Was I being naïve again? Recently, I called Michigan’s SB 637 ”a wasteful, GOP-crafted distraction.” The proposed law would, …ENSURE THAT EACH PUPIL IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IT OPERATES IS REQUIRED TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES EACH SCHOOL DAY. I assumed that the legislation was just another tiresome [...]
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The 2011 Homeschool Christian Contests
Posted in bible, christianity, fundamentalism, homeschooling, irony, parenting, religion, religious leaders, tagged Answers in Genesis, bible, christianity, creationism, curriculum, education, fundamentalism, homeschooling, Ken Ham, religion, religious word play, science on March 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Dear Christian Homeschoolers, Please don’t get our homeschool conferences confused with the other organization that recently disinvited Ken Ham to an event after he publicly called into question the faith of another Christian vendor. Granted, the names of the two organizations sound similar (theirs is Great Homeschool Conventions; ours is Great American Homeschool Conferences), but, unlike GH events, ours are “Christ-centered and stand for the literal truth [...]
Enlighten me in 140 characters or less
Posted in christianity, evangelism, religion, rick warren, tagged bible, christianity, evangelism, fundamentalism, huh?, inspirational, memes, religion, snark, Twitter, woo on March 26, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I hardly ever use my blog tag, “inspirational.” Of course, all that’s gonna change now that I’m “following” Rick Warren on Twitter! I’m so glad he cleared that up for me.
Duh. Lotsa storms create a watch
Posted in bible, christianity, church and state, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, political figures, politics, religion, school, science, tagged bible, christianity, creationism, curriculum, education, environment, evangelism, fundamentalism, huh?, memes, politics, religion, religious word play, school, science, separation of church and state, snark, woo on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What a dork. Texas Rep. Bill Zedler has introduced one of those anti-evolution ”academic freedom” bills because, When was the last time we’ve seen someone go into a windstorm or a tornado or any other kind of natural disaster, and say “Guess what? That windstorm just created a watch.” Uh, duh, Bill. You can find windstorm watches all over the place – [...]
Making the public transportation fun again
Posted in bible, christianity, education, evangelism, media, politics, religion, tagged bible, christianity, evangelism, Humanism, humor, inspirational, religion on February 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Here in California, we’re always being urged to use public transportation instead of vehicles occupied only by the driver. All sorts of incentives are offered to get people to make the switch, but not enough progress has been made. Hopefully, government administrators read my blog because I’ve just discovered the answer to increasing public transport ridership. “Just a [...]
Dinos and Chickens, Oh My!
Posted in bible, christianity, church and state, education, environment, fundamentalism, history, humor, irony, media, politics, religion, religious leaders, science, tagged bible, blogging, christianity, contest, creationism, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, history, huh?, humor, irony, memes, politics, religion, religious word play, school, science, separation of church and state, skepticism, woo on February 4, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Hi, Everybody. This is Pastor Steven Anderson. Pastor Steven recently read an article reporting that chickens and T. rex shared a common ancestor. Of course, he thinks it said that dinosaurs turned into chickens (like most creationists, Steven doesn’t understand the concept of creatures descending from a common ancestor). So, to share the laugh with his flock, he has [...]
Homeschooler wins seat in Congress
Posted in bible, christianity, church and business, church and state, education, environment, evangelism, fox news, fundamentalism, homeschooling, media, parenting, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, science, tea party, tagged Americans for Prosperity, bible, blogging, curriculum, economy, education, environment, evangelism, fundamentalism, generation joshua, Global warming, homeschooling, Koch Industries, memes, Patrick Henry College, politics, religion, religious word play, science, separation of church and state, skepticism, snark, woo on January 22, 2011 | 19 Comments »
I noticed that my post, “Scientists know more science,” was included in the latest edition of Carnival of Homeschooling. Thank you to the person who submitted it. And, thanks also to Alasandra for including it. For those who missed the original post, it was a brief mention of a recent survey. It seems that the scientists who are most likely to accept anthropogenic global warming are, well, climate scientists. [...]
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