What do non-Christians do at Christmas anyway?

What indeed! Well, it may surprise some people, but we don't sit around eating freshly roasted babies in front of a roaring church fire and wiping our mouths with Bible pages while we plot the destruction of Christianity. For one thing, it's summer in Australia, which means it's bushfire season. No,…

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Bill O’Reilly tries to understand the First Amendment

Bill O'Reilly tries to understand the First Amendment in the context of the Washington State Governor's attempt to accommodate other religious viewpoints along with a Christian nativity display.  It's a lively discussion, and somewhat entertaining during which O'Reilly never claims to understand that it's viewpoint discrimination that is relevant.  I…

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Science will be welcomed in the Obama White House

Yes, science is back!  In Obama, we will have a President who appreciates the power of science to understand the world and fix the world, not merely to spy on the world or to blow up the world.  That's the report from Think Progress: SCIENCE IS BACK: The choice of Chu, a…

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Shopper trampled in the name of Jesus

Well, it's "Black Friday" again.  It's time to check out the news. In their attempts to buy trinkets to celebrate the birth of Jesus, Wal-Mart shoppers broke through the stores's exterior doors and trampled a Wal-Mart employee, who died during the incident. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObKm4w9igM[/youtube] Yes, there's lots of irony (and sadness)…

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