Rom's Rants

Sunday, July 06, 2008

The Jefferson Bible

There is an interesting article over at the L.A. Times about some activities by one of the more secular-minded founding fathers, specifically Thomas Jefferson.

I knew that most of the Founding Fathers were deists, but I didn't know that Thomas Jefferson took scissors to a bible and using paste and a journal made a 46-page rendition of the bible as he believed it. (Thanks to Pharyngula for the link.)

If you want to read what he felt was important from the bible, check it out. The Jefferson Bible is available online. (Make sure you have a decent pop-up blocker.)

posted by Michael Russell at 7/06/2008 10:25:00 AM | 0 Comments Links to this post | View blog reactions

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Happy Birthday, ToNS!

One hundred and fifty years ago today, the Theory of Natural Selection was first announced to the public.

Since then, the theory has been refined, reinforced through genetic evidence, and has become the keystone to modern science.

We owe a great debt to those who could make the mental leap from the intuitive answer to the logical, graceful answer that we have today.

posted by Michael Russell at 7/01/2008 08:51:00 AM | 0 Comments Links to this post | View blog reactions

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Guest Post #4 is Up

My fourth guest post for Game QA Blog is up.

posted by Michael Russell at 6/28/2008 02:55:00 PM | 0 Comments Links to this post | View blog reactions

Friday, June 27, 2008

Sorry, Louisiana

I'm sorry, Louisiana, but your government has failed you.

posted by Michael Russell at 6/27/2008 02:36:00 PM | 0 Comments Links to this post | View blog reactions

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Freshwater Defense

For those of you who have been following the pending dismissal of a teacher from the Mount Vernon School District in Ohio, the defense has been revealed...he was just "teaching the controversy."

Evidently, burning crosses into the arms of your students is one way of doing that.

This whole thing reminds me of a quote from Martin Luther:

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

Given that mindset, is it any wonder that science is under attack from religious zealots?

posted by Michael Russell at 6/22/2008 09:10:00 PM | 0 Comments Links to this post | View blog reactions