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Why Evolution Is True

From someone we should all read more of: Robert G. Ingersoll, the Great Agnostic.

This is from The Gods and Other Lectures (1876), and is the best mission statement I know for atheists, both old a new:

Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice, we are constantly charged by the church with tearing down without building again. The church should by this time know that it is utterly impossible to rob men of their opinions. The history of religious persecution fully establishes the fact that the mind necessarily resists and defies every attempt to control it by violence. The mind necessarily clings to old ideas until prepared for the new. The moment we comprehend the truth, all erroneous ideas are of necessity cast aside.

A surgeon once called upon…

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She’s Trying to Help Westboro Baptist Church Members Escape and Start a New Life

10 Things I Plan to Tell My Daughter About Sex That Aren’t That Purity Movement Crap – Houston – Arts – Art Attack

I’m the father of three daughters, now grown and gone. This is spot on. SOB

10 Things I Plan to Tell My Daughter About Sex That Aren’t That Purity Movement Crap – Houston – Arts – Art Attack.

More Skirmishes at Christian-Owned Bed & Breakfasts

Reasonable science standards for Kentucky students called “fascistic” and “atheistic”

Why Evolution Is True

There are new science standards in Kentucky, which I believe are the ones outlined on this page.  They mandate understanding of evolution (as a fact! OMG!) and an acceptance that humans are causing global warming. I give a sample of each.

Here are the standards for evolution in high school (grades 9-12), which include good stuff like this:

And for “Earth and human activity” (including climate change):

Of course, Kentucky being where it is, its good citizens (I use that term loosely) aren’t going to let this rest, and, according to Cincinnati.com, a hearing in Frankfort, Kentucky brought out all the yahoos, and it was quite a fracas:

Supporters and critics of Kentucky’s new science education standards clashed over evolution and climate change Tuesday amid a high-stakes debate on overhauling academic content in public schools.

Opponents ridiculed the new standards as “fascist” and “atheistic” and said…

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Atheists Don’t Have No Songs

Believers vs Non-Believers

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A New Harvard Study Shows That Drinking Coffee Reduces The Risk Of Suicide By 50%

It’s Offensive

Your Dream Home, Blown to Smithereens — Arts and Culture — Utne Reader

 

Ben Grasso’s spectacular paintings expose the American dream for what it really is: an empty house broken into a million pieces.

Your Dream Home, Blown to Smithereens — Arts and Culture — Utne Reader.

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