November 7, 2005

Vatican to Fundamentalists: Stop Monkeying around with this Creative Design stuff

According to News.Com.Au the Vatican has given Charles Darwin some major props…
THE Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.
Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the Genesis description of [...]

November 7, 2005

Hey, do those ethics classes include anything about torture?

Conservative and fundamentalist Christians scorn moral relativism when it comes to personal behavior. Tolerance for criminal behavior is not tempered by any namby-pamby thinking about racial prejudice or class differentiation. I think it is safe to say that the Bush inner circle professes this brand of Christianity.
The reason for the Iraqi [...]