The Fix is In — Britons Teach Atheism as New Faith!

This is the most brilliant shake-up of religious education I’ve ever heard. In an attempt to rationalize the decline in British youth attending church service, the national exam board is preparing a new curriculum which actually embraces agnosticism.

Children to Study Atheism at School

 

Non-religious beliefs such as humanism, agnosticism and atheism would be covered alongside major faiths such as Christianity or Islam under draft guidelines being prepared by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which regulates what is taught in schools in England.

It’s beautiful: bitter youth rattling against the secular cage suddenly discovers the national gestalt is far more open-minded than he’s ever seen. In fact, once the church is laid out in a table with Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Atheism and the rest, it’ll be no more difficult picking a faith than it is picking which version of MS Office you need for your home dental practice. I can see it now… features and benefits across the top, major belief systems down the axis, little checkmark wing-dings indicating which faith is free, standard, and of course deluxe….

Bush and “Meet the Press”

I didn’t see the interview, but if the CNN recount is to be believed, it wreaks of back-peddling.

Bush was asked by moderator Tim Russert whether his statement on the night the U.S. began the war in Iraq that intelligence “leaves no doubt” that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was “apparently, not the case.” The president responded, “Correct.”

But Bush said Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein “had the ability to make weapons at the very minimum.”

And on his willingness to cooperate with his shiny new commission on intelligence?

Bush said he’d be glad to visit, but not testify before the commission.

As a voter, I don’t care what you say about his military record. He was honorably discharged from service and because I trust the military more than I trust the man himself, I have to believe it was a just discharge. But the mania with which this man has pursued all out war against a country with such limited support continues to call into question his ability to lead.

When he finished the interview with Russert, the President adjourned to the south lawn for some exercise.