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    Apparently curiosity is a "vice" that must be destroyed

    http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/does-curiosity-kill-more-than-the-cat/ Behold, an opinion piece from the New York Times which advocates that which everyone in the League of Reason already knows: religion thrives on actively suppressing any and all rational thought. Enjoy this literary...
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    Suzanne Somers is a moron

    http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/09/18/suzanne-somers-chemotherapy-patrick-swayze/ Apparently chemotherapy is what killed Patrick Swayze instead of, you know, HIS CANCER. Somebody sew her mouth shut please. WTF is up with people saying that our bodies are full of "toxins" anyways...
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    Kent Hovind's creationist theme park seized by government

    A federal judge has cleared the way for the government's seizure of a creationism theme park in Pensacola owned by a couple [re: Kent and Jo Hovind] convicted of tax fraud. Looks like the United States government plans to sell it in order to recover lost tax revenue. I'll give 'em $3 to tear...
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    Opinion piece from Discovery Institute in Boston Globe

    This is an op ed piece that was written by Stephen C. Meyer from the Discover Institute back on July 15th. Feel free to laugh, I know I did. DISCOVERY INSTITUTE'S OPINION PIECE The Boston Globe made a stupid mistake by publishing that piece, especially since they're such a well-respected...
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    NECSS New York City

    DATE Saturday September 12, 2009 TIME 10:00AM - 6:00PM (with copious after parties, luckily NYC is the city that never sleeps!) TICKETS Adult: $65 Student: $40 SITE: http://www.necsscon.org FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89036567772 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/necss NECSS...
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    Stagnation of Intelligence?

    40 Years After Moon Landing: Why Aren't People Smarter? LiveScience.com has an interesting (albiet short) article on why we've been to the moon but we haven't seemed to get that much smarter. I wish they had expended some of their arguments a bit more but it does lay the groundwork for a good...
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    Creation "science" is srs bsns

    I don't know whether to post this over on the YouTube forum or here, since technically it falls into both categories. I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but if not then have a gander at this hilarious gem. This is a parody of creationism but it brings up several valid points on issues...
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    Amusing article on the Creationism Museum

    Warning: this article contains a lot of hilarious NSFW language http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article7426-on-the-creationist-museum.aspx Did you know, for example, that Adam is responsible not only for the fall of man, but also for the creation of venom? It didn't exist in the Garden of...
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    Article: 5 Pathetic Groups That People Think Rule the World

    Cracked.com recently featured a hilarious article on a bunch of very popular conspiracy theories. My personal favorite 'shadow group controlling the world' from that list is the lizard people. ZOMG!!! :shock:
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    Connecticut Meetup

    For all those on the East Coast, the "Drinking Skeptically" group for Connecticut is the best one I've been a part of. The organizer, Margey, is absolutely fantastic and has managed to book fascinating speakers every month ranging the gamut from Yale and NYU professors to local paranormal...
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    Hello everyone!

    I've been having a ball lately watching all the YouTube debate and debunking videos and stumbled onto this site through AndromedasWake's profile. I'm a freethinker currently residing in Connecticut -yes, the same state that produced this recent national newsworthy gem - and I'm a big believer in...
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