RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/December 2008

December 2008
You know how fundamentalist Christians, Jews, etc hate atheists? Well, they also hate the more moderate members of their own religion. Cartoonist Eli Valley illustrates the divide between fundamentalist (i.e. Orthodox) Jews and more liberal Jews when it comes to politics. Rick Warren's a young earth creationist, whose "faith" stems from a misunderstanding of Genesis. At least Obama's real science advisers are good guys. The repeated conservative attempts to fight a "War on Christmas" miss the point of the season. Christmas Eve 1968 - Apollo 8 vs. Atheism Atheist blogger "Raving Atheist" converts, possibly for a woman, possibly for a joke, possibly because it was his plan all along. PZ Myers reports, while Pharyngula readers go all DaVinci Code on Raving Atheist's ass, exposing one secret message hidden in the text, the message's subsequent deletion and replacement, and speculating on the meaning of the former. (24 December 2008) (Alternative) Medical Advances Continue in North Korea A demolition of Gerald Warner's article on the "gay terrorist threat" to Christianity There's a strong legal case that Proposition 8 was unconstitutionally enacted. Obama doesn't need to abrogate the conscience regulation: he can just refuse to enforce it, and repeal it before he leaves office. Richard Littlejohn: "The 1930s were the Warmest Decade, and Climate Fascists Need to Find God" Meet Obama's New Chief Science Advisor Rick Warren, fundamentalist meatbag, will be at Obama's inauguration. ANGER. Alan Colmes tells Ann Coulter that she is "a hate crime." To her face! On Fox! Who's the one asshole big enough to make John Ashcroft look like a hero? Dick Cheney. One lib'rul defends warrantless wiretapping... to an extent. Fascinating Video: Richard Dawkins interviews Derren Brown, the famous British "mentalist". <vote poll=blog179 closed="yes">Westboro Baptist Church Gatecrash the "War on Christmas"! <vote poll=blog178 closed="yes">The "War on Christmas" is all about not being able to accept multiculturalism. <vote poll=blog177 closed="yes">About 30 years ago, the BBC TV series "Not the Nine O'Clock News" ran these skits about conservatives, the church's attitude towards gay Christians and the malleability of "unchanging" dogma.  It's depressing how little things have changed. <vote poll=blog176 closed="yes">From MarketWatch.com: Wall Street's 'Disaster Capitalism for Dummies' <vote poll=blog175 closed="yes">Is it too late to defend Reverend Wright? <vote poll=blog174 closed="yes">The bailout... not going so well, actually. <vote poll=blog173 closed="yes">Jon Stewart flays Huckabee on the gay marriage issue, by proving the emptiness of appeals to tradition, especially when tradition is equivocal. <vote poll=blog172 closed="yes">Does the internet do anything more than breed extremists? <vote poll=blog171 closed="yes">Inconvenient Truths The media's disingenuous failure to state the obvious. (Dec. 8, 2008) <vote poll=blog170 closed="yes">Donofrio v. Wells may be dead, but that won't deter the wingnuts. <vote poll=blog169 closed="yes">Don't let Andy Schlafly fool you. The Supreme Court/Obama citizenship case is dead. <vote poll=blog168 closed="yes">YouTube is dead. From your friendly, neighbour Thunderf00t! <vote poll=blog167 closed="yes">Why national science standards, geared at promoting evolution, might not work. <vote poll=blog166 closed="yes">One man's humble opinion: evolution needn't disprove the Bible. <vote poll=blog165 closed="yes">ScienceBlogs no longer has a monopoly on battling denialists: post Obama's election, there's a new breed of denialists in town, crazy neocons challenging Obama's eligibility to be President! Two reasons why they're wrong. <vote poll=blog164 closed="yes">Emma Tom compares Intelligent Designers (not the creationists, God the actual designers) with bored goths. <vote poll=blog163 closed="yes">Roger Ebert finally reviews Expelled. Two evolved opposable thumbs down.