Comments on: Dubious Source Material: Tocqueville

By: Used-to-be-Fundy

Used-to-be-Fundy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:44:38 +0000

At my former fundy church we were told not to worry about West Coast Baptist College not being accredited because (paraphrased) Even Harvard is not accredited!

This is not even remotely true! Harvard has been accredited for many decades.

So glad to be able to fact check these fundy pastors!

By: RojAvon

RojAvon — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:08:44 +0000

One good thing Snopes did. After sending it in reply to some Fundie relatives a few times, years back, after they discovered the internet and started forwarding me crap email from their Juno accounts they took me off their junk list.

By: Big Gary

Big Gary — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:03:25 +0000

Even helicopter rotors don’t do that, and they actually move in a circle.

By: tk

tk — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:46:41 +0000

I know this is an older post, but had to comment on the fact that it seems like speech writers are to blame for popularizing (& evolving?) this quote.

stuff fundies (AND unsaved politicians? like: Dubious Source Material: Tocqueville

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:35:21 +0000

@Josh, but I heard that both Darwin’s & Voltaire’s deathbed conversions were true! LOL

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:04:49 +0000

Darwin’s deathbed conversion, anyone?

By: alm517

alm517 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:55:45 +0000

@ Ben- Since reading this article, I’ve been wondering the very same thing. We used A Beka text books for everything at that school until 9th grade when we used BJ for science so who knows how many more falsified facts I’ve had to know over the years.

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:33:44 +0000

Yes, Brandon. Thank you! Exactly. ::thumbs up::

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:29:11 +0000

Let’s keep everything in perspective. Nobody is denying that it was a mistake, nor is anyone claiming it’s on the level of a scandal.

It’s not this event alone that represents a problem. The problem is that it betrays the pervasive mindset that is inculcated in students on a daily basis–that preaching should be viewed as coming directly from God and not from men, that it should simply be absorbed and not critiqued, and that the only proper response to it is conviction. I think (correct me if I’m wrong) this is what Camille is talking about when she says “sunshine.” They need to take off the veneer of supposed impunity if they want to be taken seriously when they apologize for mess-ups like this one.

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:29:41 +0000

And this one:

http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2010/01/criticizing/

Seriously guys, the irony is too obvious to be fun anymore. Let’s stop trying to prove how ridiculous and vulcherous I am, okay? Deal?