Comments on: When stupid ignorant people elect stupid ignorant congressmen http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Celebrant Prince http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54771 Celebrant Prince Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54771 Get 'em while they're young, and you own their minds forever.<br /> <br /> With a couple of exceptions, of course, little 'ol me being one of them.<br /> <br /> Yeah, my little school house was full of occasional religious clap-trap that wouldn't stand the light of the 1st amendment today, and for a while I bought it, but "they" made a "mistake" -- they also taught me to think for myself.<br /> <br /> Now THAT one made sense to me. Yesterday's xtian is today's Freethinker.<br /> <br /> Plant the seed of doubt, of critical thinking, of judicious skepticism, and folks, there just might be a chance the world will survive. Get ‘em while they’re young, and you own their minds forever.

With a couple of exceptions, of course, little ‘ol me being one of them.

Yeah, my little school house was full of occasional religious clap-trap that wouldn’t stand the light of the 1st amendment today, and for a while I bought it, but “they” made a “mistake” — they also taught me to think for myself.

Now THAT one made sense to me. Yesterday’s xtian is today’s Freethinker.

Plant the seed of doubt, of critical thinking, of judicious skepticism, and folks, there just might be a chance the world will survive.

]]> By: maddogstu http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54774 maddogstu Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54774 I wonder how the Discovery channel goes over in these households? <br /> Maybe they want to outlaw TV, make the kids memorize the bible, and prey five times a day. I wonder how the Discovery channel goes over in these households?
Maybe they want to outlaw TV, make the kids memorize the bible, and prey five times a day.

]]> By: evilatheistconquerer http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54775 evilatheistconquerer Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54775 Celebrant,<br /> That's what started me on my path to atheism. They would teach us all the crap about America being the greatest country in the world, all the crap about god, but then they told us about the Socratic Method. That's the only thing that ever stuck with me. Celebrant,
That’s what started me on my path to atheism. They would teach us all the crap about America being the greatest country in the world, all the crap about god, but then they told us about the Socratic Method. That’s the only thing that ever stuck with me.

]]> By: hominid http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54780 hominid Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54780 "a deception that is causing incalculable harm to every student and every truth loving citizen"? That's just too much isn't it? Where would we be without folks previewing every iota of info we receive for our own good? I repeat, that's just too much isn't it? “a deception that is causing incalculable harm to every student and every truth loving citizen”? That’s just too much isn’t it? Where would we be without folks previewing every iota of info we receive for our own good? I repeat, that’s just too much isn’t it?

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54782 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54782 Maybe we should all give Rep. Burn Bridges a call Monday. Maybe we should all give Rep. Burn Bridges a call Monday.

]]> By: evilatheistconquerer http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54784 evilatheistconquerer Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54784 I think this ties in nicely with the subject. It's about the Flat Earth Society. Does anyone know if it's real or not? I'm having a tough time imagining people are that ignorant.<br /> <br /> http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html I think this ties in nicely with the subject. It’s about the Flat Earth Society. Does anyone know if it’s real or not? I’m having a tough time imagining people are that ignorant.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html

]]> By: evilatheistconquerer http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54785 evilatheistconquerer Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54785 Apparently this whole story gets a lot messier. I found an article in the St. Petersburg Times on it that says Texas Rep. Warren Chisum gave Ben Bridges this information and then had Marshall Hall, president of the Cornelia, Ga.-based Fair Education Foundation and the developer of the Web site "www.fixedearth.com," write the memo.<br /> "I regret that these people have been offended, but I didn't offend them because I didn't put the memo out," Bridges told the paper.<br /> <br /> Typical republican speak.<br /> Here's the link to the article:<br /> http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/25/News/Flat_earth_society_s_.shtml Apparently this whole story gets a lot messier. I found an article in the St. Petersburg Times on it that says Texas Rep. Warren Chisum gave Ben Bridges this information and then had Marshall Hall, president of the Cornelia, Ga.-based Fair Education Foundation and the developer of the Web site “www.fixedearth.com,” write the memo.
“I regret that these people have been offended, but I didn’t offend them because I didn’t put the memo out,” Bridges told the paper.

Typical republican speak.
Here’s the link to the article:
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/25/News/Flat_earth_society_s_.shtml

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54786 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54786 To me the most disturbing part of this story isn't that a Congressman from GA thinks evolution is a jewish religious idea but the fact that this news story didn't surprise or shock me at all. Isn't it sad that we are becoming so desensitised to these sorts of things? To me the most disturbing part of this story isn’t that a Congressman from GA thinks evolution is a jewish religious idea but the fact that this news story didn’t surprise or shock me at all. Isn’t it sad that we are becoming so desensitised to these sorts of things?

]]> By: sammorjr http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54787 sammorjr Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54787 If you read enough of their material, you will plainly see that the Flat Earth Society is a joke. Of course nowhere do they come right out and say it's a joke-- the same is true of Landover Baptist Church. As for evolution being a false Pharisaic doctrine, it sounds like some body has latched on to another Jew conspiracy theory. If you read enough of their material, you will plainly see that the Flat Earth Society is a joke. Of course nowhere do they come right out and say it’s a joke– the same is true of Landover Baptist Church. As for evolution being a false Pharisaic doctrine, it sounds like some body has latched on to another Jew conspiracy theory.

]]> By: evilatheistconquerer http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54788 evilatheistconquerer Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54788 alex,<br /> Maybe you are in such a state of shock that you don't even know you're in shock. Like if you just had your finger chopped off so perfectly and fast that you didn't even notice it was gone until someone pointed it out to you because it just sliced through the nerve so you didn't notice it. alex,
Maybe you are in such a state of shock that you don’t even know you’re in shock. Like if you just had your finger chopped off so perfectly and fast that you didn’t even notice it was gone until someone pointed it out to you because it just sliced through the nerve so you didn’t notice it.

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