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The Creationist Guide to Passing Oklahoma's Science Classes
Because it's a day that ends in Y, some state legislature is beclowning itself with an ill-informed debate about science and religion in the classroom. Today, it's the Oklahoma House of Representatives' turn, as it reviews the proposed "Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act."
That certainly sounds scientific. And educational. And very, very freedomy.
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Pope Benedict Won't Monday-Morning-Pope His Successor
Unlike all the other dudes with Twitter accounts who claim to be authorities on everything, Pope Benedict has some theological justification for his claim on infallibility. Which means Benedict's nearly unprecedented abdication created the possibility of a retired pope second-guessing his successor — "His teachings are sententia fidei proxima, at best!"Alas, a Vatican production of Two Popes, One Funny Hat is not going to happen:
"These powers go with the office, so they will pass to the next pope… Whoever renounces no longer has the assistance of the Holy Spirit to guide the Universal Church," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said at a briefing.
Guess it's impossible to disagree with an infallible pope who proclaims himself fallible.
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Pope Benedict Gives Up Papacy for Lent
Pope Benedict XVI has a message for the faithful this Lenten season: you are not going to out-Catholic the Pope. You abstain from soda, he'll give up ice cream. You give up Facebook, he'll stop tweeting as @pontifex. You stop eating meat, he'll stop being the Pope.
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Pastor Apologizes for Praying With Muslims and Jews
What horrific thing did Reverend Rob Morris of Newtown, Connecticut's Christ the King Lutheran Church do that would merit an apology to his church leaders?
Was it the same crime we always associate with religious clergy who are forced to apologize?
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27% of Americans Think God Has Nothing Better to Do Than Decide the Super Bowl
Ask the three people nearest you if they think God is responsible for determining the winner of the Super Bowl this Sunday.
If they answer in the negative, statistically speaking, you are the doofus who believes God has a surprisingly lax schedule:
Tags: Football, God, Polls, Religion, Sports, Super Bowl
