by Jesse Galef
Ray Comfort recently decided to pollute the waters of intellectual integrity by printing his own edition of Darwin’s Origin of Species putting his own 50-page foreword [edit: corrected spelling throughout] at the beginning. This foreword misrepresents the theory in an attempt to discredit evolution, connect Darwin to Hitler, and generally mislead [...]
by VorJack
In reading Robert Kunzman’s Write These Laws on Your Children, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the families involved. I wouldn’t necessarily want to live with any of them, and they’re all pretty conservative, but they mostly seem like they’d make good neighbors. Granted, Kunzman may be going out of his way to [...]
In response to some of the debate we’ve been having about his new book, Robert Kunzman has written to us with some concerns about some of the the stats and studies that have been thrown around. He maintains a site which summarizes his conclusions from studying the data: Three Key Points about Homeschooling.
In brief:
1. [...]
by VorJack
Back when I was an undergrad, I used to sit around the cafeteria table and listen to my friends discuss the latest fantasy novels. Robert Jordan was just hitting his stride about that time, and his Wheel of Time series was a popular topic. My friends would obsess about the characters, work [...]
by VorJack
I once joked that the real difference between Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith was 1800 years. Poor Smith was born into a time with court records, journalists and scandal-mongers. He couldn’t get away with anything. In contrast, we only know about Jesus from the religious writings of his followers. What [...]
by Vorjack
A scene of depravity from Robert Kunzman’s Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling:
Shortly thereafter, as I gather up my things to leave, I tell the kids that I’ll be back tomorrow to hang out again. As I head to the front door, four-year-old Jacob starts getting [...]
by Vorjack
I first became aware of Robert Jensen’s work when his essay about rejoining the Methodist Church appeared on Killing the Buddha. Jensen is basically an atheist and a naturalist, but he had been invited to speak before a Methodist congregation by a progressive preacher. Jensen was taken by the aesthetics and the [...]
by VorJack
The Fourth Estate Meets the First
We became familiar with the L.A. Times journalist William Lobdell when his biographical article, “He had faith in his job“, came out in July of 2007. In this article, Lobdell tells the story of how covering the religion beat slowly eroded his faith in the church. [...]
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