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Ray Comfort

2009-11-15T03:35:40Z

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'''Ray Comfort''' (born December 5, 1949) is a leading [[Christian]] apologist. He has written large numbers of books on [[evolution]] and [[theology]], including ''Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups'', and ''How to Know God Exists: Scientific Proof of God''. His latest book, ''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think'' knocked [[Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins']] book ''The God Delusion'' off the number 1 spot in the atheism category at Amazon.com<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89453</ref>. He has also written a foreword to [[Darwin|Darwin's]] ''On the origin of species'' <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Anniversary-Charles-Darwin/dp/0882709194/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256938714&sr=8-2</ref> Since then, atheists have shown their deceit and narrow-mindedness by writing negative reviews of the books, even though most of them have never bought them.

==Banana Incident==
Ray Comfort once reasonably used a [[banana]] and coke can analogy to provide evidence of a Creator. Atheists [[liberal deceit|deceitfully]] edited the video to make it appear that Ray believed that the banana was proof that he enjoyed many buttsecks with gay men. <ref>http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com Ray Comfort's Blog</ref> Since then, Ray Comfort's popularity has skyrocketed.

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SpongeBob SquarePants

2009-11-15T03:11:23Z

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'''Spongebob Squarepants''' is an animated children's television program that has won several [[Emmy]] awards. Although the show is marketed to children, it is a show that people of all ages can enjoy.<ref>http://media.www.clarksonintegrator.com/media/storage/paper280/news/2004/11/22/Entertainment/Spongebob.For.Adults.Too-812397.shtml</ref> Celebrities such as [[Mike Myers]] and [[Justin Timberlake]] are fans of the show.<ref>Byrne, Ciar. "From Bikini Bottom to A-list celebrity: why the world loves SpongeBob SquarePants"; ''The Independent'', 10 February 2005</ref> It has been on the air since its debut on the Nickelodeon network in 1999. The show was made into a 2004 movie.

==Characters==
*'''Spongebob Squarepants''', the main character, is a happy-go-lucky sponge (shaped like a rectangular kitchen sponge, while his parents are ordinary sea sponges) who works at the Krusty Krab restaurant as a fry cook. The character has been praised as a symbol of a good attitude.<ref>Springfield Newsleader, Newsleader in Education "Attitude", 6 January 2009</ref>
*'''Patrick Star''', Spongebob's best friend, is a [[sea star]], known to have somewhat of a low intelligence. However, Patrick is extremely loyal, going so far as to brag about Spongebob's (perceived) abilities, which Spongebob usually meets in oft-heroic fashion. Patrick is often known for bursts of insight, which save the day, but which he promptly forgets.
*'''Squidward J. Tentacles''', an [[octopus]], is Spongebob's neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab. He is cynical and often shows annoyance at the antics of Spongebob and Patrick.
*'''Eugene H. Krabs''', a crab, is the penny-pinching owner of Krusty Krab. He is often harsh to his employees but will occasionally show appreciation to them.

==Controversy==
In 2002, the creator of '''Spongebob Squarepants''', was found with very sexually perverted drawings involving Sandy, a squirrel, and Spongebob himself. Show ratings plummeted and remained low for several months. Although many conservative parents barred their children from watching the show, the liberals in fact enjoyed the drawings, calling them "art". Ratings eventually went back up.

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==External Link==
*[http://www.nick.com/shows/spongebob_squarepants/index.jhtml Official Website]
*[http://www.spongebobworld.com/ Fan Site]

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Rabies

2009-11-15T02:56:20Z

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'''Rabies''' (once commonly referred to as ''Hydrophobia'') is a distinctly horrifying [[Disease|disease]] which kills more than 50,000 people a year in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. Children are at greatest risk from rabies as they are more likely to be bitten by [[Dog| dogs]], and are also more likely to be bitten in high-risk sites on the body, such as the head and neck.

The psychological impact of rabies can be enormous as the bite of a rabid dog can lead to months of [[anxiety]] while victims are unsure as to whether rabies may develop. This is particularly true for poor people living in remote and rural areas of Africa and Asia where availability of appropriate post-exposure [[Vaccine| vaccines]] and [[immunoglobulin]] is limited. The bite of rabid animals often causes horrific injuries even if rabies itself can be prevented by effective post-exposure [[prophylaxis]].<ref>http://www.rabiescontrol.org</ref>

==Facts about rabies==

*In the United States over the past 40 years, most of the reports of rabies have been in wild rather than domestic animals. <ref>[http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/95/1/9 The Royal Society of Medicine Press; Rabies in North America and Europe]</ref>
*Rabies is caused by a bullet-shaped virus (from the genus ''Lyssavirus'') which attacks the Central Nervous System.
*Rabies is known to drive the infected violently insane.Thus it was one of the most feared ailments for early man.
*Many rabies cases are due to bites from domestic dogs, but all mammals can suffer from rabies and all can potentially transmit the virus to humans.
*Once the symptoms of rabies develop, it is almost always fatal.
*More than 55,000 people die of rabies every year in Africa and Asia.
*60-70% of victims of rabies are children aged 5-15; probably 100 children die of the disease every day.
*Every rabies death is preventable with currently available vaccines.
*The first rabies vaccination was developed by [[Louis Pasteur]] and given to a boy badly bitten by a rabid dog on July 6, 1885. The boy survived.
*Rabies can be effectively controlled in animal populations by vaccination. If 70% of the animal population is vaccinated, human cases are eliminated.
*Wildlife populations can be threatened by rabies to the point of extinction. The rare Ethiopian [[wolf]] and the African wild dog are just 2 examples.
*In Mexico, just 5 years of a dog vaccination campaign reduced human rabies deaths from 60 per year to less than 20. Subsequently, cases have been almost eliminated.

==Prevention==

With the tools and [[Technology| technologies]] to control rabies – principally canine rabies [[vaccination]] and human pre- and post-exposure [[Vaccine| vaccination]], there are no excuses for tolerating 100 childhood deaths a day – all
these deaths are preventable.

Rabies is a concern for animal welfare – fear of the disease results in hostile and antagonistic attitudes towards dogs and often inhumane approaches to dealing with rabid dogs within the community.

By promoting dog rabies vaccination, animal health professionals can eliminate the need for unnecessarily brutal forms of dog management.Most dogs are accessible for rabies vaccination campaigns.

Rabies poses a major and immediate threat to several of the world's most endangered wildlife populations. In the case of the Ethiopian wolf (''Canis simensis''), the entire world population comprises only 500 individuals, and key populations have been decimated by successive outbreaks of rabies.

In parts of East Africa, the endangered [[African wild dog]] (''Lycaon pictus'') has become locally extinct as a result of rabies and is onlylikely to recover if dog rabies can be controlled.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/links/links.htm</ref>

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