Did God do these things?

I stumbled onto this unusual and visually disturbing site. Yes, I gawked.  But it made me wonder what the God-is-omnipotent-and-omniscient crowd think of these sorts of occurrences.   Are they evidence of God's majesty and ability to intelligently design his creatures?  Or do they lead believers to think that human are…

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Atheist Coming Out Party 2008

This Saturday, I visited the Atheist Coming Out Party in Westerville, Ohio. The event had numerous hosts and sponsors- American Atheists, Students for Free Thought, Secular Student Alliance, and many, many regional skeptical and atheistic groups. As such, the event drew in atheists, secular humanists, skeptics, and other assorted heathens…

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15 Reasons John McCain is Too Ignorant To Be President

John McCain is… 1.) Ignorant on the economy. And see here. 2.) Ignorant on foreign policy. And see here. 3.) Ignorant on birth control. 4.) Ignorant of the truth. And see here and here. 5.) Ignorant of what’s important to veterans and votes against veterans. 6.) Ignorant of the laws…

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The real “debate” is whether to obstruct big issues with non-issues

It's a tactic the GOP has carefully developed. Andrew Sullivan sums it up well: [I]t is hard to avoid a sense of deep concern about where we're headed. We have war criminals as president and vice-president, and a constitution staggering after one serious terror attack. But the campaign is about…

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