Conservative Christians NEVER stop trying to mark their territory in the public schools, paid for with everyone's tax dollars. They never cite Article VI of the Constitution that bans religious tests for holding public office in the United States. That is a very strange thing to include in the foundational document of a country whose founders were trying to create a Christian country. As for David Barton, he may as well call himself an astronaut as a historian. His degree in Bible studies from Oral Roberts doesn't qualify him to teach American history at the grade school level.
It is fitting that the American Christian History/Heritage Month proclamation originates in El Dorado county. Both the proclamation and El Dorado are erroneous myths.
FFS, the county is named "El Dorado', a classic legendary myth, a story of passionate delusionists going to ruination or their deaths searching for something that doesn't exist. How effing perfect for these bozos.
Jeez. More territory marking and virtue signaling. Honestly, those seem to be the only two things (maybe add hand-waving and prayer proposals) they know how to do ... and they need to be called on it. Glad to see that the FFRF is on their case, as it comes to that.
I'm pretty sure religion was an important part of life in the Americas *before* the age of exploration, too. Maybe someone should suggest a symbolic month dedicated to that?
If nothing else, it would test the board's willingness to allow symbolic acnowledgement of other American Heritages. Want to claim you passed this not because you're bigoted but because it's a token nonissue? Then let's see you pass some equilavent non-Christian token nonissues.
I once again call upon rationalists who are alarmed at these developments to eschew the phrase "Christian nationalist" and go instead with an initial reference to "nationalist Christians", followed thereafter with the short form "nat-Cs".
Here's an actual fact: The first 6 Presidents were Deists, not Christians. The first Christian President was that racist maniac Andrew Jackson.
Do we really have to quote the Key Founders and what they had to say about Christians and Christianity? Guaranteed you won't like it. It'll upset your prejudices.
The Spray-Tanned Shitgibbon's attempted countersuit against E Jean Carroll is DOA- meanwhile, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 ongoing suit against 𝘩𝘪𝘮 is on track to deliver another much-deserved court-slapping to the MAGAt-in-Chief this coming January.
I should really just start buying popcorn in bulk.
Once I retire and have more time and don’t need to be professionally circumspect, I’m might try to get my state’s constitution amended to remove references to God. Maryland still has a line that says people can’t testify in court if they don’t profess god-belief. Not enforceable of course but it is still an affront.
David Barton. A man who wrote a book about Thomas Jefferson that was so riddled with errors and outright falsehoods that his own Christian publisher pulled it from sale.
I don't need an official month, every Ceiling Cat damned day on every other block in town I'm reminded of the joke by every steeple (recently though there's been some domes, stuphas, and temples added in)
Due to a bizarre space-time anomaly, some parts of California are right next to Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Carolinas, and Florida. For your safety and sanity, please avoid those parts of California.
I DEMAND that the County of El Dorado declare the Month of February (the month of the birth of Epicurus in 341 BC) to be Atheist Heritage Month.
I don't actually have a problem with a 'Christian History Month' in principal, provided 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. You know, stuff like how the modern-day Christian bible was created, the Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch trials, support of slavery, and just who Joseph Smith actually was. Honest, accurate history and where most Christians stood on the issues of the time in question to help deepen public understanding of who Christians are.
If I believed that would be what would happen, I'd be fine with having such a month. I might even encourage it. Too much Christian history just doesn't get taught at church, presumably because they're pushing an agenda. Knowing that it's not going to be anything like that, I find I can't support the deliberate deception of the public for what will likely amount to a White Christian Nationalist push for power. I may not know when American Christianity became the 'religion for those seeking power over others' but I'm not blind enough to miss that it did happen.
El Dorado should never have passed this, and I hope the FFRF's letter manages to convince them it was always a bad idea.
Christian Nationalists trying to mark territory. Must be a day ending in "y".
Conservative Christians NEVER stop trying to mark their territory in the public schools, paid for with everyone's tax dollars. They never cite Article VI of the Constitution that bans religious tests for holding public office in the United States. That is a very strange thing to include in the foundational document of a country whose founders were trying to create a Christian country. As for David Barton, he may as well call himself an astronaut as a historian. His degree in Bible studies from Oral Roberts doesn't qualify him to teach American history at the grade school level.
It is fitting that the American Christian History/Heritage Month proclamation originates in El Dorado county. Both the proclamation and El Dorado are erroneous myths.
FFS, the county is named "El Dorado', a classic legendary myth, a story of passionate delusionists going to ruination or their deaths searching for something that doesn't exist. How effing perfect for these bozos.
How about:
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑎,
𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑙.
Jeez. More territory marking and virtue signaling. Honestly, those seem to be the only two things (maybe add hand-waving and prayer proposals) they know how to do ... and they need to be called on it. Glad to see that the FFRF is on their case, as it comes to that.
I'm pretty sure religion was an important part of life in the Americas *before* the age of exploration, too. Maybe someone should suggest a symbolic month dedicated to that?
If nothing else, it would test the board's willingness to allow symbolic acnowledgement of other American Heritages. Want to claim you passed this not because you're bigoted but because it's a token nonissue? Then let's see you pass some equilavent non-Christian token nonissues.
I once again call upon rationalists who are alarmed at these developments to eschew the phrase "Christian nationalist" and go instead with an initial reference to "nationalist Christians", followed thereafter with the short form "nat-Cs".
To the County of El Dorado...
Here's an actual fact: The first 6 Presidents were Deists, not Christians. The first Christian President was that racist maniac Andrew Jackson.
Do we really have to quote the Key Founders and what they had to say about Christians and Christianity? Guaranteed you won't like it. It'll upset your prejudices.
Not surprising.
My state has several large tracks of land that would feel more comfortable if they were in Alabama.
OT- Chump gets more bad news, this time in Civil court: https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-rape-lawsuit-trial-countersuit-ce51d06c2cd71cca6f455527a9baacf7
The Spray-Tanned Shitgibbon's attempted countersuit against E Jean Carroll is DOA- meanwhile, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 ongoing suit against 𝘩𝘪𝘮 is on track to deliver another much-deserved court-slapping to the MAGAt-in-Chief this coming January.
I should really just start buying popcorn in bulk.
Once I retire and have more time and don’t need to be professionally circumspect, I’m might try to get my state’s constitution amended to remove references to God. Maryland still has a line that says people can’t testify in court if they don’t profess god-belief. Not enforceable of course but it is still an affront.
David Barton. A man who wrote a book about Thomas Jefferson that was so riddled with errors and outright falsehoods that his own Christian publisher pulled it from sale.
OT McConnell heckled with calls to 'retire' during speech in Kentucky.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna98495
“My friends, I’ll be honest, it’s not hard for Republicans to look good these days,” McConnell said amid audible boos from the crowd."
I don't need an official month, every Ceiling Cat damned day on every other block in town I'm reminded of the joke by every steeple (recently though there's been some domes, stuphas, and temples added in)
Due to a bizarre space-time anomaly, some parts of California are right next to Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Carolinas, and Florida. For your safety and sanity, please avoid those parts of California.
I DEMAND that the County of El Dorado declare the Month of February (the month of the birth of Epicurus in 341 BC) to be Atheist Heritage Month.
I don't actually have a problem with a 'Christian History Month' in principal, provided 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. You know, stuff like how the modern-day Christian bible was created, the Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch trials, support of slavery, and just who Joseph Smith actually was. Honest, accurate history and where most Christians stood on the issues of the time in question to help deepen public understanding of who Christians are.
If I believed that would be what would happen, I'd be fine with having such a month. I might even encourage it. Too much Christian history just doesn't get taught at church, presumably because they're pushing an agenda. Knowing that it's not going to be anything like that, I find I can't support the deliberate deception of the public for what will likely amount to a White Christian Nationalist push for power. I may not know when American Christianity became the 'religion for those seeking power over others' but I'm not blind enough to miss that it did happen.
El Dorado should never have passed this, and I hope the FFRF's letter manages to convince them it was always a bad idea.