February 2012
Contraception Already Covered in Most States →
States that have no exemptions for religious institutions like hospitals and schools include Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
Real Abortion Conversation.
Pro-Lifer: It doesn't matter if it's a women's body! What about the child?!
Me: I suppose she can make another one.
Pro-Lifer: (Shocked look) Is life expendable?!
Me: Well, answer me this: Did you support the Iraqi War?
Pro-Lifer: Of course I did!
Me: Then what makes you think you can look me in the eye and say that you're "Pro-Life?"
The conversation ended.
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giveusrest:
I don’t understand our society.
Thank you for presenting your credentials up front, I’ll be sure to take this into account how uninformed you are as I read your nonsense.
So many people accuse the entire Catholic Church of being actively promoting child molestation.
being actively promoting, eh? Sounds like you’ve nearly grasped the language.
That is just pure...
Most of Obama's "controversial" birth control rule... →
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“The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow...”
– Rick Santorum
“For me the bigger issue is how Romney and his speechwriters introduced the...”
– The Paine of Mitt Romney (via azspot)
Can you Scientifically Test Morals?
non-atheist:
In the article, Do We Need Religion for Morality? the author states:
Richard Dawkins says no. “We don’t need to get morals from our religions … We don’t want to find morals from the holy books. We can have our own enlightened secular values.”
We do need God, however, to account for the existence of morals.
Why? Explain that.
Evolution - no natural process - can do...
Ron Paul's Fans Want Him to Make a Third-Party Run... →
The GOP presidential contest isn’t over, but Paul’s backers have made him the early favorite in Americans Elect’s effort to draft an independent contender.
As someone who is not a Ron Paul fan, I also desperately want him to run on a 3rd party ticket! Do it Ron! Split that vote up!
bouncingdodecahedrons asked: On that post with the person talking about evolution having problems because of the fuzzy origin of life, I would add that evolution is not supposed to explain the origin of life, only how life changed and became more complex, etc. AFT the origin of life. Other theories, like Abiogenesis, concern the origin of life, but not evolution. So using the lack of knowledge on the origin of life when...
No Credible Scientists Believe in Intellegent...
non-atheist:
Yeah… right. More like the “Science” community would rather you just not know about them. The real question is, whose really hiding the discussion?
Oh, what direction to take this one? Should I point out your absurd conspiracy theory or should I pick on your repeated use of the appeal to authority?
Atheists are always talking about how religious people are blindly leading...
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Evolution Has Weaknesses?
non-atheist:
In short, yes. And a whole lot of them. Not the least of which is it doesn’t make any sense!
As noted in this article, Baylor Surgeon ‘Dissects’ Darwinism,
Baylor? A faith-based hospital in, hyuck hyuck, Dallas, Texas? Well, yee-haw, let’s pretend this is gonna be objective, wee-doggy.
Dallas’ Baylor University Medical Center surgeon Joseph Kuhn recently described three...
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non-atheist:
How does materialistic science...
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Watch
“The emails show that Karen Handel was behind the entire decision to defund Planned Parenthood,” The Huffington Post’s Laura Bassett told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Monday. “She was behind the strategy to develop the new criteria for who can be funded and she’s been behind the PR effort to clean up what’s happened since the decision was announced.
oldenough2burmom asked: Great blog. Glad I found you. Did you watch the Super Bowl? (I Know that has nothing to do with either of our blogs...)
Did Obama make the economy worse? Nope. He made it... →
thesoapboxschtick:
•The CBO found that Obama’s stimulus added between 1 million and 2 million jobs in 2009, and boosted the GDP between 1.5% to 3.5% higher than it would have been without the stimulus.
• According to monthly payroll statistics, we’ve gone from a loss of 818,000 jobs in Jan. 2009 (when Obama took office) to 16-straight months of positive job growth.
• In January of 2012, the...
What you didn't know about who was behind Komen's... →
think-progress:
President Bush’s press secretary and right-wing pundit: Ari Fleischer
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Good news on jobs is bad news for GOP - CNN.com →
Employers created 243,000 jobs in January, according to Friday’s Labor Department report. The unemployment rate dropped from 8.5% to 8.3% — the lowest level since February 2009. Unemployment has now dropped for five months in a row.
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Alan Kreuger, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said the “employment report provides further evidence that the...
I found a study
maverickagain:
It said that conservatives and racists are dumb. My dad was sitting beside me, and I was going to inform him of the study. But then I remembered that he is both racist and conservative, and I didn’t want to cause a fuss.
He’s probably too dumb to have understood it anyway, lolz
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WatchRon Paul: Abortion OK if it’s for an “honest rape.”
This fucking guy is just the worst.
“We want to sound like we’re tolerant, but the institution of marriage is not...”
– Rick Santorum at a Focus on the Family event in Columbia, Mo., according to a story in The Maneater, the student newspaper of the University of Missouri. (via ruthoutspoken)
agifttothegutter asked: I'm having a facebook argument with some assholes that believe welfare is "bringing down this nation" and one of them just told me "Remember God loves you." WTF do I say to that??
“By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question...”
– Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Complete Culture (via cocknbull)
Atheist banner to fly over Superbowl - National... →
They say that America is the most religious nation of the developed world, but is football really a religion? On February 5th, Superbowl Sunday, American Atheists will be flying a banner over Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana that will read, “Football beats church anytime – atheists.org.”
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Komen Caved
mystagogy:
What a disappointment.
Komen to Fund Planned Parenthood
I almost donated to them yesterday. Many, many pro-life people did. Komen said their contributions doubled. I hope they return those donations, but I’m not counting on it.
Many also donated to Planned Parenthood yesterday. Last I heard, they got about $400,000 from people protesting Komen.
So both organizations win on this....
Feel free to submit your own screen shots!
im-not-sexist-but:
Doesn’t have to be from twitter!
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash... →
Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s New York chapter, said she plans to resign from her position unless Komen reverses its decision to pull grant money from Planned Parenthood.
“I’m a physician and my interest is women’s health, and I am disturbed by Komen’s decision because I am a very strong advocate for serving...
jojoholmes asked: Let us not forget that at the time of Jesus's death, it was commonplace to leave bells in graves so people could ring a bell if they came back to life... This was fairly common because if someone was in a coma or something there wasn't much technology to tell if they were really dead... And sometimes breath can't be felt or seen with a mirror if it is too faint. -- As said by a...
bigdreamsinchrist asked: I think you misunderstand. I didn't mean to imply that those men wrote about the disciples, but that they wrote about the crucifixion events. On the contrary, I haven't done much research on the subject. Only to look up non biblical accounts of Christ. Thanks, I'll continue my research.
bigdreamsinchrist asked: ed for that they believed. Now these men claimed that they saw and walked with Christ. Now, for them to make a claim like that, it would have to either be completely true or completely false. Now, who would allow themselves to be tortured to death for something they knew was a lie?
bigdreamsinchrist asked: Two men: Thallis and Julius Africanus were historians around the time of Jesus' life. They tried to explain the events that occurred during His crucifixion. Look, I know what I believe, there's no need to hate on me for that. I'm just trying to learn what others believe. There aren't many accounts of His life (go figure. Probably why so many doubt it), but there was also very...