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To: Discovery Institute;
Re: Creationist Tactics Pre-Dating the Exposure of ID as a Fraud

By Lauri Lebo

…on any side of a controversy when there really is no controversy to begin with—not for the roughly 99.95% of scientists with relevant expertise, anyway. That’s in fact the whole point. In any case, he then recounts a rather nasty disagreement that we had on the phone during the Dover trial back in 2005. I have to admit his recollection is pretty accurate. At one point he said, “How dare you say that we’re stupid.” I told him that I wasn’t calling…

Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting with Jesus: 1946-2011

By Lauri Lebo

…kable clear-eyed honesty of the weaknesses and flaws in those from whom he descends. His works were no Greatest Generation mythos. Consequently, he provides valuable insight into why so many of us who share his roots have turned against our own self-interests. More so than any writer I know, he shines a light on those reasons, illuminating the myriad complex ways that the wealthy ruling class have rigged the game against us and then tricked us (so…

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t: The Problem of the Rape Exception

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…somehow brought it on themselves, and therefore if they get pregnant, they deserve to be punished for being liars or temptresses or both. This, despite the fact that at least one study suggest that sexual violators are the ones engaging in reproductive deception—hiding birth control pills and otherwise sabotaging a woman’s ability to avoid getting pregnant by the one violating her sexually. The Theological. Ish. Many early Christian writers oppose…

ACLU and Thomas More Law Center Rush to Terry Jones Defense

By Lauri Lebo

…. (Hey Wayne County, thought crime, much?) The ACLU submitted an amicus curiae brief to the 19th District Court in defense of Jones’ right to protest, which says, “If the First Amendment has any meaning, it is that the government cannot suppress the free speech because it — or anyone else — disagrees with the speech.” The Thomas More Law Center has pledged to file a suit on Jones’ behalf. By the way, I’ve seen TMLC in action. Its lawyers defended…

Pro- and Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Gainesville

By Julie Ingersoll

…e planned Qur’an burning in Afghanistan to the responses of American Christians to desecration of their sacred symbols, completely ignoring the distinctly different political contexts. Another identified himself as a Christian of a distinct stripe by advocating burning phone books that advertise abortion and then said he doesn’t have a Qur’an but if he did he would “feed it page by page to (his) goat who would be impervious to its lies.” He then a…

This Narrative of Death that is So Powerful Among Us

By Daniel Schultz

…p, I’m very much influenced by that. What I learned from Doug Hall… a Canadian Reformed theologian. What he said was that the Hauerwas line calls you to withdraw from society. And Doug said that for Reformed people, withdrawal from society is correct, but it’s a first move and the second move that Hauerwas does not make, is to move back into society with transformative energy. So disengagement and re-engagement, and I think it’s right for our Refo…

Abortion’s Not in Kansas Anymore?

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…ing the state… Abortion is a divisive issue, with strong beliefs on both sides. But Kansans deserve an open, honest discussion, not underhanded maneuvers.” As for Dr. Yeomans, he chalks it up to theocracy. “I’m thinking of printing up some bumper stickers,” said Dr. Yeomans. “Kansas: Theocracy in Action.” Neither Dr. nor Mrs. Yeomans are hostile to religion per se. In fact, Mrs. Yeomans told me, they have hosted dinner discussions for seminarians…

The Abandoned Orphanage: Hillary Clinton’s Mother Teresa Moment

By Jeff Sharlet and Kathryn Joyce

…ative actors, and serve as the model for a generation of Democratic politicians eager to disown any affiliation with reproductive rights. In delving into Clinton’s religious history, we studied her relationships with a number of spiritual mentors, including Tikkun’s Michael Lerner, who was soon replaced by “sacred psychologist” Jean Houston, who famously helped the First Lady get in touch with the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt. Later, after Mother Te…

Meet the “New Age” Stephen Colbert

By Andrew Aghapour

…of it. If you meditate, if you do yoga, and you don’t announce it over social media, then did you really meditate? Did you really do yoga? The answer is Absolutely Not. How are you going to get the benefits of yoga if you don’t announce it over social media? How are you going to announce it over social media if you don’t have a smart phone? And smartphones: they are helpful, but they are also limited. I’m working with some of my guides to develop…

War on Christmas Affirmed by Southern Baptist Convention

By Mark Gstohl

…public institutions in their areas that are removing Christmas as the official designation of the season and to use their influence to restore Christmas to its proper place in the culture.” Although I doubt that any of my Lutheran, Catholic, Muslim, or atheist friends will call me to complain about this resolution, I find it just as troubling as many of the previous more controversial resolutions. As a Baptist, I tend to use Scripture as a hermene…