Ok, after watching this, I was just irate! These guys, who clearly aren't very intelligent on the subject (not being bias, just look at their responses on the video) are teaching these kids that dinosaurs walked with Adam and Eve, and the T-Rex only ate fruit. Now you don't even have to be an atheist to see that as complete bull. They even blatently lie and ingnore an exhibit in the video about how they date fossils, and in defense respond "we can't cover everything." I just can't stand that they push this nonsense on children that are often too young to think for themselves, so obviously they are going to believe what an adult tells them, even these idiots.


I found it here: http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/03/23/how-to-ruin-a-trip-to-the-museum/

It infuriates me that people assume that no god = no morals.  Apparently we are the most distrusted minority by far.

Every single study that has ever looked at the issue has revealed massive amounts of bigotry and prejudice against atheists in America. The most recent data shows that atheists are more distrusted and despised than any other minority and that an atheist is the least likely person that Americans would vote for in a presidential election. It's not just that atheists are hated, though, but also that atheists seem to represent everything about modernity which Americans dislike or fear.

More Information: http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheitsHated.htm

They may be comedians, but these guys bring forward a lot of great points.  With comedy slipped in there of course...

 

Thousands of years of human learning and education. Men and women's lives have been devoted to finding out about the history of the world. Now some people are trying to allow our children to simply dismiss facts; makes perfect sense to me...?

The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a bill that says that a student can receive a passing grade in an Earth Science class if they say that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the Earth an hour ago, and then planted false memories into every single living creature on Earth to make it seem like they’ve been around longer.

Of course, that’s not the intent of the bill. The intent is that a student can say the Earth is 6000 years old and still get a passing grade. The bill itself says that a student cannot be graded down if they say that what they are being taught interferes with their religious beliefs.

Welcome to the dark ages.

SOURCE: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/09/oklahoma-one-step-from-doom/

Source: http://www.suyka.com/atheist.jpg

He was told that he would be

'unable to put aside his personal convictions and pray with his troops' and would have trouble bonding with them if promoted to a leadership position.

Apparently believing in god is required to be a leader? Since when? Constantine led the Normans in the crusades as an atheist (though he had to hide it).

This is just completely appaling. As a former Officer in the United States military, this sickens me. To think that our country was founded on freedom , one of those most important freedoms being religious freedom(this man actively fought for it). And the very institution that is employed to protect those freedoms are being denied it themselves.

I hope the board/people that denied his promotion is dealt with properly and recieves a fair punishment as at least that would show that the military itself has some backbone.

His attorney put it well:

It is beyond despicable, indeed wholly unlawful, that the United States Army is actively attempting to destroy the professional career of one of its decorated young fighting soldiers, with two completed combat tours in Iraq, simply because he had the rare courage to stand up for his constitutional rights

SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_us/military_religion_lawsuit