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Tips and God’s 10%

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This one has gone a bit viral in some quarters so you might (or might not) have come across it. The core story is that a pastor stiffed a server in a restaurant by writing on the bill, “I give God 10%, why should you get 18%” and left no tip at all.  So far … Read more

Accelerated Christian Education sounds OK, but is complete bullshit

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Jonny Scaramanga, an ex-fundamentalist, writes in the Guardian about some of the completely crazy things being promoted by Accelerated Christian Education. This is a Bible belt based group  that promotes religious indoctrination under the banner of “education”, and consists of a biblical literalist agenda. The specific concern here is that they not only have 3,000 Schools in the US … Read more

Bill O’Reilly To Atheist David Silverman: ‘You Are A Fascist!’

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First, before we get into the details, who are the players in this little piece of  Shakespearian drama? Bill O’Reilly is the host of the political commentary program The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is (so they claim) the most watched cable news television program on American television … and least you wonder, yes Fox News do tend to embrace a … Read more

“Dear Atheists, Come Back to God” – The Stupid is strong in this one.

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Opposing Views is a US website where “experts” debate topics. In this case there is a reason for the scare quotes, the “expert” in question turns out to be “Answers in Genesis”, a bunch of creationist kooks who hold views that are so weird, that other creationists denounce them as “misguided” and assert that this group “deliberately … Read more

A new offering from the Republicans? … er no.

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Republican candidate Marco Rubio has declared his intent to run for election as US president in 2016. Having learned that touting “stupid” or “religious nut” is not a vote winner from the last election, he will be different, something new and fresh, right? …. actually no, he is more of the same …. sigh! He did … Read more

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