This is where atheists go one way and Christians go another. I am very willing to acknowledge and honor theists when they do the right thing, but not these guys.

In their recent article about the God Blocker, the Christian Coalition deliberately misquotes me in order to make me look bad. They take my opposition and clearly imply that I support it, in order to spread hate, raise fears and beg for money. They lied. Check it out.

Christian Coalition article

Original Article

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Criminales (How to handle sex abuse cases)

Ratzinger obstructed justice)

Should he be arrested?

Then there’s this:

Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly unearthed as part of a lawsuit.

I just got back from my yearly week as a counselor at Camp Quest Michigan, and as always I’m back with a story to tell. This year, I was tried for heresy.

You see, the Camp Quest Cannon states clearly (or so I am told) that there are two invisible undetectable unicorns at Camp Quest. They leave no traces and cannot be seen, heard, or felt. Any kid who proves this to be untrue gets a pre-1954 “godless” $100 bill. This leads to many discussions, but alas, so far no child has been able to prove the unicorns aren’t there.

But I had a vision. In my vision, there was a “holy duality.” Two unicorns that are really one. Two that are one, but neither two nor one. Both male and female, but neither male nor female. Both invisible and pink, but neither invisible nor pink. Got that? If not, pray more or just take it on faith.

Unfortunately, the powers-that-be didn’t like dissent, and I was tried for heresy. Elder campers acted as defense attorneys, prosecution attorneys, and judges. There were eye-witnesses to my corruption of children — and my association with Satan.

I was found guilty and sentenced to death. However, I was allowed to live on condition of my recanting of my heresy, which I did in earnest, since one the campers had been assigned to be my exectutioner.

My big secret: I didn’t mean it when I recanted. I just went underground. Next year, I will resurface, stronger than ever, and launch a full scale reformation. Bwoo hah hah hah….

Regardless of one’s political affiliation, the Shirley Sherrod incident has shown us a very important point: critical thinking skills seem absent inside the beltway for sure, but more importantly, absent from the “mainstream” media. Everyone latched onto Sherrod like police dog clamping down on a criminal’s arm. Of course no one bothered to check and make sure they were actually biting a criminal.

Critical thinking skills and the ability to use rational thought are vital to the survival of the species.  We saw that break down this week as every politician (right, left, and center) and every news outlet (right, left, and center) took the word of a single person and ran with it. There was no verification of facts, no burden of proof, no skepticism, no questioning of the source, etc. The accumulation of logical fallacies was like watching an algae bloom in the Gulf of Mexico: spreading its devastating effects the bigger it gets.

I have no vested interest in Sherrod. I could care less if she works at the USDA or not. And that is because to me this is not about the politics: it is about the lack of critical thinking skills and skepticism on the part of so many. That is a scary thought when you start to think about the bigger issues that could be coming our way in the future.

by Blair Scott

Here’s a link to an article in Slate magazine that discusses Mel Gibson’s appalling behavior and how his relationship with a particular Catholic sect influences this behavior and the attitudes that spawned it.

http://www.slate.com/id/2260937/

Kathleen