Comment by Stephen Charles on May 29, 2011 at 11:05am

Excellent as always. The skin to neurons article was fantastic.

Comment by Nelson on May 29, 2011 at 11:25am

glad you enjoyed that article in particular Stephen. thanks for the kind words. and thanks for commenting! :)

Comment by Gary Bergeron on May 29, 2011 at 12:34pm

Philosophy, Astronomy, Physics, and even comedy (Harold Camping...sheesh), Sunday School has it all!

The Jesus Camp brainwashing vid scared the bejusus out of me. Especially the part where the counselor actually told the children to "go to war" with the bible's word. ô¿ô  As James Randi once said: We must stand together or hang separately.

Thanks Nelson! Have a great weekend everybody! :)

 

Comment by oneinfinity on May 29, 2011 at 3:42pm

wow, this PandaMania from the story about VBS at Fort Bragg REALLY disturbs and disgusts me. I mean I think that regular old sunday church sessions are just a performance reinforcing brainwashing, but this! What level of detachment from reality do you have to be at where you can't see that this is grotesque. I mean even, and maybe even especially, to christians themselves!? When you can't tell the difference between chucky cheese and bible camp something is WRONG.  O_o

Comment by Heiko Knipfelberg on May 29, 2011 at 5:22pm

Nelson, Thanks for the links. Esp. the "Rock Beyond Belief", I sent along my support to them.

Comment by Steven on May 29, 2011 at 7:58pm

As to your article about Vacation Bible School at Fort Bragg. I was a Chaplain Assistant in the US Army for twemty-two years and was stationed at Fort Bragg. One of the reasons I am an atheist today is the US Army Chaplains Corps. The Chaplains Corps runs Vacation Bible School at every post in every country where family members are present. Every VBS I was associated with was nothing like the Jesus Camp video I have watched. It was your generic pablum that is pumped out to keep the children occupied for the better part of a morning so the adults can get on with whatever adults do when children are not present. I don't agree, but that is what I know from my association with the beast of organized religion.

 

 

Comment by Nick Lavalley on May 29, 2011 at 9:25pm

Thanks for sharing these articles.  Particularly fascinated by the transforming skin cells to neurons article.  Very interesting stuff.

Comment by James on May 30, 2011 at 1:18am

Spectacular class as always!

Comment by Jon Heim on May 30, 2011 at 2:04am

This is one thing I look forward to waking up to on Sunday mornings.

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