Family Guy: Not All Dogs Go To Heaven

The newest episode of The Family Guy revolves around Brian getting into trouble when people discover he’s an atheist (not the first time a Family Guy plot has mentioned his atheism), and Meg gets converted to Christianity by Kirk Cameron. I liked it. Unfortunately, I can’t embed it, so here’s a link to the episode:

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FSTDT – In video

All text taken directly from online Christian fundamentalist forums. “I can sum it up in three words: Evolution is a lie.” “You know, there are a lot of things in life that I’ve concluded to be wrong without studying them in depth. Evolution is one of them. You know, the fact that I don’t think [...]

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Bad Muslim Arguments

Recently, on another website, I read a comment by a Muslim which said that the Christian Bible mentions Mohammad – by name – as the next and last prophet of God. Curious, I asked about it – which book and verse? He responded with Deuteronomy 18:18 and Song of Solomon 5:16. I’m used to seeing [...]

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Quiverfull Movement

NPR has a new story about the Quiverfull Movement – a sect of Christianity that believes they should have as many children as they can. (Come to think of it, that’s a bit like Mormon teachings – which says families should have as many children as they can handle.) It’s originally based on Psalms 127:3-5 [...]

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Taj Din al-Hilali – caught lying

Religious people are more honest – because God has commanded them not to lie, right? AUSTRALIA’S most controversial sheik, Taj Din al-Hilali, has been caught on videotape kicking in a door at his own mosque before calling police to report an act of vandalism. The head imam at the Lakemba mosque, who caused outrage in [...]

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Pious ‘fight death the hardest’

Interesting story over at the BBC. I’m sure the common myth is that religious people are the most gracious at accepting death, while the nonreligious hold on to life like scared children, after everyone else knows it’s futile. (Actually, I think I remember Lee Strobel making some argument based on the quiet confidence of believers [...]

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Michael Ruse, Creationism, and the Culture War

In this clip, Michael Ruse says that Creationism/Evolution is really just one piece of the larger culture war – the fight over society’s views of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. I don’t think that’s entirely accurate, although I do think the culture war is certainly a part of the Creationism/Evolution “debate”. And, Creationists often like to argue [...]

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Perpetual Motion Machine Puzzle

I stumbled on this last night: it’s an interesting little two-minute video of a guy putting together a machine that “produces electricity” from magnets. Obviously, something isn’t quite right about it – if it works the way he says it works, then we could produce free electricity. And we know that isn’t possible. I haven’t [...]

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World Breaking News: Face of Christ ‘appears in cushion’

If it seems like I’m joking around by writing “World Breaking News” in the title, but I’m only copying what an Australian news agency wrote. World Breaking News Face of Christ ‘appears in cushion’ at Jesus-Misericordieux church Reunion THOUSANDS of people have flocked to a Roman Catholic church on the French Indian Ocean island of [...]

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