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Monthly Archives: September 2009
We’re now on Think Atheist, too!
In case you can’t get enough of social networking, American Freethought now has a presence with the Think Atheist community! Like the wonderful Atheist Nexus, Think Atheist is “a community social networking & news site focused on bringing free thinkers … Continue reading
Evolution, Lucky Edition
We stumbled across this yesterday, quite by accident, while doing our grocery shopping. It’s Evolution Wine, a blend of nine white varietals produced by Sokol Blosser Winery in Oregon. Too bad it wasn’t around for Darwin Day back in February, … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, humor, superstitions
Tagged charles darwin, evolution wine, friday the 13th, origin of species, sokol blosser
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The Family
Review by John C. Snider © 2009 It is possibly the most influential organization you’ve never heard of. They observe a fanatical devotion to the person of Jesus Christ, yet they are unrestrained by quaint notions of rule-based morality. … Continue reading
Posted in books, christianity, cults, history, politics, religion
Tagged abram vereide, doug coe, jeff sharlet, john ensign, mark sanford, national prayer breakfast, the family, the fellowship
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Darwin film not dead in US
As I reported a few days ago, the new Charles Darwin bio-pic Creation has yet to find a distributor for the US market. Producer Jeremy Thomas was quoted as blaming anti-evolution sentiments in America for the problem. I didn’t buy … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, commentary, evolution, movies, news, religion, science
Tagged charles darwin, origins, paul bettany
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Podcast #64 – Dragon*Con Wrap-Up
We’ll post the live episode we recorded on September 5th as soon as it’s available; meanwhile, we look back at our experience at Dragon*Con in general and the Skeptics Track in particular. Kudos to: Derek & Swoopy of Skepticality for … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, news, podcast, skepticism
Tagged atlanta skeptics, dragon*con, greatest show on earth, joe nickell, joel osteen, megavolcano, richard dawkins, skeptics track, skeptrack, star party
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Jerry Falwell on Science Fiction?
by John C. Snider © 2009 Consider the following quote from the late Rev. Jerry Falwell (1933-2007), sent to me a few years ago by a friend who edits a local freethought newsletter: “The decline in American pride, patriotism, and … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, humor, religion, urban legends
Tagged hoax, jerry falwell, reader's digest, science fiction
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Norman Borlaug (1914-2009)
Possibly the most important person you’ve never heard of died over the weekend: Norman Borlaug. Here’s a short tribute video posted by Danny Zepeda (Un Papa Esceptico), featuring Borlaug fans Penn & Teller.
Why can’t Darwin film find a US distributor?
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the new film Creation (starring husband-and-wife actors Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles Darwin and wife Emma Darwin) has failed to find a distributor in the United States. The film deals with … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, evolution, movies, religion, science
Tagged charles darwin, creation, eugenie c. scott, evolution, jennifer connelly, paul bettany, pz myers
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Penn & Teller Vatican vid courtesy of Eye of Sauron
A few days ago I posted a link to a bootleg copy of the episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! in which they excoriated the Vatican. If you didn’t get a chance to watch it before Vimeo and YouTube pulled … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, civil rights, humor, religion, religious rights
Tagged bill donohue, bullshit, catholic league, eye of sauron, penn and teller, vatican
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Twitter, Sharia Law and You
by John C. Snider © 2009 Is Muammar Gaddafi monitoring your tweets? Here’s the bizarre link between the social networking explosion and the inscrutable Islamic nation of Libya. A short tutorial on URL shortening If you use the internet much, … Continue reading →