge of balancing religious liberty with other constitutional values like equality under the law, they see only black-and-white battles between good and evil.
Their rhetoric cheapens and distorts the meaning of terms like tyranny. Anti-religious persecution is a violent, heartbreaking reality for Christians in many parts of the world. But not for the privileged and powerful figures in the United States who wrap themselves in the mantle of martyrdom.
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/what-persecution-looks#sthash.vScIOsLH.dpuf---SPSmith
Friday, December 20, 2013
Companion Animal Psychology: Can Fatal Dog Attacks Be Prevented?
http://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2013/12/can-fatal-dog-attacks-be-prevented.html
This research suggests that Breed Specific Legislation does not protect people from dog bite fatalities. At worst, it may even distract people (and financial resources) from the factors that do make a difference: close supervision of children and vulnerable adults, and good animal husbandry practices that involve the dog in family life. Given the prevalence of husbandry-related factors in these incidents, legislations should consider strengthening measures aimed at preventing cruelty and neglect and supporting responsible ownership. - See more at: http://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2013/12/can-fatal-dog-attacks-be-prevented.html#sthash.928XuoWO.dpuf
---SPSmith
This research suggests that Breed Specific Legislation does not protect people from dog bite fatalities. At worst, it may even distract people (and financial resources) from the factors that do make a difference: close supervision of children and vulnerable adults, and good animal husbandry practices that involve the dog in family life. Given the prevalence of husbandry-related factors in these incidents, legislations should consider strengthening measures aimed at preventing cruelty and neglect and supporting responsible ownership. - See more at: http://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2013/12/can-fatal-dog-attacks-be-prevented.html#sthash.928XuoWO.dpuf
---SPSmith
The Robertson Family Official Statement | Duck Commander
"We want you to know that first and foremost we are a family rooted in our faith in God and our belief that the Bible is His word."
If the family admits that they get their moral guidance from a superstition-filled book brimming with hate, bigotry, murder, and slavery then why are people surprised that the patriarch of this inbreed clan is a raging bigot?
The true shame here is that many Americans enjoy Duck Dynasty, a made-up "reality" TV show, where the writers have tried to glorify a sick nostalgia for the old days and down-home family values, including a business based on devices used to aid the slaughter of beautiful animals, and a cast of unsavory inbreed evangelical characters, each proud of their inability to think rationally and each espousing discredited and outdated Biblical doctrines for their ethics and morality.
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