I read the original post PZ mentions a few days ago, and found myself retching at the link. I really wish that the super-religious would leave religious instruction in the church, where it belongs. Provide it in parochial schools, fine…but ftlog, don’t teach religion to my child in a public school. That’s my job as a parent.

Angry Professor’s original post focused more on the idea many religious sorts hold that the only means to becoming a good person is by being a Christian. Feh. Whatever. How sad would that be, if the only way that people could make good choices were by way of fearing eternity in hell? Anyone with a passing knowledge of Skinner’s research could tell you that punishment and negative reinforcement are actually the *weakest* teaching tools out there. How about we do something novel, and do the right thing simply because it’s right?

Anyway…here’s what grabbed me from PZ’s site:

And guess what? You can be a practicing Christian or Muslim or whatever, and still adopt the secular-rational worldview. Our problem, I think, is with those religious people with the strange idea that praising Jesus requires a rejection of rationality and secularism.

Amen. Read the rest here.

Spotted on a bumpersticker:

THE BUSH DOCTRINE:

Speak unintelligibly
and hit people with a big stick.

*snort*