Palin: Jerry Falwell with a pretty face?

Howard Bess, a retired American Baptist minister who wrote a book that republican vice-presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin wanted to ban entitled, "Pastor, I Am Gay", and who has also fought Palin on abortion...

Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists: "Is there a difference?"

"A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian", according to an opinion piece authored by Juan Cole, salon.com, who poses the question, "What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists?" Cole...

Basra: Iraqi Police Shed Uniforms, Switch Sides

"Abu Iman barely flinched when the Iraqi Government ordered his unit of special police to move against al-Mahdi Army fighters in Basra.His response, while swift, was not what British and US military trainers who have...

Christian Attempt To Rewrite History - completely insane

"Whereas the United States Supreme Court has declared throughout the course of our Nation's history that the United States is 'a Christian country', 'a Christian nation', 'a Christian people', 'a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being' and that...

Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam

"A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim...

Military proselytizing and apocalypse by design

"As more information becomes available about the infiltration of the military by fundamentalist Christian groups via Pentagon approved proselytizing, worrisome issues regarding the long term aims of evangelizing the troops present themselves. First there's this...

When "God and country" becomes "God is country"

"The inspector general of the Department of Defense has released a report that finds high ranking Pentagon officers in violation of long standing military regulations for their participation in a recruiting and marketing video by the fundamentalist group Christian Embassy...

The Bush Quartet

"As a country founded on the principle of majority rule, most of us have yet to accept that a small cabal of extremists infiltrated and wrested control of our government. Despite Bush & Co.'s violations of our trust, we remain incapable of believing they'd commit...

Soldiers kill 25 militants, arrest 13 in Kano, Nigeria

Soldiers on Wednesday dislodged Muslim fundamentalists in Kano, killing 25 and arresting 13, after several hours of gun battle.The fundamentalists in Kano, suspected to comprise foreigners who have been terrorising the city for almost a week, have been identified with the...

As Bush's War Strategy Shifts to Iran, Christian Zionists Gear Up for the Apo...

"As George W. Bush sets his sights on Iran, even Republicans are wondering how to constitutionally contain the trigger-happy king. But for an influential group of Christian fundamentalists -- White House allies that garner not only feel-good meetings with the President's...

Secular fundamentalists are the new totalitarians

An interesting piece in the UK Guardian, is sure to rile the feathers of the most enlightened and tolerant among us.  Of course they are, if you doubt it, just ask them."There's an aspiring totalitarianism in Britain which is brilliantly disguised. It's disguised because...

Grand Canyon National Park not permitted to discuss science, facts

"Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by...

The Politics of Jesus: a review

The Politics of Jesus December 11, 2006 The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering The True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. Obrey M. Hendricks, Jr. Doubleday,2006. ISBN-10:0-385-51664-9. Hardcover, 370pps.$26.00. SPL Call...

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When Atheists Strike Back

""The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a...

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