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Hilarious brainwashing tactics

This website. Whatever they are, it’s hilarious. I give up.
KIDZ: ATHEISTS MIGHT EAT YOU! RUN AWAY!
Click on the goat’s head for some funny comments. “Hey kid, wanna read some Ayn Rand?”

I don’t *think* I look like that in the morning, but I do love sleeping in on Sundays!
And this cute little Ganesh takes it in [...]

The Internet Monk interviews Dr. Valerie Tarico

Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.

What’s the point?
1. Evangelicals are constantly mischaracterizing non-theists. We need to listen and not preach.
2. [...]

Mentoring Those Who Doubt

The power of social networking has struck again.
Most of us have connected with people that we haven’t seen in a long time, by Facebook, Myspace, Classmates or other social media sites. Sometimes, it’s an opportunity to do a little harmless catching up, combined with a chance to see what became of person X. In some [...]

Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitive Science, part 4 of 6: The Born-Again Experience

Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington.  She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
“… I prayed harder and just then I felt like everything I was saying was [...]

Marysville schools ban religious promotions

Via the P-I.com:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARYSVILLE, Wash.
New guidelines for volunteers in the Marysville School District stop them from promoting religious or political viewpoints.
Superintendent Larry Nyland issued the guidelines last week after a parent complained that a 19-year-old volunteer had offered her 11-year-old daughter a ride to church.
The Everett Herald reports the new guidelines allow volunteers to [...]

Hutchinson throws her loony hat into the ring

Susan Hutchison, closet Republican and official loony bin resident, has officially filed to run for King County Executive. Here’s her campaign website. Remember Erica C. Barnett’s piece on Hutchison? In case you need a refresher:
But don’t let Hutchison’s nonpartisan pretenses fool you. She’s a partisan Republican with a long history of working for and donating [...]

American Home Shield/ServiceMaster

Anyone use them? We do, and yesterday, we noticed that ServiceMaster’s Corporate Objectives contain this nifty little clause:

Highlighting is mine. PDF of this document available on ServiceMaster’s website.
Here’s another bit from ServiceMaster’s corporate site.

Anyone know of an alternative secular home warranty company? No. I didn’t think so. Grumble.

New Chick tracts!

Now don’t all run out and get them — leave some for the rest of us!

Evengelist Phil Kidd to women: SHUT UP! SHUTUPSHUTUP! SHUT. UP.

This was pretty funny. Pompous evangelist ass Phil Kidd would like women please to be shutting up now. Regarding the topics of the shutting up, meh, who cares? He sounds like a total tool —  just one more misogynistic ass who wants women to be subservient and silent. I think he should work on his [...]

The documents, for your perusal