by Jesse Galef
When a Christian Post story starts with the sentence “Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law” you know you’re in for a treat. In wake of a new hate-crime bill that just passed, they wanted to make sure they [...]
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If God wanted fundamentalists to be accepting of gays, wouldn’t he have given them some warmth and compassion to do so? But he didn’t, so it’s obvious he wants them to hate gays and strip them of their rights. Or at least that’s what an article in The Onion argues. As usual, a great point [...]
I’ve listened to Derek Webb for about a decade. He’s a Christian musician, and I’ve enjoyed his honesty and skillful songwriting. We share some similar history in theology and disillusionment, but he ended up moving towards a more liberal/social Christianity whereas I got out altogether.
Though I’m not overly fond of his recent music style, I [...]
In a packed sanctuary that held hundreds, Father Mike, as he was known, stood before the congregation he had led for a dozen years. Reading from a statement, he told them that 19 years ago he had “transgressed the personal boundaries of an adolescent.” (Only later would it emerge that the diocese knew he, in [...]
When conservative politicians speak of “protecting the family,” have you ever wondered who “the family” needs protecting from? Because I’m thinking it’s probably from themselves.
A conservative California politician “who is the vice-chairman of the legislature’s commerce committee and a member of its ethics committee, is married with two children and is known as a staunch [...]
A recent study found that fundie kids get pregnant just as much or more as secular kids. Dr. Joseph Strayhorn points out that fundies are successful in discouraging contraception, but the hormones win:
“We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are [...]
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Craig Duckett: Now if Dennet would have said that “God is just a word” that would’ve been another... Meaningless Deepities
BD: http://blog.cafepress.com/2009 /11/20/psalm-1098-update/ Designs are off the website. Huzzah for reasonable people who see the... Pray for Obama
Siberia: Darth Pope wins. 2009 Bad Faith Awards
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Jerdog: Couldn’t they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50%... The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Elemenope: Solid, except the “stop the hate” at the end blunts it slightly with corniness. Pray for Obama
bigjohn756: Pathetic… The Book Burning That Wasn’t
