Brains: The Perfect Christmas Gift (What? Already?)

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AFA's "Original Christmas Gift": A burning cross

Just click on the link. Seriously, doesn't that thing look like it's on fire?

Converting PSD into HTML

A good collection of refresher tutorials, in case you've forgotten.

Marine base bans anti-Islam decals

Since there are a lot of Christians who don't have a problem with evolutionary biology it's hard to call the Darwin fish an "anti-Christian" symbol. I'm torn about the alternative though; he's a civilian employee, he should be allowed to say and do what he wants, but I understand the base commander's need to avoid the Crusader appearance.

Yuval Levin says science is "too politicized"

Levin wants our government to clamp down even harder on abortion, stem cell research, and so forth, and yet he claims that his stance, and the current administration's, is "less political" than the upcoming administration.

Christian writer sees a single bumper sticker, decides it describes the fate of the world

This just has to be the most inane post I've read in a long time. Dr. Paul Kengor (ever notice that on Christian websites, everyone with an MD, PhD or a DD is always "doctor," as if they can't help but tout their elite status as educated folk?) says that "76% of people who said they had 'no religious affiliation' voted for Obama" and decides based upon that statistic (and others, I'll be fair) that "the atheist vote" is rising, and the press is unfairly wringing its hands over "the values vote" while ignoring the atheists-- who obviously don't have values.

WND: Obama's lawyer: Lawsuits by citizens are "garbage"

WorldNet has an article in which it implies that Obama's campaign is un-American for dismissing out of hand the kooky lawsuits that demand that he cough up more than his Hawaiian birth certificate to prove he's eligible for office. Oh, give it a rest already, guys. The guy's as American as apple pie.

Comments

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

Kengor doesn't seem to grasp the fact that a great deal of the non-evangelical vote swung blue is a direct result of the Bush administration's policy of shoving their own brand of religion down everybody's throats.

His grousing on the issue reminds me of an old Bill Hicks bit, where he suggests that the reason so many institutions are crumbling is that they're no longer relevant. The hardcore religious folks will always have an audience, but it's been shrinking, mostly because they've been doing far more to push people away than to draw them in.

I don't think i'll be shedding a tear as they further marginalize themselves.

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Re: anti-islam decals.

From the article:

"But they are saying anything that smacks of criticism of radical Islam"

Yes, but your bumper stickers don't say "radical" in them, dumbass. That makes you the same kind of asshole who would say "blacks are rapists."

[(Anonymous)]

So evolution is anti-Christian, but the opinion of all the other religions isn't? If other religions disagree on how the world and mankind came about doesn't this make their beliefs equally anti-Christian? Or at least no more anti-Christian than any other notion of how the planet and humanity came about.

Sometimes this nonsense makes my head hurt.

[creepingcrud.livejournal.com]

I think the most offensive thing about Kengor's column there is that he conflates paganism with atheism. There's no way to know what the person with that bumper stick actually believes, but he's essentially saying that any weirdo cults that don't vote Republican don't count as a religion.