RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/February 2010

February 2010
Think Obama is arrogant? That's rayciss! The American Family Association's news website, OneNewsNow shows their knowledge of geography. Just a hint - Mosul is in Iraq. As even the GOP begins to see sense, Farah stands, screaming into the face of reason and tolerance, "I would suggest to you that at least 90 percent of Americans reject same-sex marriage." Can we have a citation for that? Farah, did you ever consider that the confusion could be caused by the fact nobody else uses your simplistic view of left-right politics? "Evolutionism: the dying West's science of magic and madness." Who knew that secularism and rationalism are forms of "animism"?  Conservative hypocrisy has reached new levels, with theocrats calling for religious liberty and torture-supporters calling for the "rule of law". Breaking news: The secular world is on the verge of admitting the veracity of Genesis, because historians refer to the ancient civilisations around Israel by the same names used in the Bible. Circular logic much? Apparently Glenn Beck is being politically correct. If scientists don't know what it is, it must be a sign from God.

Please meet blogger James I. Nienhuis. He hasn't been blogging much in the last month, but his last post Christendom Preachers Pastors Christian Lay People Asleep Wheel Ignore Darwinian Attacks Veracity Genesis Scriptural Inerrancy Not Defended Historical Account Torah Doubted Treated Lightly Quaint Fairie Tales Believers Story Adam Jesus Revelation When Will Evangelists Pulpits America Wake Up Academic Intellectual Onslaught Christian Holy Writ?, should give you plenty to read - even if all you read is the title. Update Our Joycean blogger is back from his Sabbatical Dancing, plus we get a mention. First there was the birthers; now there is the paycheckers. Clinton is ignoring the "plain and unambiguous" constitutional provision: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office." Birchers say that serving in the military is a privilege not a right. Because WND was not making enough from advertising, shilling its own books, and it "exclusive" subscription only G2 Bulletin; WND is now going to sell the crap they give away for free, in a weekly form. CMI just keeps excreting it. Not only do they think that the idea of a "living constitution" has something to do with evolution theory, but they complain that the Nazis did not believe in the traditional concept of God-given human rights. Heard of the divine right of kings, fellows?