Fox News has the reputation of a collection of whiny adolescents who don’t know what they are doing. It’s often hard telling whether they are showing their lack of skill or their dishonesty. Take a February 5 report Dan Bongino showed on Fox alleging to reveal the 10 unhealthiest cities…
Francis Collins has walked the minefield of faith and fact before. A scientist, geneticist and medically trained he was lauded and praised by evangelicals because he is one of them. They used him to “prove” the Bible is consistent with science, that reason is friends with evangelicalism. …
In a discussion, in reference to anti-dancing evangelical fanatics, I was asked: “Who are they hurting?” I sent a reply, which I would like to expand upon.
In part I think some confusion exists because many libertarians use the concept “harm” in two different ways. I “harm” you if I…
For decades the Religious Right has told the public one thing and said something quite different behind the scenes. In public they try to sound almost libertarian, invoking rights and freedom, but in private they can be very open about their moral authoritarianism.
Evangelical preacher Richard Angwin led an anti-gay…
Jon Stewart really set the cat among the pigeons when he noted J.K. Rowling’s depiction of goblin bankers fit the stereotype of Jewish bankers that has been around since the Middle Ages, but he made it clear he was not saying Rowling was an anti-Semite. While Rowling is pretty openly…
The reality is many, if not most, evangelicals believe that as long as they claim something is religiously motivated they have the right to do it, even if it requires they violate the rights of others. …
You have a heart of gold, with other people’s money.
Beyond Tomorrow (film) • 1940
We must do away with sex prejudice and render equal distinction and reward to brains and ability, no matter whether found in men or women.
L. Frank Baum • 1856–1919
A motivating element in the…
A CHRISTMAS SERMON by Robert Ingersoll. 1891
The good part of Christmas is not always Christian — it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural.
Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of everlasting…
Since the start of the pandemic it’s been a relatively awful period in modern human history. No, it’s not quite as deadly as World War II, or quite as destructive, but it’s been destructive none the less. Sadly, the longer it lingers the more damage it will do.
One of…
How Sin Talk Destroyed Communication and Created a Crisis
Some years ago I was reading a book on abstinence education and its failure. It was actually promoting a conservative, evangelical view of sex. …
