Thanks to Beliefnet and Time Magazine, there is now a God-O-Meter keeping track of the ’08 Presidential candidates and their positions on the secularist-theocrat spectrum. The good news is I no longer have to search all over the Internet to compile this information for myself. The bad news is the God-o-Meter delivers its message with unblinking, graphic clarity. Like … Continue reading God-o-Meter keeping tabs on the candidates
“Being an atheist is like being gay. You don’t choose it, it tends to make you unpopular, nobody knows unless you tell them—and it’s not something to be ashamed of!” Isn’t that a great analogy? Andy Butler, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, wrote that. He goes on to discuss briefly the Richard Dawkins … Continue reading ‘Being an atheist is like being gay’
Decided to answer my own question about the religions of the ’08 presidential candidates and found the following compilation from the Associated Press on the Nashua (NH) Telegraph‘s website: DEMOCRATS Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden: Roman Catholic New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Methodist Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd: Catholic Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Methodist Ohio … Continue reading Not an atheist among ’em
Hard to believe it’s already been four months since three Republican candidates declared they don’t believe in evolution and instantly took themselves out of the running as far as I’m concerned. Brownback, Tancredo, and Huckabee. I don’t know what startled me more, their admission or my shock. I’d always thought I was a reasonable, open-minded person, willing to … Continue reading Election ’08: Does religion matter?
“Because I said so.” I’ll bet most of us heard that more than once when we were kids. You whined, “But why do I have to eat my peas?” and your mom said, “Because I said so.” You asked, probably under your breath, “But why do I have to stand in the corner?” and your teacher … Continue reading Because I said so
