Bill Nye and Bill Maher offer an entertaining and informative analysis of this growing phenomenon: Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: How Does The Progressive World Respond To This?
I sometimes wonder about whether the term progressive calls up some kind of a stereotype. When people think of progressives, do they have a picture which I would consider reasonably accurate – people who believe in the ardent pursuit of justice, fairness and equity in society, and the breaking down
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Power Of Faith
It has been said that faith can move mountains. According to televangelist Cindy Jacobs, it can also grow cheekbones and eliminate ‘grapefruit-sized tumours’: Recommend this Post
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Example Of Idiocy That Gives A Bad Name To Religion
Were I still a teacher, I would certainly use the following as a prime example of a reasoning fallacy and sheer idiocy: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Do Mark Twain And Charles Darwin Have In Common?
If you thought their commonality lay in their capacity for observation, thought, and contribution to the general good, guess again. First, Mr. Twain’s shocking ‘truth’: Next, the real story about the depraved Mr. Darwin: I’m certainly glad that he didn’t resort to any hyperbole in his litany of their ‘sins,’
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Dark Side Of Evangelicalism
While I periodically enjoy making sport of what I sometimes refer to as crazy old evangelicals (a distinction I make out of respect to the sincere and well-intentioned ones) and fundamentalists who espouse views that are an egregious insult to people’s intelligence, I am by and large a person who
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What’s Christian About the Christian Right?
They rail on about Darwinism. They argue for Creationism rather than evolution. They claim to be devout adherents to the Bible, particularly the New Testament, and worship Jesus. Why, then, is the fundamentalist Christian Right so goddamned fond of Darwinism when it’s social Darwinism? Here’s the thing. Real Christians are
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Fundamentalist Dominion of Canada
Another warning that our federal government is “beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate.” This time it’s Andrew Nikiforuk writing in the latest Tyee. Any Canadian listening to the news these days might well conclude that the Republican extremists or some associated evangelical group has occupied
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