Diversion

This is one of those posts where the blogger feels guilty about not posting in a while and, in an effort to lessen that guilt, posts a bunch of links to other blogs hoping that readers won't notice that the blogger himself hasn't really said anything of substance...

At Five Public Opinions AV slams a collection of strawman arguments used against athiests by Pastor Steve at Millersville Bible Church.

James Wheeldon gave Andrew Bolt a smack on the wrist for yet another ridiculous attempt to put Nazis and the Left in the same basket. Tim Dunlop picked up on it at his new blog Blogocracy, and Andrew didn't like it, calling Tim a "goose with a conspirational mindset". For Andrew, throwing insults is much easier than addressing the criticism made against him, and James Wheeldon gives him a smack on the other wrist for his childish behaviour.

PZ Meyers was one of many who've commented on a New Jersey high school teacher who used his classroom to inform his students that if they didn't accept Jesus they "belong in hell", lied about it, and then looked like a complete spoon when confronted with recordings of his classroom sermons. As it turns out some of his students are sticking up for him, with calm and well considered reasoning of course.