Arizona Is At It Again

     Republicans in Arizona have proposed a bill that would require students to recite an oath before they can receive their high school diploma.  Apparently all the math, science, and history classes are not enough to prove that these students are qualified to graduate.

     The bill put forth by the Arizona legislature is HB 2467.  According to this bill the students would have say:  I, ________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; so help me god.

     There are many things wrong with this oath, but as an Atheist I am most concerned with the last line. When will the Christian-Right finally understand that not everyone believes in their god or any god at all.  The Arizona legislators time could be better spent working on improving education instead of wasting time pushing their bullshit religion.

Robertson: Women Usually to Blame for Troubled Marriages

I do not understand why some women would follow men like this. 

Expose Peter Popoff

     A few nights ago I awoke and turned on the TV.  I was shocked to see an infomercial for Peter Popoff Ministries.  I had not heard that name in awhile.  I thought he was in prison or dead. If you don’t know who Peter Popoff is then let me give you a short history lesson.  He was a televangelist in the 1980’s and a self proclaimed prophet and faith healer who conducted revival meetings.  Skeptics James Randi and Alec Jason secretly video taped  his method of receiving information about revival attendees from his wife via an in-ear receiver.  They then exposed  him on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.  Later that year, 1987, Popoff filed for bankruptcy.
     Popoff is now at it again.  He is now pushing Miracle Spring Water, for a donation of course.  He claims that if you get the water then you will receive “miracle money” from god.  You can see a clip of the infomercial on his website  www.peterpopoff.org . If you watched the clip then you may have noticed that most of the participants were older African-Americans.  Popoff tells them they will receive their miracle money to pay off debts.  He is the worst kind of con artist, preying on the elderly, desperate, and gullible.   Peter Popoff needs to be exposed once more.