Daniel C. Dennett frequently contributes to NewsWeek but this recent article caught my attention. Mr. Dennett, renown atheist, philospher and best selling author tackled the subject of religious taboos in American culture. The following is a quote from Dennett’s article titled ‘Religious No Longer A Protected Class’:
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Conservapedia apparently written with a child’s logic
Conservapedia’s page on Charles Darwin reads like a 7th grade book report. The information lacking, opinionated and simplistic. The only informational topics on Darwin is “Biography”, 4+ pages of “Religion” and a bunch of opinionated titles like “Darwin’s Racism” and “Darwin’s Belief in Male Superiority”. Nothing about his life’s work or topic headings on Evolution, the Voyage of the Beagle, or Science related studies. It would be like writing an Encyclopedia page on George Washington without mentioning the Revolutionary War, his presidency or Mt Vernon and instead writing only on how he owned slaves and had children by them.
Visualization of Republic of Letters
Using GIS to map correspondence of letters during the Enlightenment age. Developed by Stanford University.
Tax dollars helped Evangelicals set stage for gay execution bill in Uganda through Bush’s ”AIDS Relief ” program
What does Former President Bush, “abstinence only” aids relief programs, US senators, “The Family” Catholic Mob, your tax dollars, and gay linchings have in common? Apparently quite a lot…
Catholic Church Funding ACORN
Remember how worked up Glenn Beck and the Fox News network stars like Bill O’Reilly were when the tapes of ACORN workers giving prostitution advice on hidden camera came out? And recall how angry O’Reilly gets when he interviews atheist spokesman Richard Dawkins, furious that a person could be so against organized religion. Then we have Mormon follower Glenn Beck who advocates a religious fanaticism towards “God and Country”.
These guys love juicy stories with dirt and a cover up story. Well, here’s one that seems to have slipped under their selective hearing. The Catholic Church is a mulit million dollar supporter of ACORN.
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