Comments on: When Separation goes wrong http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: billh http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong/comment-page-1#comment-84983 billh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-84983 Can't seem to get the whole link. Can’t seem to get the whole link.

]]> By: vjack http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong/comment-page-1#comment-84984 vjack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-84984 Excellent point about how atheists would do hard time for exactly the same offense. I think you are absolutely correct in this analysis.I fear that this is what we should expect from living in a country where our President claims divine revelation. Excellent point about how atheists would do hard time for exactly the same offense. I think you are absolutely correct in this analysis.I fear that this is what we should expect from living in a country where our President claims divine revelation.

]]> By: LarryGeater http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong/comment-page-1#comment-84986 LarryGeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-84986 Thank you for pointing us to this story. We need to point it out to our Christian friends. They side with the Christian extreemist mostly out of ignoence. We need to dissinfect these sects with sunlight. Thank you for pointing us to this story. We need to point it out to our Christian friends. They side with the Christian extreemist mostly out of ignoence. We need to dissinfect these sects with sunlight.

]]> By: rainbows4dinosaurs http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong/comment-page-1#comment-85365 rainbows4dinosaurs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85365 Ha. Speaking of exorcism and McCain:<br /> http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/bobby_jindals_dance_with_the_d.php<br /> Ha. Speaking of exorcism and McCain:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/bobby_jindals_dance_with_the_d.php

]]> By: dsilverman http://atheists.org/blog/2008/06/30/when_separation_goes_wrong/comment-page-1#comment-85367 dsilverman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85367 Rainbows,<br /> <br /> That deserves a post in and of itself:<br /> <blockquote><br /> Bobby Jindal, the 36-year old governor of Louisiana, is being taken seriously by the national press as a candidate on the shortlist to be John McCain's Vice President. No one doubts that he's a political prodigy -- his impressive resume includes stints as president of the state university system, a Congressman and now governor.<br /> <br /> But one of Jindal's job titles hasn't gotten much attention -- and it just might prompt a few questions if his Veep candidacy gains steam: Exorcist.<br /> <br /> As others noted during his 2003 and 2007 gubernatorial campaigns (see update), in an essay Jindal wrote in 1994 for the New Oxford Review, a serious right-wing Catholic journal, Jindal narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends. And not only did they cast out the supernatural spirit that had possessed his friend, Jindal wrote that he believes that their ritual may well have cured her cancer.</blockquote><br /> <br /> I can see the bumper stickers now: McBush / McBoogeyman '08! Rainbows,

That deserves a post in and of itself:

Bobby Jindal, the 36-year old governor of Louisiana, is being taken seriously by the national press as a candidate on the shortlist to be John McCain’s Vice President. No one doubts that he’s a political prodigy — his impressive resume includes stints as president of the state university system, a Congressman and now governor.

But one of Jindal’s job titles hasn’t gotten much attention — and it just might prompt a few questions if his Veep candidacy gains steam: Exorcist.

As others noted during his 2003 and 2007 gubernatorial campaigns (see update), in an essay Jindal wrote in 1994 for the New Oxford Review, a serious right-wing Catholic journal, Jindal narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends. And not only did they cast out the supernatural spirit that had possessed his friend, Jindal wrote that he believes that their ritual may well have cured her cancer.

I can see the bumper stickers now: McBush / McBoogeyman ’08!

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