Andrea Yates Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity

Click here for the story.

Now that the verdict has been reached, I wonder if there will be any more investigation (legal, journalistic (Is that even a word?), or otherwise) into how the nature of the Fundamentalist Christian beliefs imposed on Yates affected her.

I do not believe that her mental illness excuses what she did. Murdering children is wrong.

I think this situation is another example of the horrible effect that Fundamentalism has on people. My own bout with Christian Fundamentalism nearly drove me to suicide. As a friend of mine once said on a message board, "Satan just sits back and laughs because the Fundamentalists are doing his job for him!"

The webmaster of this site escaped with his sanity from the pastor of the Yates couple. What the hell is wrong with people?

Edit, because I do not want to do another post: I did not watch the ABC Primetime show with tapes of Mrs. Yates being played. I knew that I would not have been able to handle it.

If you're as angry with Christian Fundamentalism as I am, go here.

Televangelism: Tricks of the Trade

Still not willing to take televangelists with at least a grain of salt? Watch these videos...

Excerpt from "Nova"

Excerpts from Marjoe

For dessert to cool your off, here are a couple of clips for a taste of the bizzare and perhaps a couple of infantile giggles:

Robot Tilton's Poodles

Have your Beano handy.

Benny Hinn, or Benny Hill?

Happy 4th!

I want to wish all my fellow Americans out there a happy and safe Independence Day, whatever you do today.

For the occasion, here is a silly little test from Blogthings.com:

How "Average American" Are You?

You Are 70% "Average American"

You are average because you don't have a college degree. You are not average since you would pay to go in space.

How "Average American" Are You?

I'm still an undergraduate at this point. I only have two more semeters to go!