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Skeptic Summary #153

God's wrong, the inexplicable, fossils, job offers, Noah's Ark, science reporting and more!

Can the Christian God get anything right? - Depends on who you ask…

Cat on the gable roof - Catcha-whatcha-huh?

Fossils challenge linear evolution - Except evolution isn’t linear.

Editor’s Choice: SFN store ideas… - We really are looking for someone to handle the artwork around here.

Fundamentalists Hate Noah’s Ark - The story of Noah and the Ark leaves much to be desired, from many different fields of knowledge.

“Scientific Illiteracy in the Press” - I know it’s shocking, but sometimes the press has no clue about what it is reporting. This article is more then ten years old, and not much has changed…

Sunday: Testing chat flood control (better than the Levies in New Orleans); more than 14,000 views on SFN’s most-popular thread; Dr. Mabuse’s Dragon*Con fundraiser just passed $1,000. Reminiscing long “lost” friends (folks no longer active); skepticism and religion; Jebus was a town; what is Blasphemy; Camp Quest, and Stephen Colbert.

Wednesday: First up was talk of Mooner’s recent thread on Moonscape News. Then trouble troubleshooting computers, the difference between Office and XP, and other funny stories from Rinkworks. It was realized during chat that Skepticality members out numbered the SFNers, quite possibly for the first time. Halfmooner drops by for a quick hello and to solidify the idea behind this Moonscape report. A quick recap of some of the ridiculous posts here over the years and Faux News finished off the night.

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