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So a group of Christians angry about billboards put up by atheists have launched a response. These ads have early American leaders like John Adams, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin with quotes about a national need for Christian governance. The only catch is that the quotes are made up...

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html This may not be news to some, but I found this story really interesting. One faker starts something, and another tries to steal the thunder. So the first faker admits to being a fake, revealing that the other faker is also a fake. Also...

Did President Franklin D. Roosevelt ever make the following statement? "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." I see this quote often attributed to him among anti-government/conspiracy groups but I've yet to find a source that can tell...

Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus, Lost Christianities, and others will be at the university here Tuesday, 4-17-07. Definitely plan to attend; I found Lost Christianities to be excellent. It'll be interesting to hear his take on "Judas". For those not familiar with the fellow, he started...

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but in a brief search, I couldn't find it. http://www.aulterra.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=2015 People. Actually. Buy. This. Crap.

I'm almost finished with Bart Ehrman's new title: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060738170/sr=8-1/qid=1154046154/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7580758-6287933?ie=UTF8 Like Lost Christianities, I'd list it as a "must read" for the skeptic who's interested in the "infallible" Bible. Ehrman, a scholar of...

Some things would better be left unsaid... on a rainy Sunday, I kept trying to remember the most infamous political quotes from Brazilian politicians or pertaining to Brazil. Pure delight. "This city is so beautiful and clean, it doesn't even seem we're in Africa" President Lula, last month...