While our focus has been on the attempts of cretinists creationists here in the U.S., Answers in Genesis followers are on a mission to integrate their ID crap in public school curricula in Britain and France. It is not enough for them to teach their mythology in their churches and in their homes, and it’s not enough to work on fucking up their own country, they want to drag all people back to the dark ages with them.

These people still don’t have a clue or refuse to accept what scientific theory is. It does not mean “to guess” or to make shit up. For our fundie lurkers…once again:

From Wikipedia, In science a theory is a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise verified through empirical observation. For the scientist, “theory” is not in any way an antonym of “fact”. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theories commonly used to describe and explain this behavior are Newton’s theory of universal gravitation (see also gravitation), and the general theory of relativity.

I found a rebuttal site to Answers in Genesis called NO Answers in Genesis. Creationists, please go there and READ, if you can. No god will strike you dead if you do.

You all probably remember Todd Bentley who I did a post about here: Ministry of assault and battery!

Well, it appears that while Bentley was hearing God telling him to kick old women in the head with his biker boot and to punch cancer patients in the stomach, he failed to remember that commandment in his Babble about adultery. Guess he should beat the lust out of his own ugly body…BAM! Right in the groin!

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia - Todd Bentley, the Canadian revivalist whose tactics drew protest from some fellow Pentecostals, has resigned from public ministry after acknowledging an “unhealthy relationship on an emotional level” with a female staff member.

The board of Bentley’s Fresh Fire Ministries announced the resignation last Friday, saying the pastor has agreed to “receive counsel in his personal life.” Days earlier, the board of directors had said that Bentley, 32, and his wife Shonnah had separated.

Of course, Christians who do not want to claim him are saying that he was not a “true believer”.

Thanks to the Rational Reponse Squad for providing the link to one of the biggest Christian asshats on YouTube. (Atheists make him sick, btw.) I did some digging around to make sure this wasn’t a parody, and most of whom I read are taking his stupidity as legitimate ignorance. It’s been awhile since we have had this big of a dickwad to make fun of. He lacks even the most basic science education and is one of the most ignorant dumbfucks I have run across in awhile. Just read the comment section of his YouTube video:

Basically, the courts are saying that she is allowed to be a child.

Amazing how many ancient superstitious beliefs still persist in these modern times (Christianity included). It’s good to know, however, that once again reason has overruled superstition.

Nepal court in landmark ‘goddess’ rights ruling

KATHMANDU (AFP) - A Nepali tradition of locking a young virgin girl in a palace and worshipping her as a “living goddess” has been dealt a blow with the country’s Supreme Court ruling she has the right to go to school.

The court said there was no justification for the specially chosen pre-pubescent girl, known as the Kumari, to be subjected to a practice that dates back centuries.

The current Kumari is nine-year-old Preeti Shakya.

The ruling comes barely three months after Nepali lawmakers abolished the country’s 240-year-old Hindu monarchy, who received annual blessings from the Kumari in a ceremony designed to underpin the legitimacy of the royals.

The court’s verdict was prompted by a complaint from local lawyers that keeping a young girl cooped up in an ornate but decrepit palace in Kathmandu’s medieval quarter was a violation of her rights.

“The Supreme Court came up with a verdict… asking the government to take action to protect the rights of the Kumari,” Supreme Court spokesman Hemanta Rawal told AFP.

“The court ruled there were no historic or religious documents that state the child should be denied the rights of education, movement etc. She should not be denied these things just because she is the Kumari.”

Furthermore, the “living goddess” concept is facing redundancy given that Nepal is now officially a secular republic run by ultra-leftist ex-rebel Maoists keen to do away with the country’s “feudal” practices.

And the usual retort by the believers no matter what religion they follow — their sky boss told them to do it:

The people in charge of looking after her said they took orders from the heavens — and not the Supreme Court.

Sound familiar? Of course our superstitious folks would say that they aren’t taking orders from the “true” imaginary being.

And then when she hits a certain age, they are done with her:

The Kumari is chosen as a three or four-year-old girl from a Buddhist caste, and remains in the position until she starts menstruating, when the process to choose a new goddess begins anew.

. . . because “someone did that 2,000 years ago ”

GOP Rep. To Environmentalists: Jesus Already Saved The Planet

We like to keep track of the, er, intriguing sayings of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the Christian Right champion from Minnesota. But this latest is really out there — Bachmann says we don’t need pesky environmentalists like Nancy Pelosi around, because Jesus already saved the planet!

“[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she’s just trying to save the planet,” Bachmann told the right-wing news site OneNewsNow. “We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet — we didn’t need Nancy Pelosi to do that.”

Wow.

Other recent Bachmannisms include the claim that there isn’t actually any wildlife in the areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where she wants more drilling, and the allegation that Democrats want high gas prices so as to force people to move into “inner cities” and “the urban core.”

Michele Bachmann Accuses Pelosi of “Global Warming Fanaticism”

If you are a flat-earther, you believe this NASA photo is a fake.

Do they really think the Earth is flat?

In the 21st Century, the term “flat-earther” is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly wilfully - ignorant. But there is a group of people who claim they believe the planet really is flat. Are they really out there or is it all an elaborate prank?

My grandfather was one of these people who believed the first flights into space were fake, and the mission to the moon was all fake. He said it was all created by Hollywood to fool the American people, but he could not provide possible reasons for going to such extremes to fool the public. There are still many people who would agree with my grandfather, that we are all being fooled. But I don’t think my grandfather thought the Earth was flat, yet there are some who still in 2008 who believe the Earth is flat.

On 24 December 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 mission took a photo now known as Earthrise. To many, this beautiful blue sphere viewed from the moon’s orbit is a perfect visual summary of why it is right to strive to go into space.

Not to everybody though. There are people who say they think this image is fake - part of a worldwide conspiracy by space agencies, governments and scientists.

Welcome to the world of the flat-earther.

We may question if flat-earthers really do exist in these modern times of space travel and exploration, wondering how anyone can possibly still believe such things despite evidence to the contrary, but as BBC News reports:

Flat earth theory is still around. On the internet and in small meeting rooms in Britain and the US, flat earth believers get together to challenge the “conspiracy” that the Earth is round.

“People are definitely prejudiced against flat-earthers,” says John Davis, a flat earth theorist based in Tennessee, reacting to the new Microsoft commercial.

“Many use the term ‘flat-earther’ as a term of abuse, and with connotations that imply blind faith, ignorance or even anti-intellectualism.”

How many flat-earthers are still around?

Mr McIntyre estimates “there are thousands”, but “without a platform for communication, a head-count is almost impossible”, he says. Mr Davis says he is currently creating an “online information repository” to help to bring together local Flat Earth communities into a “global community”.

“If you will forgive my use of the term ‘global’”, he says.

And what about the vast quantify of evidence that proves the Earth is round, the photographs, the many men and women who have gone up in the space capsules and shuttles?

“The space agencies of the world are involved in an international conspiracy to dupe the public for vast profit,” says Mr McIntyre.

John Davis also says “these photos are fake”.

And what about the fact that no one has ever fallen off the edge of our supposedly disc-shaped world?

Mr McIntyre laughs. “This is perhaps one of the most commonly asked questions,” he says. “A cursory examination of a flat earth map fairly well explains the reason - the North Pole is central, and Antarctica comprises the entire circumference of the Earth. Circumnavigation is a case of travelling in a very broad circle across the surface of the Earth.”

Debating these flat-earthers seems like it would be even more exasperating than arguing with religious fundies. They make up answers for every question, and they reject the proven science and believe what they choose without scientific evidence.

IntheImageofDNA posted this in the comment section of the last post, but I thought it was worthy of bringing up front for discussion and to point out as DNA says “the latest ignorant, hateful, fatuous fucktardery displayed” in the Beckley, West Virginia Register Herald.

Our Readers Speak — Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008

A message for those who don’t believe

This is to all the atheists out there, you know who you are and so does God. First of all, be thankful you live in the U.S.A. or you could be killed for your beliefs.

It says in the Bible that the Jews are God’s chosen people and He will bless those who bless them. Do you think America is a “super power country” because we are all so moral and good to each other? No. It is because we have been Israel’s allies since Day One. God has blessed this country because of this.

If you think we have problems now, i.e. high gas prices, the economy, the housing crisis, think what may happen if we turn our back on Israel and God.

The presidential candidates need to keep this in mind when they campaign and ultimately become president. Barack Obama is on record saying he would welcome peace talks with the Mid-East. Who can reason with Hamas or Hezbollah when they kill innocent people in the name of “Allah”?

May God continue to bless this country and to those who don’t believe in God — may God help you.

Vickie Donell

Mount Hope

In some places of our “modernized” country, time stands still.

This little guy should be home eating fruit snacks and playing with his toys, not strutting around in front of an abortion clinic wearing a placard spewing forth crap he doesn’t even understand that some adult forced him to memorize. He is only 6-years-old. Where’s DCFS?