Monthly Archives: September 2011

Creationism: An Insult to the Collective of Human Intelligence

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Creationism and it’s kissing cousins “Creation Science” and “Intelligent Design” are not science, nor are they intelligent.  They are departments of fundamental apologetics. The sole purpose of Creationism is to defend the biblical book of Genesis . . . Creationism has been scientifically disproved and any vestiges of science that remained have been discredited due to the inclusion of magic or magical events, which are untestable. Read more . . . 

Rick Perry is no George W. Bush

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Many people assume Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a carbon copy of George W. Bush. Well, he isn’t . . . the Aggie, had neither Bush’s parents nor Yale or Harvard . . . While both are men of genuine faith, Perry (life-long evangelical) is going to be more overtly Christian in his faith statements than the former president . . . Perry is more conservative than Bush
. . . The USA is not Texas, but large chunks are similar. Perry’s appeal increases the farther you go from either the east or left coast.
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Court Backs District on Teacher’s Religious Banners

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The two banners, each about 7 feet by 2 feet, contained references to God from U.S. documents and patriotic songs. One quoted the Declaration of Independence passage that all men are “endowed by their CREATOR” with unalienable rights . . . Johnson’s lawyer, Robert Meuse of the Thomas More Law Center, a conservative Christian firm, said he was disappointed by the ruling and would ask the full appeals court for a rehearing . . . The schools’ lawyer, Jack Sleeth, said the ruling reaffirmed “a district’s authority to control a teacher in the classroom” and was only incidentally about religion. But Rob Boston, spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the court had strongly supported public schools’ duty of religious neutrality. Read more . . .