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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Sen. Jim DeMint: Schools Should Teach Creationism Because God Has Put Christians "In Charge Of This Vineyard We Call America"
Supreme Court upholds individual mandate, ObamaCare survives
It is up…here is the heart of it… The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or...
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Louisiana Taxpayer-Funded Creationism and Bigotry
Things are really moving backwards down in Louisiana with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s new school voucher program. These voucher programs divert state education funds to primarily private religious schools. Many of these religious schools use textbooks that actually teach young earth creationism, and a historical narrative that is not based in reality – it’s as...
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Texas Republican Party’s Official 2012 Anti-Critical Thinking Platform
Feel free to read through the entire GOP platform here: Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the...
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Even Fellow Christians Are Now Exposing David Barton's Pseudo-History
It’s refreshing to see so many people calling Barton out on his pseudo-history. For several years I have worked to expose the fraudulent history propagated by Glenn Beck and David Barton. Now even fellow Christians like, Chris Pinto, are taking Barton to task: Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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Republic Affair World Roundup: June 25, 2012
Hamas: Morsi victory in Egypt will help Palestinian cause Celebratory gunfire in Gaza Strip kills Palestinian man and wounds three others. he Gaza Strip’s governing Hamas on Sunday welcomed the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s presidential vote, saying its ideological ally’s success would help the Palestinian cause. The impoverished enclave burst into...
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David Barton Claims The Constitution Reflects The Bible
Pseudo-historian for the Christian Nationalism movement, David Barton, is up to his old tricks once again. Here’s a few examples that illustrate why the “Founding Fathers” rejected Biblical teachings when framing our structure of government – Totalitarianism for Dummies: “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that...
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Another Fake Thomas Jefferson Quotation
Here’s another fake quote that is being passed around on Fakebook. The quote is apparently taken from a speech about Jefferson given by john Sharp Williams… Hat Tip to: Throckmorton UPDATE: Misleading Chop-Job Quote of the Day: “I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I...
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Political Photo Fail of the Day: Ronald Reagan – Biblical Problem Solver
Please make an argument that slavery is morally wrong using the bible. You can use the old and/or new testaments. Here’s a few starter verses: “All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect.” 1 Timothy 6: 1 “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and...
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Peter Beinart – The Crisis of Zionism
I’m currently reading a new book: Peter Beinart’s The Crisis of Zionism. His three main points: One – It is difficult to teach Jewish students to defend the Jewish state when they don’t care much about Judaism itself. Two – You can’t tell young Jews living in the modern world of information to start...
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