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The hand of God
You have to hand it, as it were, to Sarah Palin sometimes, no? Last weekend at a pro-life fund-raising event in Ohio, she noted that other people wrote on their hands, too. Notably: God.
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Frank Gehry’s Stata Centeer, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
Do you think Steve favored collecting these
during his younger days?
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Here is the story.
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What about birth defects among children born to women who had not had an abortion?
Was it Satan? Or, did God make a mistake?
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THINK PROGRESS.com
“By Amanda Terkel at 1:45 pm
Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.
Bob Marshall On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a women’s right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children:
“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.
“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”
Marshall is also fighting against health care reform, saying that “Obamacare” is trying to take “your soul.” Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been pushing back against high-profile figures and entities who have been attacking people with disabilities. Will she speak out against someone in her own party? (HT: Right Wing Watch)”
science + religion today
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Feb 19, 2010
What Texas Thinks of Evolution
According to a poll conducted by the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune, 30 percent of people in the state believe that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, and more than half—51 percent—don’t believe that “human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.”
Remember this, Kids?
That’s right. It’s a Creationist Museum in
Petersburg, Kentucky–
the state which wants to teach the Bible in public schools.
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A scripturally-correct Creation Museum to open this week:
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, 2007
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It may not be my nicest moment, but these people are demonstrating ignorance which can ultimately hurt all of us.
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Images: General photos: #1–Tom Uhlman, New York Times; #2–Jeff Haynes, AFP/Getty Images & Tom Uhlman, New York Times: #3–Tom Uhlman, New York Times; #4–Ed Rothstein, New York Times; #5–Jeff Haynes, AFP/Getty Images; #6–Tom Uhlman, New York Times;(golf ball & markings) annexmart.com; (Cain ‘n Able) sabbathtruth.com; (2001 ape) geocities.com; (white beard) olefolkdolls.com; (Mexican officer) sdsoldiers.com; (toy cowboy) ecommwire.com; (dude ranch Barbie) pinkponytail.com; (jockey) msnbcmedia2.msn.com; (2001 bone) content.answers.com; (Richard Boone) Doug Abbott Collection via fiftiesweb.com;(dinosaur killing woman based on One Million Years B.C.) sculpted by Tony McVey via monsterjones.com; (bookstore patrons)(westworld logo) engadget.com;
Please find the entire article here.
This entry was posted on Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 2:18 pm and is filed under Nature, Education, Movies, Science, Kentucky, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Museums.
Jesus was ‘gay:’ Elton John
(AFP) – 1 day ago
NEW YORK — British pop superstar Elton John stirred controversy in a magazine interview Friday when he claimed that Jesus Christ was “gay.”
“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems,” John said in an interview posted on the website of US celebrity news magazine Parade.
Texas Tea Party candidate: ‘There are some very good arguments’ that government was involved in 9/11.
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Texas Tea Party candidate: ‘There are some very good arguments’ that government was involved in 9/11.
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Debra Medina, a nurse and Tea Party activist running for the Republican nomination for governor in Texas, has had a recent surge in popularity thanks to heavy promotion by the Tea Party movement. She is even further to the right than current Gov. Rick Perry (R) and has spoken at pro-secession rallies, saying “we are aware that stepping off into secession may indeed be a bloody war.”
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TheLiberalMedia says:
We should rename Texas “American Somolia”.
I say let em go.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
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