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1. Bubba Greene | March 15, 2013 at 6:50 am

   Here is a great article but what surprises me very much is that the guy was an advisor to the Obama. While critical of the situation in Briton as contrasted to Australia, it seems odd that he, being an American, offered no comment on the situation in the US.

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9932108/Britons-afraid-to-challenge-radical-Islam-says-former-Obama-adviser.html
2. Scott M. | March 15, 2013 at 8:25 am

   @1 Bubba, it may not be so nefarious as it first appears. This is after all a British news site and happened in Briton. It seems reasonable to believe the situation in the US never came up and even if it did, that it wasn’t reported.

   I think you’ll find though, that when Krauss is in the US, he’s equally vocal about religions of all kinds including our dominant one.

   If you’d like to watch a really, really good video about Krauss and the origins of the universe and it’s eventual end, watch this youtube video.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjaGktVQdNg
3. Scott M. | March 15, 2013 at 8:39 am

   Wanted to share this video from Bill Moyer’s with you this morning. It’s about a great writer, Susan Jacoby and her most recent book on the Great Agnostic, Robert Ingersoll. They go a long way to explain why we have a secular Constitution and the recent bad effects of religion, including your favorite version of Christianity, creeping into our government.

   http://billmoyers.com/segment/susan-jacoby-on-secularism-and-free-thinking/
4. Scott M. | March 15, 2013 at 9:18 am

   As long as I’m posting stuff (and the editors are kind enough to let me), you can watch this hour long video only through the 20th for free about the legal case that established the separation of church and state in public schools.

   And you thought it was Madelyn Murray O’Hair didn’t you?!

   http://billmoyers.com/content/watch-the-lord-is-not-on-trial-here-today-for-a-limited-time/

   Her neighbors called her “that awful woman” after she sued her 10-year-old son’s school in the historic case that established the separation of church and state in public schools. The year was 1945 and Vashti McCollum, a young Illinois mother, gave permission for her son to attend religion class at his school. But when she saw the course materials she was shocked: “It was indoctrination into the old Christian faith,” she remembered. “So I said never again.”

   Jim sat out the class for the rest of the term — he was the only student to do so — at a desk in the hallway usually reserved for punishment. Jim endured brutal bullying for his mother’s decision. One day he came home in tears and Mrs. McCollum decided to do something about it.

   Watch the documentary that recounts what McCollum later described as “three years of headlines, headaches and hatred,” and the dramatic legal maneuverings that led to a decision that shocked the nation and made the McCollums a household name.
5. Name Withheld | March 15, 2013 at 9:41 am

   #3 Scott thanks that was interesting to read. I want to read Jacoby’s books.
6. Bubba Greene | March 15, 2013 at 11:43 am

   I’m not really focused on his specific religious views nor the origin/end of the universe as much as his view that no “smaller” sector of society should be able to hi-jack the greater order which is a blend of a spectrum of views. I’m
   Irish and relish this weekend but I don’t insist every eatery serve corned beef every day of the week, fly the flag of my native land or demand we all wear woolen underware.
7. Sandi Saunders | March 15, 2013 at 12:44 pm

   Tell that to the “TEA Party” Bubba Greene.
8. Scott M. | March 15, 2013 at 1:16 pm

   @6 Bubba, my apologies, I missed what you were going for although the video by Krauss is exceptional and well worth watching.

   But since you’re now more explicit about your point, I still have to ask what minority group(s) do you feel are hi-jacking the greater order?

   If I had to vote, I’d start with the Tea Partiers as hi-jacking things and work from there.

   As an aside, what do you think about a group of atheists being allowed to march in a St. Patrick’s Day parade?

   http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_news/kansas-city-atheist-coalition-denied-permit-in-st-patricks-day-parade

   Members of a local atheist group say they’re being unfairly excluded from this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, but parade organizers say they’re simply protecting their patron saint’s legacy.

   The Kansas City Atheist Coalition said they understand the parade organizers have the legal right to decide whether they can participate, but they think they’re being singled out.

   “If they were obviously a religious organization, we probably wouldn’t have even submitted the application, (but) their website actually expressly states that their parade is not for people exclusively of Irish decent, and the parade is not exclusively for people of Catholic faith,” explained Sarah Hargreaves, president of the atheist coalition. “So apparently, it’s for everyone except atheists.”

   more……