Yes, I know I’m late and I’m sorry.9/11 is the anniversary of the worst faith-based crime on American soil in this generation (ever?). We need to continuously reinforce that point — and make sure religionists remember what religions can do.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7468966.stmThere are actually numerous stories about the Large Hadron Collider,

the world’s most-powerful atom smasher, is an engineering marvel constructed hundreds of feet underground.Composed of millions of individual pieces, the collider uses more than 9,000 magnets to accelerate two beams of protons to almost the speed of light. When the beams collide, they shatter into their constituent parts, allowing scientists to glimpse particles that don’t exist in standard environments.The hard part, actually, becomes finding the rare and important particles among all the normal ones created in smashing atoms. Toward that end, physicists designed cathedral-size experimental chambers that feature some of the most-precise measurement tools ever created by man. One scientist described them as 150-megapixel digital cameras taking snapshots 600 million times a second.

They are looking for God. Actually, they are looking for the “God particle”, which will (in reality) further shrink the god-sized hole in our knowledge of the universe. Pretty intense stuff, and of course the religionists hate it, because they don’t want their god shrunken. Again.We will not die today, my religious friends, but soon, we will know more from pursuit of the Scientific Method than all religions put together have ever taught us (actually that passed when we invented the wheel).

Gov. Sarah Palin’s tenure as the GOP nominee has seen its share of scandal and another potential scandal has cropped up, courtesy of the Alaska governor’s church. The Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed for about six years, is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.

I remember once, a long time ago, a maverick senator called people like Palin “Agents of intolerance” because they spent so much time trying to change other people to follow their own rules of behavior, instead of working for acceptance, tolerance, and unity. I can’t remember the senator’s name though. He seems to have vanished.

THEISTS — Think your god can beat up on our logic? Let NEOWOLF and our other bloggers hear and attack your assertions. No holds barred, but be civil and have fun.

Ren, here. I have an idea for a new topic. There are a number of us, and a few trolls to boot, that believe the free market will cure anything. Here is a story from the International Herald Tribune that blows that out of the water. Re: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Mortgage crisis has Washington putting aside free-market ideology http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/business/07bailout.php

I spent yesterday with my eclectic group of friends at an annual end-of-the-summer party. Atheists, Wiccans, and Christians (oh my) were all in attendance.As it turns out, one of my conservative Republican friends is an Atheist (or close) who is a supporter of church and state separation, but he is also a fanatic one-issue 2nd Amendment guy. He always votes Republican. Gun Rights is his hot issue, and he does not see the GOP as a threat to religious freedom.This guy was locked on to gun rights and would not budge. So I asked him to be more vocal about the need for C/S separation to his GOP friends, just as I ask all other GOPs to do. Just goes to show you how fragmented the GOP is. Hopefully the RR will continue to lose power over the party — unless they win this time.

Thanks to JE.

Palin’s Churches and the Third WavePart 1: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/5/0244/84583Part 2: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/5/03830/11602 Scary video in the second part:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_1Eit0pxM&eurl=http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/5/03830/11602With links to other scary videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4WOOceGishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVIPF_PmHuQ&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpKR0REYrnY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7n3h0fCAYkhttp://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=964′Arming’ for ArmageddonMilitant Joel’s Army Followers Seek Theocracy By Casey Sanchez Photography by Lowell Handler Intelligence Report Fall 2008

I will be on the Dave Glover show on Monday at 6pm EST for a 1-hour debate on whether the USA was founded on Judeo-Christian values (whatever that means). Dave Glover is the #1 show in the St Louis Market and the web site is www.971talk.com

Lori Lipman Brown (and more) on The Colbert Reporthttp://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=180127

OK OK I know too much politics. But last night I watched McBush give his speech, and I counted him saying “god” or “faith” about 5000 times in an hour.Obama hit the G-word a few times too, but McBush just went overtime in a desperate plea to motivate the ignorant to vote for him, playing on the stereotype that god = good.I really hate that.