In the grand scheme of things, the whole math/maths thing isn't so much of a big deal, there are arguments to be made for either - both are merely abbreviations of mathematics and there is no hard and fast rule for constructing abbreviations that are being broken here.

No, the fact that schools in America call it 'math' doesn't bother me. What bothers me are those schools who attempt to teach intelligent design as fact

Very true.

Although my son did tell me that his (freshman) biology course this year started with a disclaimer from his teacher that it was a science course and they would be teaching evolution and no religious interpretations so yay for our school district

Ever wonder why Jesus always looks remarkably Italian for a middle eastern bloke ... ?

I thought he got that from his fathers side.....

Either that or Mary knobbed a Roman

Your father was a Roman Brian...

Great stuff.

I like this explanation the best:
Regards, JEff

Imagine being so devoid of critical thinking skills that you can't even reason out that a) he was Jewish and b) Islam didn't exist until nearly 600 years after the Palestinean-with-the-Greek-name in question died

'E's not the messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy!

a) Jews, Arabs - same-same except for their religions, both of which (the religions, and Christianity as well) are also closely related and have the same roots as the peoples.
b) The Renaissance, which is when the Italian-looking representation of Jesus originated, began roughly 1400 years after said Palestinean came and went, by which time Islam was well established.

Regards, JEff

Still - they can all go do one. Bloody fundies.

True. Anyway, the good part of the explanation was the observation that "A similar thing is noticeable today with Fox news watchers."

Regards, JEff