Today we continue with our examination of the cartoons published on the website of Hal Lindsey, Christian Zionist and king of Bible prophecy. The cartoons reflect Lindsey’s view that the End Times are nigh. He believes that all major events in the world today are proof that the events foretold in Revelation are [...]
First Freedom First is a joint project of The Interfaith Alliance Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. They have eight core issues that they’re focussing on:
No Religious Discrimination
End of Life Care
Reproductive Health
Democracy NOT Theocracy
Academic Integrity
Sound Science
Respect For All Families
Worship … or not
They have a petition on their website that they’d [...]
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One of these days, I need to write an article about Hal Lindsey. You might remember him from the 1970s, when he came out with his best-selling book, The Late Great Planet Earth. Hal is big into Bible prophecy. According to his book, the End Times were supposed to happen in the [...]
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The 82nd Skeptics’ Circle is up at Happy Jihad’s House of Pancakes. There’s lots of good stuff there. My favorite is from The Digital Cuttlefish:
Translating from Creationist to English
I’m looking for a linguist who can help me with translation—
For it seems two different languages are used within this nation;
Much more [...]
Last night, Comedy Central premiered Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil. I was looking forward to the show, so I tuned in with great anticipation. I was actually disappointed in the program. It had some funny moments, thanks primarily to Greg Giraldo, but overall the show wasn’t very good. I might [...]
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In 2005, John McCain sponsored legislation to ban torture. The bill actually passed and was signed into law by Bush. McCain has a very good reputation on anti-torture issues. A reputation that is undeserved.
McCain’s law specifically exempted the CIA.
On Saturday, Bush vetoed a bill intended to close that loophole. [...]
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Ron Brown sent me an email about a contest he’s having over at his blog, The Frame Problem. He writes:
It’s a contest to cite the funniest piece of scripture from any practiced world religion/cult. The winner (as determined by reader votes) will get to choose the God of [...]
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