American Freethought

Why settle for a dry, tasteless cracker, when you can have a tasty Cheeto?  A woman in Missouri has discovered a Cheeto that looks like Jesus on the Cross.

Amazingly, this isn’t the first time such a thing has happened.  Back in March, a Methodist youth director in Texas found another Cheeto that looks like Jesus (a paraplegic Jesus at that, but the less said the better).  The man displays this not-so-holy relic, which he dubs “Cheesus”, in his office bookcase.  Classy!

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Webster Cook, the University of Central Florida student at the center of the Eucharist controversy, gives his version of events on Freethought Radio.  Here’s the link.

PZ Myers - We talk to the University of Minnesota Morris biologist and author of the popular science blog Pharyngula [scienceblogs.com/pharyngula].  Dr. Myers is an atheist whose outspokenness often raises the hackles of fundamentalists.  His recent missives on the controversy centering on University of Central Florida student Webster Cook’s “stealing” of a Eucharist wafer has brought him to the attention of Blowhard Bill Donahue and his Catholic League.

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To protest university funding of on-campus religious services, University of Central Florida Student Senator Webster Cook “stole” a Eucharist during a Mass on June 29th.  Drilling down to Cook’s precise motives and exactly what happened can get complicated, but there’s a pretty good account of it here:

http://www.wftv.com/news/16798008/detail.html

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Science Debate 2008 - We take a look at the grassroots movement aimed at getting the presidential candidates to talk about issues relating to science and technology, including their “14 Questions”.  For more visit ScienceDebate2008.com.

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 Podcast #21 - Science Debate 2008: Download (1968)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/obama_faith

This is certainly disappointing.  I had hoped (get it?  “hope”?  ahem…) that a Democratic president would put an end to government-funded faith-based initiatives, much less EXPAND them.

Don’t do it, Senator Obama!  You’re ahead in the polls and a move like this won’t help you.  The conservative fundamentalists won’t vote for you under any circumstances, and this will only piss off your liberal/progressive base.