There is a site called Christopher Hitchens Watch which, I believe, began with a good cause: it’s been around for about 5 years, and initially focused on Hitchens’ support of the war in Iraq.
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Christopher Hitchens not being a dick
This is true, but cruel: It made me think…there would be a lot more vegans in the world if they could each declare one special exemption.
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The special case rule
There are now a few more details on the story of the dog given a communion wafer : the dog’s name is Trapper, the majority of the congregation was happy to see him get a cracker, it’s just one person who complained, and now dogs have been officially excommunicated from the church . And this is exactly why I despise the so-called “moderate” Christians
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Because even the moderate, liberal Christians think God is more important than a dog
A member of the studio audience has asked that I comment on the Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life , a product of the World Atheist Conference: God and Politics. Today: Proposition 10: We reject any special consideration for religion in politics and public life, and oppose charitable, tax-free status and state grants for the promotion of any religion as inimical to the interests of non-believers and those of other faiths
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The Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life – Part 10
As some of you know, there was a long-running contretemps at Chris Mooney’s Intersocktion blog — Mooney took a comment by someone named “Tom Johnson” as evidence that the New Atheists were inciting all kinds of destructive fury and ran with it, promoting it as a solid strike against the same targets he took on in his sad little book, Unscientific America . Then it turned out that much of the conversation on this topic at the Intersocktion was driven by this same fellow, who was posting under multiple pseudonyms
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“Tom Johnson” fini
Today it’s family day with a mob of Myerses hanging about and bickering opinonatedly at a picnic. You aren’t invited unless you can show evidence of a recent family relationship; showing evidence that all primates are related is nice, but won’t get you in the door.
Dr Charles is having a Poetry Contest , with wonderful prizes to be awarded to the winner with the best poem about “experiencing, practicing, or reflecting upon a medical, scientific, or health-related matter.” It sounds great until you realize you’re probably going to have to compete against the Cuttlefish . Read the comments on this post..
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A Poetry Contest for science nerds
We’re happier out of a straitjacket than in one. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…
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Sunday Sacrilege: Unorthodoxy
This is disgraceful. A reader sent me a link to a Target catalog, and apparently they’re now selling a Li’l PZ Action Set
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Target teaches irreverence!
Most of you don’t understand evolution.
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It’s more than genes, it’s networks and systems