No kidding. Some group in North Carolina plans to burn Bibles on Halloween.
Funny part, or ironic part: It’s a church doing the burning.
And in case you’re hungry, “We will be serving Bar-b-Que chicken, fried chicken, and all the sides.”
Tip of the old scrub brush to Dispatches from the Culture Wars — great comments there, including this one, a favorite of mine: “I’m going to have to address the menu, however: Chicken is not even mentioned in Leviticus.“
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Posted by Ed Darrell
Nick Matzke at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) advised and coached the plaintiff’s lawyers in the Dover case, and in general has made himself useful tracking down the real history of creationism and intelligent design. He’s at it still, and over at Panda’s Thumb tavern he reports that, contrary to Coral Ridge Ministries’ D. James Kennedy’s claims that there is a direct connection from Darwin to Hitler, Darwin made the list of books banned, and perhaps burned, by the Nazis.
Matzke’s work raises serious issues with Richard Weikart’s claim, in From Darwin to Hitler, that there is a direct link.
Interesting reading. Go look.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
Ed Darrell on Texas's Colorado River
Come on in, the water's fine. Come often: Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 