Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This is not a posting about stuff that happened at a school, but rather is about how a fanatical right-wing legal group totally and completely misrepresented what actually happened, simply to maintain their funding and status as “champions for Christianity”. Yes, I know, a right-wing religious group blatantly misrepresenting something for $$$ is something you … Read more
On Sept 18, Politico’s Dave Brown has dropped what just has to be the most epic twitter thread of the year (so far). My postings on Medium usually have a paywall (to help cover costs), but for this one, no paywall. That’s principally because the content is Dave Brown doing all the heavy lifting, and … Read more
The Followers of Christ Church in Oregon embrace the belief that prayers are all you need. If your child becomes ill or sick, then just pray them better, no calling on doctors. What we learn via an article within The Oregonian (dated 2017) has been the consequence of this over the decades … Of 78 children … Read more
Ever wanted to be a teacher in Oklahoma? If so, then I do indeed have a test for you. However, this is not an ordinary test in any meaningful way at all, but instead is something else. OK, a quick reveal. This test is just ideology propaganda and has been created by the Prager University Foundation, for religious … Read more
A lawsuit filed by Lorraine Zielinski against the Grace Community Church in California, headed up by fundamentalist Pastor John MacArthur contain some truly jaw-dropping insights into what can best be described as a deeply controlling cult. Here briefly is Lorraine’s story In 2022, Lorraine Zielinski, a long-time member of Grace Community, turned to the church for … Read more
The “inspiration” for this posting is a segment via Fox & Friends. As we all know, Fox News is a “reliable” source of information, hence their segment on July 1 that covered a visit by co-host Ainsley Earhardt caught my eye. Side note: Yes, the air quotes there are doing rather a lot of heavy lifting … Read more