First off, Ted and I would like to apologize for our long absence from Skeptical Monkey. In the past eleven months, we’ve moved across the country, gotten new jobs, bought a house, and are currently in the process of planning a wedding. Sadly, in the midst of all these life-changing events, Skeptical Monkey was placed on the back burner—but that doesn’t mean we’ve lost our passion for skepticism!
Life is slowly returning to normal, and we plan to begin updating regularly again once the wedding is over.
And Speaking of Weddings…
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Is Religion Really to blame for centuries of war? Or would we be fighting each other anyway?
I recently came upon an article titled "Theism Versus Atheism" on Relijournal. At first glance it seemed to be another just summary of theist vs. atheism arguments. But the author had some interesting points about crusades and the religion-causes-war debate.
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And Now That We Have Your Attention…
Recently, on a trip to Denver, CO, we ran into a young man and woman, probably in their early twenties, who were handing out literature on the sidewalk. Both wore black t-shirts which read, plainly, “Religion is a lie.”
Naturally, we stopped to hear what they had to say. The young man handed us a card, which said the following:
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America Isn’t Shy About Displaying Christian Faith on Cars
During a recent cross country trip from Arizona to New York, we took note of every ‘religious fish’ car magnet we saw and about where in the country we saw it. Somewhat expectedly, it went something like this:
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Rather than using science, the Creation Museum employs emotional messages to push its own scientific propaganda.
During a recent cross country trip, we stopped by the new Creation Museum in Kentucky. We wanted to see this with our own eyes. We took a few photos while we were there.
Sara in front of the Creation Museum, Kentucky
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