Commentary, news, and rants on the evils and stupidity of belief in the big invisible daddy in the sky. Illuminating and watchdogging the widespread attempts to institutionalize the theocratic rule of the US. Making fun of believers everywhere.
GifS friend Nick from Back To The Woom sends along a few nice pointers: One to “a good book review in Bookforum about seven new books on atheism” here; an update on his earlier post (discussed here at GifS) on the North Carolina Bar oath here; and some comments on Pope Joey Ratzo’s recent address to attendees at an exorcist convention here. All worth a look.
As GifS has gotten more popular, a problem with comments has built up to where it’s requiring some administrative action.
No, I’m not talking about Frank. I love Frank. (OK, “love” is probably too strong. 
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No, it’s comment spam. The amount of hammering the server gets by attempted comment spam is stunning. Mostly, it gets screened, but it’s still a problem.
So, for at least a while, I’m going to switch us over to a system where if you haven’t already posted a comment, the comment goes to the moderation queue. That means that first-time commenters will have their comments delayed until the next time the moderation queue gets cleared. Since most commenting is done by non-first-timers, I’m hoping this won’t be a big problem. In any case, please bear with us as we try to iron out any bugs and get the comment system working smoothly for legitimate commenters while killing the torrent of comment spam that hits it every day.
You’ve likely heard: Some parents in the Dover, PA district that’s been inserting ID into the curriculum are suing the district for violating the separation of church and state.
This will likely be the biggest trial in 20 years or so dealing with all this shit. We won in the mid-80’s against “Scientific Creationism”. But the climate has changed some, and theocracy has been on the rise. Stay tuned: New school battle on evolution hitting court.
School Expels Girl for Having Gay Parents
I suppose it’s just as well that the poor kid got out of that fucked up Christian school. Maybe her parents will find some under-funded local public school to put her in.
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Why was Sodom destroyed? Because it was decadent and there were homosexuals and all that sinful stuff, right? That’s what the Fundies say, isn’t it? But right in Ezekiel, The Lord tells us why he destroyed the city: because they didn’t take care of their poor…
48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
49 “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy…”
How to Piss People Off: Naples Blood Boils at Miracle’s ‘Debunking’
Every year Neapolitans pack into the city’s cathedral to witness the “miracle”. In an atmosphere nearing hysteria, the archbishop holds up a glass phial that is said to contain the dried blood of San Gennaro, the city’s patron saint, and declares that it has liquefied. [...] Margherita Hack, an astrophysicist, said: “There is nothing mystical about this. You can make the so-called blood in your kitchen at home.” [...] The dark brown gel was solid until shaken , when it liquefied. Professor Hack said that the compound was hydrated iron oxide, or FeO (OH), which had the characteristics of blood.
And the clincher:
Marchese Pierluigi Sanfelice, an aristocrat who is one of the official guardians of the phial and takes part in the liquefaction ceremony, said that the Church had conducted tests on the phial in the 1980s which showed that its contents included haemoglobin, the key pigment in blood corpuscles.
Because we all know that if the church does a “scientific experiment” on a miracle, it’s just GOTTA be accurate…
In his post What I Have Learned From Listening to Judge Roberts, Alan Dershowitz says that mostly, Roberts as Chief Justice would be a pretty status-quo kind of guy with respect to abortion, death penalty, gay rights, and other “hot-button” issues. The one big exception to that tendency that he notes: “He will dramatically lower the wall of separation between church and state, and be a reliable vote with Justices Scalia and Thomas on this critical issue.”
