Sheesh, I'm glad I emigrated.

I was hoping to talk about some of these claims people have come out with on the forum, like this $25,000 "challenge" for someone to "prove" evolution, but this in a way is far more sinister and depressing. Yes it's a good illustration of the problems with fundamentalism that I've talked about.

And these guys really don't have much of a sense of humour do they?

I personally think the measure of a person's religion should be how they treat others who are not members of that religion. Even if you think they are wrong or misguided, you show your true worth by your compassion for them as fellow humans. I thought this was one thing the Bible taught, to love your neighbour as yourself? Um, as long as he/she is not homosexual, Jewish, liberal, (inesert any other "sinner" or "blasphemer" you choose)? There are faiths that recognise members of other faiths as being on their own path to the truth. You don't tend to hear these sorts of things coming from them.

Land of the free? Who's kidding who?