All Posts Tagged With: "Religion"
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
In God We Trust?
According to a new survey Religious affiliation is on the decline.
So many Americans claim no religion at all (15%, up from 8% in 1990), that this category now outranks every other major U.S. religious group except Catholics and Baptists. In a nation that has long been mostly Christian, “the challenge to Christianity … does not [...]
AOL News Hates Atheists
From that oh-so-illustrious news source, AOL News, comes an article about how “some” African-American Christians are upset at Obama’s inaugural speech reaching out to “non-believers” as well as Hindus, Muslims, etc:
By mentioning, for the first time in an inaugural address, the 16.1 percent of Americans who check “no”’ when asked about religion, Obama turned it [...]
Federal Court Strikes Down Illinois School Prayer “Moment of Silence” Law
Another blow to the school prayer crowd was delivered in federal court yesterday, as the Illinois Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act was ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman.
The “teacher is required to instruct her pupils, especially in the lower grades, about prayer and its meaning as well as the limitations on [...]
Crazy Like A Fox
The Huffington Post is reporting that President-Elect Obama has invited New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, who is openly gay, to give the invocation at his inauguration. Hmmm… Robinson and Warren. On stage together. Not on stage together… but linked all the same!
Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
As If They Aren’t Dumb Enough
Christian Fundamentalists are now calling on their flock to pull their children out of public schools… since education obviously threatens their ideology. Truth is… this call to pull children out of the public education system has nothing to do with education, and everything to do with indoctrination.
4Jan2009 | pandora | 17 comments | Continued
Religion and Politics
Remember the days when one wasn’t supposed to discuss Religion and Politics in polite society? Just like announcing how much you paid for something, it was considered tacky. I sorta miss those days. But, since the 1980s, not only has a person’s spiritual beliefs spilled into every social setting known to man, it has shaped [...]
4Dec2008 | pandora | 52 comments | Continued
Reverend Dobson travels to the future and finds La Cage Aux Folles
Seriously, this guy is obsessed with homosexuals. So much so he jumped in his time machine and reported back on the State of the Nation. (For those of you brave enough the entire 16 page one man play can be found here.) For those of you with weaker stomachs follow me over the [...]
24Oct2008 | pandora | 12 comments | Continued
What Will We Do Without Falwell?
I am so confused. Without Jerry Falwell around, how will I know the real reason that Myanmar and China have both been hit with natural disasters this week. It can’t just be random, can it? I need someone to explain.
13May2008 | liberalgeek | 9 comments | Continued
Dorian Gray Guest Post
This is more essay than blog post but it is a fine analysis, I think. It expounds on a similar point I was making this morning. Adult relationships are very complicated. There is no consistent, homogeneous path or clique or political party we can truly resign ourselves to. Why do we expect this from our [...]
18Mar2008 | Donvictimiti | 1 comment | Continued
It just doesn’t get any wierder
Josh Marshall at TPM found this little nugget on Huckabee.
If you remember and know Bush and the rest use little “code” words to reassure their base it’s nuts to say that it doesn’t happen. But the more research you do the more you learn about how it infects his speech.
So onto Huckabee. [...]
Huffington on Bhutto
I was checking out HuffPo this morning when I happened upon Arrianna Huffington’s post about the Benazir Bhutto that she knew. I think it is a wonderful epitaph.
31Dec2007 | liberalgeek | Comments Off | Continued
My kind of apology
I’m sorry you were offended that I called you an asshole. I still think you are an asshole. I’m just sorry you were offended.
“After the debate today, I went to Mitt Romney and apologized to him because I said I would never try — ever — to try and somehow pick out some point of [...]
when will it end?
UPDATE
And another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Things have been looking up for accused child molester Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, the 36-year-old Christian conservative activist and lawyer with close ties to Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Scott Baugh, head of the Orange County Republican Party. Police say Nielsen took a 14-year-old Westminster boy as [...]
Is the US a Secular Nation?
UPDATE: If you are reading this post you are not in Turkey. Apparently this site is being blocked by their government or someone. We will keep you posted on what we discover….
I was listening to an interview with a Turkish tour guide today. She was asked about the role that Fundamentalist Islam was playing in [...]
Would Mike Schmidt have worn goggles?
come on fella’s geeze I want to root for ya, but this is a little embarrasing, no?
Oh, if you are rooting for the rockies, bring your bible, they are a big fans of Jesus over there at Coors field. If you don’t except Jesus as your savior then they don’t want you
Religion can [...]
Mars and the Strangers From a Strange Land
This week a German scientist announced that he believes that he has found signs of life in Martian soil experiments conducted in 1976, during the Viking mission. If this were to hold up, and there is life on Mars (albeit different), does this have implications for the world view of many religious fundamentalists? Can they [...]
25Aug2007 | liberalgeek | 3 comments | Continued
Why Separating Church and State is Wise
I have been repaid for my statement earlier this week that China has benefited from increased exposure to Capitalism and western culture. It always happens. I praise my kids’ behavior just seconds before some blood-curdling scream shatters my rosy picture of their behavior.
So it goes with China. I just saw a story that China is [...]
No this isn’t a joke, another R in a sex scandal
From the land of you can’t make this shit up!
TITUSVILLE – State Rep. Bob Allen was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a local park after offering to perform a sex act on an undercover officer in exchange for $20, police said
the guy OFFERED….
oh, and he works for McCain’s campaign too LMAO
I have a question
Can someone tell me if Noah built his ark before or after God created these 28 other planets?
It seems like a heck of a lot of work to take care of in 7 days is why I am asking…
Now That Falwell’s Gone, Gay Flamingos Can Adopt
I found this curious (no pun intended). There is a pair of gay flamingos in England that has been “a couple” for 6 years and they have recently adopted a chick. The hatched again flamingo movement is not happy and is crying “fowl.”
Let’s not let Cheney anywhere near them with a gun.
Can someone tell me
Who God asked Abraham to sacrifice?
18May2007 | Donvictimiti | 8 comments | Continued
It’s Sunday why the Hell aren’t you in church?
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Church has effectively buried the concept of limbo, the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism went.
A person much smarter than me sent this to me with this comment:
“So for 1800 years, some place was collecting these babies and then, BLAM! [...]
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