Rick Santorum: Putting Religion Over Science Isn’t Anti-Science

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Maybe he’s grasping at straws in order to find something that will attract more attention and support? Hmmmm…. Straws…. Santorum… Nope, didn’t need that image in my mind. Regardless, Santorum’s position here is utter nonsense — in fact, it’s nearly as nonsensical as his denial of evolution in the first place. It is anti-science when you look around, deny the facts that science reveals, and believe instead the stories from an ancient text as if that text were a more reliable guide to geology, biology, and cosmology. Read more . . . 

Most Of The Religious Right Are Not Stupid, Just Willfully Ignorant

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The proliferation and public acceptance of willful ignorance is evident when we realize there are millions of history revisionists and creationists among us, many of who hold graduate and post-graduate degrees and occupy high-ranking positions in academia and the political arena
. . . Ultimately, it is the mind that defines our species. The ability to discern fact from fiction is what advances our society. Religious indoctrination of our educators, legislators and political leaders only serve to dilute our collective evolution as a species, stymie our collective intellectual growth and come at a great cost to our mental and physical of existence, especially in the realm of education and politics.
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Quote: Ricky Gervais

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Ricky Gervais (born 25 June 1961)
English Comedian, Actor, Director, Producer,
Musician, Writer, and Outspoken Atheist

I always expect some people to be offended. I know I ruffle feathers but some people’s feathers need a little ruffling. And remember: just because someone is offended doesn’t mean they’re in the right. [emphasis added] Some people are offended by multiculturalism, homosexuality, abortion, atheism – what should we do? Ban all those things? You have the right to be offended, and I have the right to offend you. But no one has the right to never be offended. I never actively try to offend though. That’s churlish, pointless and frankly too easy. But I believe you should say what you mean. Be honest. No one should ever be offended by truth.

GOP Leaders Stop Taking Credit for Job Data

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When the jobs reports were looking quite good in the early spring, Republican leaders were eager to take credit for the positive numbers they had nothing to do with . . . But if Republicans demanded credit for the job totals in the spring, these same Republicans are desperate to avoid blame for job totals in the summer. . . I can appreciate why the GOP wouldn’t want the blame, even though it’s conservative policies standing in the way of improving the economy. But if Republicans want to claim credit for the job market in April, they should expect responsibility for the same job market in September. Read more . . .  

Tea Baggers are Christian Theocrats

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Apologists for the Tea Party like to claim that it’s a new, grass-roots movement aimed at reducing the size of government and promoting a non-partisan, American political agenda. The truth is radically different: it’s just a warmed-over version of the usual white, conservative, evangelical, Christian Right political agenda . . . The Tea Party’s generals may say their overriding concern is a smaller government, but not their rank and file, who are more concerned about putting God in government . . . So the primary concern of Tea Baggers is to mix religion and government — which means getting their brand of Christianity injected into government in more ways. In short, their Christian Dominionists to one extent or another. Read more . . .