Comment posted on MSNBC

After reading many comments about the new bible version about to be published and seeing so many arguing about translation and other nonsense, only a few like me drilled it down to a meaningful retort against the bible overall.

Here is my comment

If religion is so important why do so many people know so little about theirs? It was recently pointed out that atheists know more about what is in the bible than most everyone sitting in the pews. People say they believe in God but can't really say why. To actually read the bible from cover to cover would be a shocking experience to modern Christians. If anyone today reads the whole bible all the way thru and still thinks its the "Good Book" they are cruel people who worship a cruel god.

Soviets teaching strict atheism?

My email to the author, because I am so tired of this kind of comparison between communism and atheism.

Dear Sir,

I discovered your book "The Religious Case Against Belief” at the Lewis and Clark library and have enjoyed it very much.

I do have one question. Being an American atheist, I was wondering exactly how did the Soviets teach "strict atheism"? Through example, my children learn secular values, so I am not sure what you meant on page 52. I have listened to hours and hours of debate on what is the difference between agnostics and atheists. From what I can tell, claiming to be an atheist only means one thing. An Atheist is a person who does not believe in a god or gods. period. How the person thinks or believes in anything else is not apparent.

I do appreciate your learned opinions and it has been fun to finally read something that is not overly sectarian or secular.

Montana Prayer Breakfast

unbelievably unconstitutional

inconceivable ignorance

unconvincing understanding

precocious to pompous

piously pretentious

evangelical egoist

silly sectarian

Global Warming

Age of Consent

http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6fd5edd8-3622-11e0-acf6-001cc4c002e0.html

"Senate Bill 97 would require girls under the age of 16 to give 48 hours of notice to parents before receiving an abortion. Republican Sen. Jim Shockley of Victor told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday that the bill is about protecting children and involving mature decision makers in the abortion process."

He can't have it both ways… The age of consent is 16. If 16 year olds are legally considered "adult" enough to decide for themselves about sex, then they should have the same right in deciding what is best for them concerning the aftermath of having sex at 16? Subject: age of consent for Montana Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:04:38 EST In the 1997 edition of the Montana Codes Annotated and the 1997 Montana Law Enforcement Reference Guide section 45-5-501, Definitions part (b) (iii) states that the victim is incapable of consent because he is less than 16 years old. The actual law for sexual intercourse without consent is 45-5-503.