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A recent thread on Pharyngula discussed the Oscars and, somewhat in passing, disappointments over Bill Maher's movie Religulous. The complaint: Overall it's a great poke at religion, but Maher unfairly used some of the same tactics as the dishonest hacks behind Expelled, unfairly eliciting quotes from his targets without first revealing his agenda.

I saw Religulous too, and will humbly suggest that PZ Meyers and many of the commenters on the page are overlooking a key point of the movie. Readeth thou more

My earlier entry The "atheists discredited" deadline hath come! was picked up by the 800-lb Pharyngula blog on February 17, in the post SOP for prophets. That mention brought a mighty spike of visitors, a nice handful or two of comments, and lots of discussion back on the Pharyngula page.

For whatever reason, though, I was unable to leave a comment myself on that page, despite three attempts. Maybe it was some oddity on my side; on the other hand, that heavily-trafficked site is known to choke on bugs once in a while. In any case, the comments I wanted to leave on that page are as follows: Readeth thou more