Really, Catholics?
2009.03.16 (Mon) 16:04
We have a bit of a question for anyone who identifies as Catholic (whether you identify as a "good" Catholic, or a "bad" Catholic who only goes to church on Easter and Christmas). The question has a b [»]
We Love Christmas...Now Let's Play Cards
2008.12.24 (Wed) 12:30
Who's waging the legendary and infamous War on Christmas?
It's a question we've always wanted to hear a legitimate answer to.
Presumably, it wouldn't be the Christians. Right? You know, since it cel [»]
If You Can't Stand the Heat...
2008.09.15 (Mon) 11:33
...then you shouldn't be working in the fucking kitchen.
Apparently, a gaggle of Muslims wanted some special consideration for [»]
Sir Salman Sparks Seriously Stupid Statements
2007.06.23 (Sat) 16:15
If the Post can pull that alliteration crap in headline after headline, we can throw one up on occasion. And, frankly, a situation this incredibly fucking ridiculous deserves a light and airy h [»]
Just Not Getting Your Intended Clientele
2007.03.02 (Fri) 22:38
[In order to overcome a "feature" of our MovableType installation, it is unfortunately necessary to include a short blurb at the top of this Rant. Without it, some of our pages are rendered unre [»]
America's Most Hated
2007.02.21 (Wed) 10:21
What's worse in the minds of "typical" Americans than a half-black, half-Hispanic, seventy-two-year-old Jewish woman who's in her third marriage to her Mormon lesbian lover? What's worse in the minds of "typical" Americans than a half-black, half-Hispanic, seventy-two-year-old Jewish woman who's in her third marriage to her Mormon lesbian lover? [»]
Pat Robertson's Latest Round of Woo
2007.01.03 (Wed) 22:45
Sorry, we must have missed something — what's the difference between religiosos and psychics again? This Sorry, we must have missed something — what's the difference between religiosos and psychics again? This [»]
The Christmas Armistice
2006.12.13 (Wed) 23:42
We really weren't going to bother this year, but Rockstar We really weren't going to bother this year, but Rockstar [»]
And Now For Something Completely Different
2006.11.16 (Thu) 21:14
We admit it — we do a lot of complaining around here. No, don't disagree, it's true (but thanks for the thought). Of course, the reason for our prodigious amounts of bitching is the prodigiou [»]
Election Day Recap
2006.11.08 (Wed) 16:04
As we've said many times before, we don't love the Democrats, but we openly admit that we supported them through this past election — if only to get the Republican asshats out of power. So, with [»]
Sweet, Sweet Schadenfreude
2006.11.03 (Fri) 23:42
It's been a busy week, but before it slipped away from us, we wanted to point out a developing story that we're sure you've read about. In fact, not only have you likely read about it this week, you'v [»]
Brothers Engage in Nude Fondling, Right?
2006.10.25 (Wed) 10:39
You know, we've managed to avoid saying anything about this whole Foley/Page/Priest scandal that's all the rage in the mainstream media, and we've been pretty proud of that fact. But when we read a fe [»]
How To Be Your Own Unicorn
2006.10.16 (Mon) 21:42
Ah, proselytizing. Nothing makes our asses pucker quite like it. It's bad enough that some people harbor silly, delusional beliefs in a magical sky daddy, but add to that a compulsion to ring our door [»]
New Method of Creating Stem Cell Lines, Same Old Bullshit Opposition
2006.08.24 (Thu) 15:14
As all of our readers are presumably aware, the debate over what some call the "morality" of stem cell research has been a hot topic over the past few years. Despite the fact that there are plenty of [»]
Sixth and Ninth
2006.07.11 (Tue) 21:22
Some years back, Two Percenter Jeff had a date. He picked a good bar in Manhattan, and told his date to meet him at Sixth and Ninth. After a shower and a shave, Jeff hopped on the PATH train from Hobo [»]
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
2006.07.04 (Tue) 00:49
You'll note that, in the title above, we've capitalized our happy sentiment to our readers. Why? Because we at the Two Percent Company feel that it is imperative that we highlight a growing problem in [»]
For the Kids: Practice Exam for Budding Noalogists
2006.06.19 (Mon) 15:45
Hey, kids! Take this handy exam, and you too can embark on a career of (endless, fruitless) searching for Noah's Ark!
Question: Which of the following is Noah's Ark?
can embark on a career of (endless, fruitless) searching for Noah's Ark!
Question: Which of the following is Noah's Ark?
Separation Issues Still Matter
2006.06.15 (Thu) 22:38
Judicial thorn and outspoken atheist "Rev. Dr." Michael Newdow's most recent bid to get rid of government-sanctioned declarations of religious faith — in this case, his call for the removal of t [»]
Pat Robertson's Plane Goes Down...Pat's Not On It
2006.06.03 (Sat) 23:29
If there's a more apt metaphor for a televangelist sucking the life out of the innocent dupes he fleeces, we're not sure what it is. As reported on If there's a more apt metaphor for a televangelist sucking the life out of the innocent dupes he fleeces, we're not sure what it is. As reported on [»]
Leave My Funny Hat Out Of This
2006.06.02 (Fri) 20:13
Religious ritual is meaningless to us. It really, truly is. But that doesn't mean we don't recognize the importance that some folks place on what, to us, are empty gestures. The importance of the gest [»]
Hey, You're The One With All The Dirty Pictures!
2006.05.30 (Tue) 22:57
It's an old joke*, sure, but if you turn it around, it's got a great point.
Case in point: , sure, but if you turn it around, it's got a great point.
Case in point: [»]
Yeah, But What Was His Plea?
2006.05.11 (Thu) 22:05
You know those Nigerian e-mail scams, right? If you're like us, you've probably received hundreds of them, if not thousands, over the years. Have you ever wondered what kind of person could be stupid [»]
Staking Your Claim in the Neighbor's Yard
2006.04.25 (Tue) 16:22
So did everybody have a good Easter? We hope so; but we hope you didn't have nearly as good an Easter as as good an Easter as [»]
European Racism Version 2.0
2006.04.08 (Sat) 22:01
[Note: Since publishing this Rant, we've done a bit more research — due in part to our own suspicions, and in part to Dikkii's refreshingly blunt comment! Further research has led us to the c [»]
A Hypocritical Fundie? Pull the Other One!
2006.01.06 (Fri) 14:00
No, it isn't headline news when a Christian fundamentalist loudly preaches about morals, then turns around and promptly ignores the bullshit "morality" he's trying to force on others — just leaf [»]
Dave Letterman Lays a Smack Down on Bill O'Reilly
2006.01.05 (Thu) 21:54
In case you haven't heard about it, and as the title of this Rant suggests, David Letterman did indeed lay a smack down of epic proportions on Bill O'Reilly the other night. All we can say is: "Wow." [»]
Dover Watch - Belated Huzzah (Also Mel Gibson is a Moron)
2006.01.04 (Wed) 22:39
So, the good guys won in Dover! Yes, we know that the case was decided weeks ago, but between all of us around here celebrating the holidays, traveling, painting, and, in some cases, being sick, we ha [»]
No, We Won't Someday Turn to God
2005.12.19 (Mon) 17:45
We've heard this line many, many times, often from those who are generally good and intelligent people (though some, like We've heard this line many, many times, often from those who are generally good and intelligent people (though some, like [»]
McCreary County Looking to Re-Try SCOTUS Case
2005.11.16 (Wed) 23:27
Just five months ago, the Supreme Court issued opinions on two cases in which the Ten Commandments were being displayed on government property. Because of a swing vote by Justice Breyer, the display i [»]
FDA Uses Stupid Excuses to Conceal Asinine Agenda
2005.11.15 (Tue) 20:20
A little over two months ago, we wrote about the FDA's ridiculous and illogical decisions concerning the Morning After Pill. Although research by an independent advisory committee and the recommendati [»]
Newdow Launches Another Salvo
2005.11.15 (Tue) 19:45
God is for Suckers reports that activist atheist Michael Newdow is shooting for the stars in his new suit: Michael Newdow said Sunday that he planned to file a federal lawsuit this week asking for the [»]
Carnival of the Godless #27
2005.11.13 (Sun) 23:52
The twenty seventh edition of the Carnival of the Godless was posted earlier today at Pharungyla. Go, read, learn. We do want to take a moment to point out something that PZ mentioned, and a request h [»]
Pop Quiz, Hotshot
2005.11.13 (Sun) 18:49
The following two things have a lot in common. Does this offend you? We didn't think so. How about this? If you answered "no," then you agree that a large number of Americans are behaving rather stupi [»]
Disney Gets to Be the Good Guy!
2005.11.10 (Thu) 18:33
PZ has a quite intelligent post up analogizing the NAS and NSTA's refusal to grant copyright permissions to the Kansas State Board of Education, since said board is trying to Mix 'n' Match™ actu [»]
Win One, Lose One
2005.11.09 (Wed) 23:15
As we learned this morning (initially via Pharyngula), the recent school board elections in Dover, PA yielded a win for science. From the New York Times: All eight members up for re-election to the Pe [»]
Einzige's Roommate is Not God
2005.11.01 (Tue) 15:25
PZ Myers pointed us to a fresh post over on The Lippard Blog by co-host Einzige, who presents a clever little parable: You start to wonder about what you might make yourself for dinner when suddenly y [»]
Dover Watch - Buckingham Caught in Lie
2005.10.28 (Fri) 21:12
You know, we would have loved to say "we told you so" when we read the news that William Buckingham, the apparent senior moron for the Dover School Board, had to contradict his own sworn deposition fr [»]
What Would Skeptics Do?
2005.10.21 (Fri) 18:28
A brief exchange on Bill Maher's show last Friday (we caught a re-run) got us thinking: Washington Post columnist Tina Brown: Given that we're in this — I mean, given the sort of religious persu [»]
Andrew Sullivan Hears No Evil
2005.10.16 (Sun) 16:39
Skeptico has a post up discussing one aspect of Andrew Sullivan's appearance on Bill Maher's show. In particular, we learned two salient things from Skeptico's post and the wonderful discussion that e [»]
Parodies of Cops Don't Understand Parody
2005.10.02 (Sun) 14:15
Brent Rasmussen of UTI brought our attention to what shortly became one of the newest faces in our Usual Suspects, fellow percentage blog 90% True. Specifically, Brent linked to Cody Cobb's true story [»]
Three Cheers for Intelligent Christianity
2005.10.02 (Sun) 00:27
Found over at Tild~ (via Pharyngula), Episcopalian Bishop John Shelby Spong apparently had this to say on the subject of Intelligent Design: Intelligent Design is just one more smoke screen. The task [»]
A Roman Catholic Riddle
2005.09.24 (Sat) 14:28
Question: What do you get when you refuse to admit homosexuals to the clergy? Answer: A lot of empty seminaries. The Vatican even wants to ban the celibate homosexuals now. We can't even figure out wh [»]
Chewing the Cud with God
2005.09.23 (Fri) 10:10
Thanks to Rockstar, we checked in on a post we had overlooked at God is for Suckers, where Sean posted a link to a nifty site that lets you chat with God. Having read Michael Bains' chat log from his [»]
Bait and Switch: The Elusive Common Ground
2005.09.20 (Tue) 21:17
In reading our list of Usual Suspects, one argument that we often come across is the argument that science and religion are really "quite similar." Heck, we just heard this recently on our own site fr [»]
Newdow Marches On
2005.09.15 (Thu) 21:42
As reported yesterday by ABC News: A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday, a decision that could put the divisive issue on track [»]
More Stupid Excuses from the FDA
2005.09.01 (Thu) 14:36
We saw yesterday that the FDA has once again failed to make the morning after pill available without a prescription. According to ABC News: The FDA on Friday postponed indefinitely its decision on whe [»]
Quentin Tarantino's: Kill Hugo
2005.08.24 (Wed) 00:59
Good old Pat Robertson. Good old moralistic, oh-so-Christian, Jesus-lovin', God-praisin' Pat Robertson. What does he have to say about anti-American Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez? "You know, I don't k [»]
Harvard: Tired of Creationist Bullshit
2005.08.16 (Tue) 15:58
Just a brief mention about an AP article we stumbled across: Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began. [»]
Skeptics' Circle #14, Carnival of the Godless #19 & #20
2005.08.07 (Sun) 11:27
It looks like we missed a few carnivals recently, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to catch up. In point of fact, only two of the three carnivals mentioned below are late since one came out to [»]
Golfing with God
2005.07.27 (Wed) 22:33
This falls into the "religious people say the darndest things" category, so we thought we'd share. We've been known to play a round of golf from time to time — we aren't all that good, and we ce [»]
Judge Narrows Newdow's Pledge Case
2005.07.26 (Tue) 23:06
In case you don't know, Michael Newdow is the attorney who is trying to have the "under God" bit in the Pledge of Allegience declared to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. He won his init [»]
Carnival of the Godless #18
2005.07.24 (Sun) 23:13
The eighteenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless was posted earlier today at St. Nate's. We saw some pretty solid blogging over there, so go check it out! Unless, of course, you're busy at church [»]
Wait, Which Book Corrupts Children's Minds?
2005.07.16 (Sat) 14:56
In honor of the US release of the new Harry Potter book today, we wanted to mention something that we ran across on Skeptico. As you may know, the Catholic Church has spent the past few years whining [»]
Thoughts on the Ten Commandments Cases
2005.07.16 (Sat) 00:17
At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled on two Ten Commandments cases — McCreary and Van Orden. In McCreary, the court upheld the ruling that a Kentucky display of the Ten Commandments in a [»]
One More Time: The Government Cannot Fund the Scouts
2005.07.14 (Thu) 20:36
As only a few news sources have reported recently, a federal judge ruled that the Pentagon can no longer fund the Boy Scout Jamboree, which they've been funding for many years. The cost of the jambore [»]
A Clear Sign for the Catholic Church
2005.07.13 (Wed) 23:08
You know, when certain practices of your group, organization or vocation are so malevolent and widespread that they provoke a need for support groups specially devoted to your victims...maybe there's [»]
Kudos to Spain, Again
2005.07.12 (Tue) 10:12
Hot on the heels of their legalization of gay marriage, Spain is once again pissing off the Christian contingent by pushing forward legislation aimed at allowing therapeutic cloning for embryonic stem [»]
Carnival of the Godless #17
2005.07.10 (Sun) 22:01
What better way to spend a Sunday than reading posts from the seventeenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless which was posted earlier today at Tobias Buckell Online? Mostly, that was a rhetorical [»]
The ALC: Giving Atheists a Bad Name
2005.07.10 (Sun) 19:44
Apparently, when people associate the word "atheism" with visions of anti-religious zealots, groups like the Atheist Law Center are what they are thinking of. We came across this group from a link on [»]
The Truth is Out There...Way, Way Out There
2005.07.09 (Sat) 20:58
Over at The New Republic, Ben Adler has an...interesting little piece up (we read it on Digby's blog, following a link from Majikthise). Adler asks of various prominent folks a few simple questions re [»]
Carnival of the Godless #16
2005.06.26 (Sun) 11:36
We'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the sixteenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless which was miraculously born of the virgin blog Positive Liberty. Donations of gold, frankincense [»]
Snappy Answers to Stupid Senators
2005.06.24 (Fri) 23:06
Wow — we actually heard someone get it totally right on Air America. Of course, it wasn't one of the hosts. It was a guest. This afternoon, on the The Al Franken Show, they welcomed guest Alta C [»]
Carnival of the Godless #15
2005.06.12 (Sun) 23:35
How do the weekends go by so quickly? Here we are already staring Sunday night dead in the eye and we just barely have time to link to the fifteenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless over on Nick [»]
Carnival of the Godless #14
2005.05.31 (Tue) 22:44
With the Memorial Day weekend (and some blissful downtime) now behind us, we'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the fourteenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless which leapt fullgrown [»]
NJ Assemblyman vs. The Devil(s)
2005.05.31 (Tue) 13:06
We caught this little gem on the news last night, and again on the radio this morning. Apparently, a New Jersey assemblyman has had it up to here (imagine our hands marking off a point very near the t [»]
How Many Licks Does it Take to Get to the Center of a Creationist?
2005.05.19 (Thu) 22:32
Over on AlterNet, Stan Cox has an article which gives a play by play (found via Panda's Thumb) of the current Kansas Board of Education hearings, which will determine if "intelligent design" (creation [»]
Let's Get Some Perspective on the Quran Desecration
2005.05.17 (Tue) 12:19
So here's the flap. In their May 9th edition, Newsweek reported that, according to an anonymous source, United States military personnel in Guantanemo Bay had put copies of the Quran into toilets in a [»]
MCI: Molesting Children Incessantly
2005.05.16 (Mon) 14:36
Eugene Mirman has a little something for show 'n' tell — a series of phone conversations he recorded with some scary fundy organization that accuses major telecommunications companies of "promot [»]
Carnival of the Godless #13 (and 12)
2005.05.15 (Sun) 18:21
Oddly, we managed to miss the the twelfth edition of the Carnival of the Godless which was held two weeks ago at Radical Russ' place. By the time we realized it, it was last Sunday, and the next editi [»]
Sweet Jesus, Creationism is Spreading to the Blue States!
2005.05.11 (Wed) 23:19
Just when you think creationists are safely tucked away in the backwoods hick towns of the country, along comes New York State Assemblyman Daniel Hooker (R — there's a surprise). Mr. Hooker has [»]
Jesus, Republicans, Dubya: What's the Difference?
2005.05.08 (Sun) 14:42
Okay, stop us if you've heard this one. A North Carolina Baptist Pastor, a bunch of Republicans, and a handful of Democrats walk into a church. At the end of the meeting, the Democrats are escorted ou [»]
WorldNetDaily: Miracles Save 3,000 Lives Every 25 Minutes!
2005.05.05 (Thu) 20:56
We know, we know — fisking WorldNetDaily articles is like shooting fish in a barrel. Really stupid, slow fish. In a really small barrel. Using a grenade launcher. But sometimes, we just can't he [»]
Stay on Cobb County Sticker Removal Denied
2005.05.05 (Thu) 12:02
Good news from the Panda's Thumb regarding the Cobb County evolution disclaimer appeal — the appeals court has denied the board's requested stay on removing the stickers pending the outcome of t [»]
Kansas Creationists Put Themselves on Trial
2005.05.03 (Tue) 20:55
Kansas, as you probably know, is one of the battleground states in which the creationists are trying to force their pseudo-science into the public classroom. The Panda's Thumb has been covering events [»]
Carnival of the Godless #11
2005.04.24 (Sun) 21:06
Earlier today, the eleventh edition of the Carnival of the Godless was spawned in an orgy of heathen revelry — head over to Freespace to check it out. We'll take a closer look at the posts tomor [»]
Indoctrination Sucks
2005.04.22 (Fri) 00:25
Angry Professor relates two sad stories of a common form of parenting that we, personally, see as psychological child abuse: what most folks like to call "indoctrination." First she tells the tale of [»]
Conservative Vatican Enforcer Poped Up
2005.04.19 (Tue) 18:35
Remember the brief speculation that the next Pope might be the one to allow a few progressive changes in the Catholic Church? You know, maybe letting priests marry, or allowing for women to become pri [»]
So, When Does the Backlash Come?
2005.04.13 (Wed) 21:27
We've been wondering lately when the backlash against the growing Christian theocracy in the United States is going to come. Of course, it isn't a foregone conclusion that any backlash will happen, bu [»]
An Ongoing Conversation About Beliefs
2005.04.13 (Wed) 03:07
We recently received a comment on one of our Allison DuBois posts asking about our beliefs and our skeptical approach to life. The commenter, Cat, had the following to say: I feel for you guys being s [»]
Carnival of the Godless #10
2005.04.11 (Mon) 13:17
As of yesterday, the tenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless was released upon an unsuspecting world — head over to Wolverine Tom's site to check it out. This edition contains a healthy hel [»]
We've Got Duke over Tettamanzi for Pope
2005.04.09 (Sat) 19:26
We're not sure how we missed this great chance to bet on the outcome of the Pope Tournament. In case your NCAA brackets were as useless as ours were, check these out (found via Majikthise). [Click for [»]
Unintelligently Designed Journalism
2005.04.07 (Thu) 16:32
Jay Mathews, apparently an education columnist (if you can believe that) for the Washington Post, was bored and frustrated in his high school biology class — and apparently, he believes this is [»]
CNN: Your 24 Hour Dead Pope Network
2005.04.06 (Wed) 14:00
Jesus Christ on a stick! Enough about the Pope already. If this was coverage of our own deaths, we wouldn't want it to be this pervasive. This has nothing to do with what we thought of the man (he had [»]
Some Monday Links
2005.04.04 (Mon) 23:33
It has been a little hectic here lately, and we haven't had a lot of time for anything in depth. So, to keep you thinking (and probably in some cases grimacing), here are some Monday Links. First, Ed [»]
"Living in Sin" is Apparently a Criminal Offense
2005.04.01 (Fri) 14:32
The headline: "Unmarried woman challenges law; Fired because she lived with her boyfriend, she files suit to overturn state cohabitation ban." When we first came across this story on Dispatches from t [»]
Kids Riding the Slippery Slope of Creationism
2005.03.31 (Thu) 00:15
On March 28, PBS's NewsHour ran a segment on the creation conflict taking place in public schools all across the United States. As usual, it was the old "give each side equal time" approach which is s [»]
Dover Watch - When Intelligence Attacks!
2005.03.29 (Tue) 20:21
This whole Dover evolution vs. creation thing has had that "we don't know whether to laugh or cry" vibe going since its inception. Most of the time, we think it's "cry," but in this case...no, it's st [»]
Carnival of the Godless: Easter Edition
2005.03.27 (Sun) 11:11
Today is Easter. On this day Christians the world over tell their children a tall tale about an imaginary being who — if they are good — will reward them personally with happiness exceedin [»]
Some Sunday Links
2005.03.20 (Sun) 14:53
It has been a little quiet around here since Part V of Allison DuBois Week and the Fourth Edition of the Skeptics' Circle both came out on Thursday. The push of getting those posts out the door, combi [»]
Carnival of the Godless #7
2005.03.13 (Sun) 17:25
The seventh edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to The Frozen Texan to check it out. One post that caught our eye was A Positive Christian Atheist from Radical [»]
Another Group That Wants It Both Ways
2005.03.12 (Sat) 17:47
It seems that the Salvation Army wants to have their discriminatory cake and eat it too. As reported via the Wall of Separation (the blog of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State): I [»]
Carnival of the Godless #6
2005.03.06 (Sun) 22:58
The sixth edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to the Raving Atheist to check it out. One post that caught our eye was Intelligent Design and Faerie Rings origin [»]
Some Ten Commandments SCOTUS Links
2005.03.04 (Fri) 11:57
As we noted earlier this week (and as most people who visit this site no doubt knew), the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday regarding government displays of the Ten Commandments. The post-gam [»]
Ten Commandments Cases to Begin This Week
2005.02.27 (Sun) 23:02
Two Ten Commandments cases — Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky — are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court beginning this Wednesday, March 2. For our part, we [»]
Carnival of the Godless #4
2005.02.20 (Sun) 00:55
The fourth edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to Philosophy, et cetera to check it out. We were lucky enough to have one of our Rants included in this edition [»]
Arkansas on ID Stickers: "We had our fingers crossed!"
2005.02.19 (Sat) 14:14
In a move strikingly similar to the well known playground tactic of crossing their fingers, the Beebe, Arkansas school board recently announced that their recent announcement concerning the removal of [»]
When Parallel Lines Diverge
2005.02.15 (Tue) 18:26
Ed Brayton over on Dispatches from the Culture Wars reports on the sentencing of convicted child molester and — surprise! — priest, Paul Shanley. In his blog entry, Ed brings up a very poi [»]
Carnival of the Godless #3
2005.02.13 (Sun) 12:01
The third edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to Science & Politics to check it out. Among the other goodies, an older post from Brent at UTI poses the ques [»]
Arkansas Removes Anti-Evolution Stickers
2005.02.11 (Fri) 00:47
As reported by the ACLU, and initially found in TheCabin.net, it sounds like creationism suffered a loss in Arkansas yesterday: LITTLE ROCK, AR--Following action by the American Civil Liberties Union [»]
Carnival of the Godless #2
2005.02.06 (Sun) 13:28
We hope you've finished reading the first edition of the Carnival of the Godless, because the second edition is available today at Pharyngula with twenty-three brand spanking new submissions. For this [»]
Astounding Hypocrisy by the BSA
2005.02.02 (Wed) 20:42
We read through Natalie Angier's speech at the Ethical Culture Society (found via Unscrewing the Inscrutable). It's a lovely speech, a must read for anyone who wants to raise intelligent, independent [»]
New Year, Same Old Creationists
2005.02.02 (Wed) 19:16
It seems to us that becoming an expert in "Creation Science" isn't all that difficult. The curriculum goes something like this: Step 1:Read Genesis, with enough suspension of disbelief to ignore the a [»]
Believe What You Want To Believe
2005.01.30 (Sun) 17:46
At times, readers ask us questions which they feel go to the heart of our stated goals: Why do we care what other people believe? Why do we criticize and belittle religion, the paranormal, alternative [»]
Carnival of the Godless #1
2005.01.30 (Sun) 12:20
The very first Carnival of the Godless is now available for your perusal. Be warned — there are a lot of excellent entries, so be prepared to spend some time reading through them. We've only jus [»]
Skeptics' Circle & Carnival of the Godless
2005.01.29 (Sat) 13:09
Two new round ups came to our attention earlier this week. First, is the Carnival of the Godless, created by Unscrewing the Inscrutable. Entries are closed for the first issue (which will be out tomor [»]
Clear Evidence for Evolution, or Reason to Ban Calvin & Hobbes?
2005.01.29 (Sat) 11:42
We always knew that Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes fame) was highly intelligent, but we didn't remember him taking a firm stand in the Evolution vs. Creationism debate. Apparently, he did, on January 29, [»]
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
2005.01.25 (Tue) 15:43
God is for Suckers directed us to the following news story (all quotations from this story): Republicans Push For 'In God We Trust' Banners In Libraries ... Pasco Republican leader Bill Bunting ... re [»]
Dover Watch - The Shot Ignored 'Round the World
2005.01.18 (Tue) 22:16
So strange that, with the Dover school district "Intelligent Design" statement being read today, the news on the Internet is, well...quiet. Perhaps this is because after all this build-up, the actual [»]
Dover Watch - The Eleventh Hour (Plus Cobb County Appeal!)
2005.01.18 (Tue) 01:25
As the reading of the Dover intelligent design statement draws near, the blogosphere seems to be holding its breath. The York Daily Record, with no other shoe to drop just yet, reported on some of the [»]
Planet of the Bushes
2005.01.16 (Sun) 23:00
A reader of ours, Steven, seems concerned about the direction Bush's America is taking — we share that concern wholeheartedly. Steven brought up Bush's recent statements regarding the public per [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Delayed (Plus Cobb County Update!)
2005.01.13 (Thu) 23:45
As reported in the York Daily Record, the Dover, PA evolution disclaimer — a statement to be read to students explaining that evolution is "just a theory," and implying that Intelligent Design i [»]
Thoughts on Newdow - Why the Little Things Matter
2005.01.09 (Sun) 13:31
A few days ago, we reported that Michael Newdow had refiled his lawsuit seeking to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegience where Congress implanted them in 1954. We fully supp [»]
Dover Watch - Memory Loss and Kudos to Teachers
2005.01.08 (Sat) 21:22
As we stated in an update to our last Dover Rant, all but one of the science teachers in the Dover school district signed a letter to the superintendant refusing to read the Intelligent Design disclai [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Will Be Read Next Week
2005.01.07 (Fri) 11:27
We saw an article this morning posted on the evangelical christian site WorldNetDaily with the title "ACLU backs off challenge to intelligent design." Disturbed, we read the article, and the press rel [»]
Newdow Refiles Suit in Pledge Case
2005.01.05 (Wed) 23:55
When Michael Newdow's lawsuit aimed at ridding the Pledge of Allegiance of the phrase "Under God" was dismissed by the Supreme Court in June due to his lack of standing to bring the suit, he promised [»]
Tsunami Death Toll Continues to Rise
2004.12.31 (Fri) 02:56
We haven't said anything about the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia earlier this week for two reasons; first, we've been on hiatus due to the holidays, so we haven't said anything about anything lately [»]
Merry Christmas (Seriously)
2004.12.24 (Fri) 11:56
One thing that many of the fundies don't seem to get is that civil libertarians aren't just a bunch of grinches out to kill Christmas. In fact, some of us are very fond of Christmas, and would never g [»]
Dover Watch - The Cheese Stands Alone (Mostly)
2004.12.21 (Tue) 13:50
As reported from several sources, the Discovery Institute last week distanced itself from the Dover school board and their "intelligent design" curriculum. Per the Discovery Institute's press release [»]
What Don't You Get About "No Ten Commandments"?
2004.12.17 (Fri) 20:59
By now, the news of an Alabama judge wearing the Ten Commandments on his judicial robes when presiding over trials has surely made its way to all corners of the political world. Apparently, Roy Moore' [»]
CAP Alert: Good Idea, Bad Execution
2004.12.16 (Thu) 14:44
On our journeys through the World Wide Web, we do indulge in a particular vice: visiting websites which we find exceedingly misguided or deranged, simply for our own amusement. One such site, however, [»]
Dover Watch - Lawsuit Filed
2004.12.14 (Tue) 21:27
As expected, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have filed a lawsuit on behalf of eleven parents of Dover, PA school children as a result of the Dover mandate to teach so [»]
Unwitting Christians and Other Anomalous Creatures
2004.12.11 (Sat) 13:23
After reading various posts from Pharyngula and God is for Suckers over the past few weeks, we became ever so confused. A post on God is for Suckers pointed out this collection of polls about religion [»]
The World According to Christian Comic Strips
2004.12.04 (Sat) 17:37
Like much of the Religious Right's nonsense, we can't decide whether to laugh or cry about Jack Chick's litany of bullshit. If you've never seen his crap, and if you're not a weak-minded lemming, then [»]
Leave it to Beaver
2004.12.04 (Sat) 12:12
A recent post by PZ Meyers entitled What women are supposed to want got us thinking about something we've touched on before — the apparent agenda of the Religious Right, and the Bush Administrat [»]
Preaching Abstinence Won't Help
2004.11.28 (Sun) 15:03
In a move that shocked nobody, President Bush's initiative to increase abstinence education for young people was funded at $131M in the omnibus spending bill passed last week. This represents an incre [»]
Scouting for God
2004.11.24 (Wed) 17:05
It's been hard to ignore the stories about the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) lately. They've been all over the news - or at least the news that we read. In a nutshell, the ACLU demanded that the Departm [»]
Put Those Stickers Where They Belong
2004.11.23 (Tue) 20:16
PZ Myers posted a short piece on this article concerning the creationist assholes' recent "win" in Pennsylvania, where they have managed to convince the school board to include a "mention" of intellig [»]
Morality: Biological or Psychological?
2004.11.22 (Mon) 20:53
An article on Wired News, found via Stupid Evil Bastard, discusses fMRI technology and its current use in studying the functions of the human brain during a decision making process. ...the technique a [»]