Links of Note

I've been collecting links.

Salon fixes the Bible's Liberal Bias -- Salon:

"Who, after all, would suspect England's King James I, who ruled in the 17th century, of leaving the version of the Bible that he commissioned open to subversion by Marxists? The folks at Conservapedia, that's who. The Web site founded by Phyllis Schlafly's son Andrew as an alternative to Wikipedia, which bills itself as the only "encyclopedic resource on the internet [that] is free of corruption by liberal untruths.

"Now, you may think this is an absurd idea. But here at Salon, we think it's an important project, and that you're all heathens, or worse, Unitarians.

"Conservapedia is, after all, scrupulously fair and objective. You can tell from its article on President Obama, which discusses the mind control techniques he used during the presidential campaign, includes a lengthy -- and credulous -- discussion of Birther theories and sums up his political beliefs by saying, "Obama's positions have been described as that of a 'Marxist leftist'."

Oregon's Governor's Earth-based Religion -- USA Today:

"I believe if there is a God, this is where he lives. He's on the river, he's in the mountains -- this is what it's all about."

Demonic Halloween Candy -- The Huffington Post:

[Quoting a CBN article]"...most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches."

And some from my friends:

Barry on Choices:

"How can someone choose what they believe? As Tim Milligan (who I discovered by random during my blog-browsing today) says: 'I can't control what I believe is true. If you walked up to me and paid me a large sum of money to believe that the sky is red, I might say "Okay, the sky is red", but inside I would be believing the sky is blue and lying to you for the money.' The whole idea of "don't question, just believe" (or "God said it, I believe it, that settles it") makes no sense. I can't just believe something without having some sort of evidence for it that can change my mind from my current beliefs on the subject."

Mike on the Pledge:

"The Pledge of Allegiance was originally written in 1892 and has been changed four times since then. The original pledge was penned by Francis Bellamy and read; 'I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Republic for which it stands — One nation indivisible — with liberty and justice for all'. Notice that the original pledge did not say anything at all about God?"

Sue on Toast:

"Why do people keep seeing Jesus in their pieces of toast? Why does it always have to be Jesus? Is he the only one allowed to appear on pieces of toast? This so does not look like Jesus to me. It looks like Frank Zappa."