A Cobert christmas message

Sorry fans of “Jeezus” (the god of the American version of evangelical Christianity) but the real Jesus (assuming he really existed) was a bit of a hippie, constantly trying to get people to sell all their possessions and give to the poor (Luke 12:33, Matthew 6:19, etc.).

I really enjoyed the clip below, by Stephen Colbert. If there’s one thing we can take from Jesus’ teaching this time of year, I hope it’s the charity bit.

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Conservapedia.com’s treatment of atheism

I don’t know how many of you are familiar with Conservapedia.com, the Wikipedia-like religious Christian-minded website that puts a rightward spin on the information we all take for granted over at Wikipedia, and specifically their page about atheism.

Let start off your introduction to Conservapedia with a quote from their rules page.

This page and the pages listed below are the only rule pages on Conservapedia. These guidelines are kept simple in order to avoid the arbitrary and biased enforcement that is rampant on Wikipedia.

Also take note of their slogan:

The Trustworthy Encyclopedia.

I read the bulk of the article regarding atheism and have come to one conclusion: it’s downright wrong and intentionally deceitful as to the true information regarding godlessness. Here are a few comments on certain sections (but feel free to read the rest of the page yourself).

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