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Honestly, I thought it would be Texas, but Florida beat them to it. While a federal judge is striking down one egregious violation of the Establishment Clause, the Florida House and Senate has voted to remove language from the state constitution which prohibits public funds from being used to...

From the Associated Press: This is a great step forward in the re-establishment of the secular government which our Founding Fathers intended. Although the National Day of Prayer seems rather innocuous on the surface, the day itself was put in place by the same McCarthy era demagoguery which...

My parents recently forwarded an email to me from the pastor of their church who had recently issued a challenge to the congregation--to read through the New Testament in some-odd number of days. It included a reading plan which was oddly not linear (I guess start at the beginning and stop and...

At first I thought these people were genuinely trying to help, misguided and stupid, but sincerely trying to help nevertheless. Then I read some more. And then: I sincerely hope these people are held accountable for their actions. Even if they are not working with child traffickers, taking...

I have noticed that definitions seem to pose a problem in the debate between atheists and theists. Each side has their own understanding of what a word means; and lets face it, language only works when all parties involved agree upon certain definitions. The most commonly (ab)used words from my...

This is more of a re-introduction, after a longer than desired hiatus, I'm back again (please, please, no applause). For the new folks since I've been gone, I am opinionated a bit arrogant and a general ass but overall I'm a rather lovable guy. :) I look forward to stimulating conversation...

So I was going through a couple of weeks worth of mail and came across something interesting. A local organization calling themselves "Fairness in Education" sent out some information on Intelligent Design and why it should be taught in our schools along side evolution. The basic "teach all...

I came across this web site while watching a TED talk by Jonathan Haidt, associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. The survey only takes a couple of minutes and then you are presented with some very interesting results including how your answers compare to the average of...