Dan Arel's Blog, page 64

Christian terrorists are calling for the execution of ‘abortion providers’

There is a growing Christian terrorist movement in this country and they are hiding behind the banner of being "pro-life" but they are anything but. They are anti-choice, anti-abortion and regularly calling for the execution of abortion providers.

Christian blogger blames ‘clock boy’ for San Bernardino shooting

Well, this is a new low, even for Nancy French, a fellow Patheos blogger and terrorist apologist. French now thinks that San Bernardino could possibly have been avoided if it wasn't for "clock boy" better known as Ahmed Mohamed, who brought a clock to school inside a pencil box and was arrested when reactionary school staff and police officers thought it was a bomb.

Christian university president tells students to carry guns and ‘end those Muslims before they kill us’

When it comes to outright bigotry and hate speech, the apple does not fall far from the tree in the Falwell family. During a speech last Friday night, Jerry Falwell, Jr., head of Liberty University, a fundamentalist Christian in Virgina spoke about the mass shooting that happened last week in San Bernardino, California in which a Muslim couple killed 14 people and injured 21 others in a mass shooting.

Conservatives are using ‘prayer shaming’ as a distraction against gun control

In the wake of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, Californa, many Republican politicians took to twitter to offer their thoughts and prayers as they always do.

My NPR panel discussion on Parenting Without God

I appeared this afternoon on Connections, an NPR affiliate program on WXXI in New York today to discuss my book Parenting Without God and take part in a panel discussion about raising children with or without a belief in God or a religion.

Police name San Bernardino suspects, though motive remains unclear

San Bernardino officials named Syed Farook as one of the assailants killed by police Wednesday afternoon in connection with the San Bernardino shooting earlier that morning.Farook was a county health department inspector for San Bernardino, the same department that was holding their Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center where the attack took place.

Ben Carson calls California shooting a ‘hate crime’ and doesn’t know what a hate crime is

During a news conference in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson called Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino a "hate crime," and said the country must "be able to combat these things," but did not detail his plans to curb gun violence.

One suspect detained, two dead in connection to San Bernardino shooting

“There were shots fired, officers were involved, and a suspect is down,” said Sgt. Vicki Cervantes of the San Bernardino Police Department.MSNBC is reporting that one suspect has been shot and killed and another in now in police custody.

One suspect detained, one dead in connection to San Bernardino shooting

“There were shots fired, officers were involved, and a suspect is down,” said Sgt. Vicki Cervantes of the San Bernardino Police Department.MSNBC is reporting that one suspect has been shot and killed and another in now in police custody.

President Obama renews call for stricter gun control laws after California shooting

In what has almost become a weekly address for President Obama, he once again had to address the nation when discussing yet another senseless mass shooting that has now cost at least 14 people their lives and left at least 14 more injured in San Bernardino, California, Wedsnday morning.