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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: buffcoat on January 18, 2011, 05:30:15 PM
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The newly crowned Miss America is going to go to school at Patrick Henry College. I've been passingly familiar with it and with Ave Maria in the same way as other nutjob places, but I don't think I had the full scoop. Bolding mine.
From Wikipedia:
All students must sign a "Statement of Faith" before they arrive, affirming belief in what the college considers core Christian doctrines. For example, students are asked to acknowledge "Satan exists as a personal, malevolent being who acts as tempter and accuser, for whom Hell, the place of eternal punishment, was prepared, where all who die outside of Christ shall be confined in conscious torment for eternity", and "Christ's death provides substitutionary atonement for our sins."[23] The college professes non-denominational Christian beliefs.
Teaching faculty must also sign the "Statement of Faith", plus a more detailed "Statement of Biblical Worldview", which represents the College's requirements for what should be taught.[24] For example the Biblical Worldview Applications states that, "Any biology, Bible, or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1-31, was completed in six twenty-four hour days."[25] New Scientist has claimed that Patrick Henry College and the homeschooling community in general were "possibly threatening the public school system that has fought hard against imposing a Christian viewpoint on science teaching."[6]
In an interview with Fresh Air on National Public Radio, PHC founder Michael Farris commented that the college held the view that its faith was the only true faith ("We believe that there is truth and there is error."), and he expressed disapproval of religious and social toleration. "Tolerance cannot coexist with liberty" because "the crowd of tolerance wants to ban speech."[26]
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I have a feeling Patrick Henry would have been very embarrassed by all this.
"Tolerance cannot coexist with liberty" because "the crowd of tolerance wants to ban speech."
I think my head just exploded.
Ouch.
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All I know about this year's pageant is that Miss Arkansas is a hell of a ventriloquist.
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Sadly for Miss Arkansas, it just occurred to me that out of all possible compliments than can ever be given- "you're one hell of a ventriloquist" might be the least complimentary. It comes in somewhere under "you're one hell of a pet waste removal specialist".
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Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady - I wanna be a cowboy sweetheart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusWJSnmjLE#)
I rest my case.
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Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady - I wanna be a cowboy sweetheart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusWJSnmjLE#)
I rest my case.
I'm with Sarah.
The woman in red represents the corporation and the puppets are her mouthpieces.
How much more American can you get?
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Sadly for Miss Arkansas, it just occurred to me that out of all possible compliments than can ever be given- "you're one hell of a ventriloquist" might be the least complimentary. It comes in somewhere under "you're one hell of a pet waste removal specialist".
Hey. SHOW SOME RESPECT.
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She really is a very good ventriloquist. And yodeler. I especially appreciated how she, the girl dummy, and the boy dummy all had distinctly different voices. Her singing, however, was painfully flat.
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Is this really relevant to people anymore? I'm willing to imagine it was once, back in a time when there wasn't much entertaining stuff going on, but... what's the point?
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Is this really relevant to people anymore? I'm willing to imagine it was once, back in a time when there wasn't much entertaining stuff going on purpose for women's existence beyond presenting themselves as fantasy objects for male consumption, but... what's the point?
Fixed your post for you, there.
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Is this really relevant to people anymore? I'm willing to imagine it was once, back in a time when there wasn't much entertaining stuff going on point to women's existence beyond presenting themselves as fantasy objects for male consumption, but... what's the point?
Fixed your post for you, there.
Oh, of course. Granting that, there are less boring ways to be an oppressive pig.
Also, I stand by your anti-puppet-bashing photoshoppery!