All Posts Tagged With: "Religion"
Jail Or… Church?
A small town in Alabama is offering non-violent offenders the choice between doing prison time and paying a fine, or working their sentence off by going to church every week.
26Sep2011 | pandora | 13 comments | Continued
Fear and Loathing: Religious Radicals
Make no mistake about it, Michelle Bachmann and Dick Perry are Christian extremists.
2Sep2011 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued
Can A Progressive Also Believe in G-D
It’s a simple question and it grew out of some of the comments that were left on my post regarding circumcision.
As a progressive/liberal, I also believe in G-D. I attend synagogue regularly, I serve on its board of directors, and I teach in its religious school. I also believe in evolution [...]
Politics And Religion
Imagine if something like this was said by a non-Christian governor:
”Now I will have to say that, if we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters,” he said. “So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my [...]
“Conservative” Jesus
I’m not surprised by this article, since many conservatives politicize Jesus. Instead of modeling their lives after Jesus, they model Jesus after their lives. Very convenient. They’ve reduced their religion to taking sides at a sporting event.
He helped the poor without one government program. He healed the sick without a government health care system. He [...]
Kentucky’s Creationist Theme Park
Oh, for crying out loud!
I just got back from the press conference where Steve Beshear announced his enthusiastic support for a Creationist theme park (“Ark Encounter”) that teaches children that not only did humans live with dinosaurs several thousand years ago, but they rode on “Noah’s Ark” with them. And the tax breaks that Beshear [...]
Arizona Takes The Lead In The Dumbest State Contest
Arizona for the gold.
In an era saturated with absurd moments of anti-Muslim fear-mongering, mosques have become a touchstone for Islamophobia. Even unbuilt mosques have set off a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment in Tennessee, Texas, California, and most notably, New York. Not to be outdone, the people of Pheonix, AZ were quick to call foul over [...]
“What Could Go Wrong?”
Talk about looking for trouble.
An armed Christian organization, Right Wing Extreme, will protect a church that is planning to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on September 11, the church’s pastor said Tuesday.
…Dove World Outreach Center Pastor Terry Jones has accepted the support of Right Wing Extreme, which he said offered to come to [...]
Freedom Of Religion? Yeah, Right
Digby posts the latest hypocrisy from the christianists.
Never let it be said that the Right misses an opportunity to stir up the hate. Kind of ironic that this crap comes from the don’t blame us, it was a lone wolf crowd.
22Jul2010 | pandora | 31 comments | Continued
Glenn Beck, Cult Leader
The leaders of cults tend to be charismatic individuals who brainwash their followers. They do this by isolating them from their friends and family so that the members are dependent on the cult leader for their world view. They also make distinctions between “us” and “them,” with “us” as the good guys and [...]
10Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
Lions and Tigers and… Witches? Oh My.
So much for those Libertarian values. Bob Barr, Libertarian extraordinaire, is worried about things that go bump in the night.
The US Air Force, at no less a prestigious location than the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, has taken the notion of religious tolerance to a new level, in creating an outdoor worship area for pagans. [...]
For Your Amusement – If You Have A Sense Of Humor
This made me laugh.
And before someone has a fit, let me say… Yeah, I know I’m burning and I’m A-Okay with that.
12Feb2010 | pandora | 9 comments | Continued
Just For Fun
In Brit Hume’s latest attempt to justify his proselytizing, replace the word Christian with Muslim and Jesus Christ with Allah.
And my sense of that Tiger is that he needs something that Christianity, especially provides and gives and offers and that is redemption and forgiveness and I was really meaning to say in those comments yesterday [...]
FOX News Has Reached Televangelist Status
Not that anyone with a brain didn’t see this coming.
Via Balloon Juice:
Brit Hume had some advice for Tiger Woods during this week’s “Fox News Sunday.” Woods will recover as a golfer, Hume says, but it remains to be seen whether he will recover as a person.
“He’s said to be a Buddhist,” Hume said. “I don’t [...]
Wait… I Thought That Christians Were Under Attack
We get wacky visitors here all the time talking about how Christmas is under fire, or that liberals are trying to take God out of everything… Then this.
North Carolina’s constitution is clear: politicians who deny the existence of God are barred from holding office.
Opponents of Cecil Bothwell are seizing on that law to argue he [...]
Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby
Geez, you’d think that the Main Stream Media might have discovered that Pious Joe’s equally-pious wife has returned to her roots–as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and health care industries with conservative lobbying shop Hill & Knowlton, which also numbers AIG among its clients. She had previously worked for APCO Associates, a lobbying shop that [...]
28Oct2009 | El Somnambulo | 8 comments | Continued
Burning Books For Halloween, Now That’s Scary
Via Raw Story:
A Baptist Church near Asheville, N.C., is hosting a “Halloween book burning” to purge the area of “Satan’s” works, which include all non-King James versions of the Bible, popular books by many religious authors and even country music.
The local news video is priceless.
Now, granted, this church, only has 14 members, but there’s something [...]
Religious Consistency
RSmitty brought this email to my attention, and while I don’t agree with all of it (especially the single mother nonsense) it is a refreshing read. Hmmm… wonder when this letter will be posted at Delaware Politics? Surely, they would embrace this philosophy with open arms.
16Jul2009 | pandora | 37 comments | Continued
Don’t Know Much About History
Stories like this make me angry. Is our goal really to become the dumbest country on the planet? Perhaps we should rethink the Texas secession thing… especially given their influence over the textbook market.
The Texas Board of Education, which recently approved new science standards that made room for creationist critiques of evolution, is revising the [...]
It Would Be Like Putting Me In Charge Of The NRA
Meet Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s possible choice to head the state’s Board of education – Cynthia Dunbar.
[...] In a book published last year, Dunbar argued the country’s founding fathers created “an emphatically Christian government” and that government should be guided by a “biblical litmus test.” She endorses a belief system that requires “any person desiring [...]
Put Your Religion Where Your Mouth (And Wallet) Is
As an agnostic, I find the Right’s view of Christianity self-serving and convenient. So let’s play What Would Jesus Do? For specifics, let’s pretend that Jesus sets up shop in Delaware.
1. Where would Jesus live?
2. What school would Jesus teach at?
3. Would Jesus support welfare (You know, caring for the poor)?
4. Would Jesus support National [...]
Miss California: Just a Good Wholesome Christian with a Boob Job
Yep, suhprize, suhprize, Miss Holier Than Thou will be an introducer tonight on the Dove Gospel Music Awards show.
And, just like that, the Religious Right has a new cause celebre. “She would’ve won if she hadn’t expressed her honest views.”
Yes, and Miss Mississippi would’ve won if she hadn’t supported cross-burnings. Granted, there is nothing more [...]
Pat Buchanan Ends Up Saying The Pope Is Wrong
Talk about contradicting yourself. Buchanan is a mess by the end of this take-down by Lawrence O’Donnell.
10Apr2009 | pandora | 6 comments | Continued
Newt Gingrich No Longer a Sinner? Just in Time for 2012?
Praise the Lord! It’s a Miracle! Newt Gingrich’s sins have been magically cleansed from his Heavenly record!
How did he do it? He has seen the Light, and given over what passes for his soul to…Catholicism. Seriously. And, (quoting from that leading theologian Gomer Pyle), ‘Suh-prize, Suh-prize’, this conversion just may put him back in the [...]
A Stray Thought
I think anyone who anxiously awaits The Rapture should not serve in public office since they really don’t have any incentive in making a better future. In fact, it could be in their religious interest to make the future worse.
/sorta snark
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