Christains Fear Losing Teens
The New York Times recently ran an article about evangelical Christian leaders warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
Read moreReligion
Religion is a frequent topic on this blog, and should not be confused with Christianity.
The Great Moral Delusion That Has Become Us
Accomplishing a logic-defying feat, the wealthiest nation in the world has “attained” the highest rate of homelessness amongst developed countries. 3.5 million human beings experience homelessness each year in the United States. Almost a million are homeless every night (1).
Read moreThe Gay Cabal In Congress — Good Grief
One of the right wing nut jobs is Cliff Kincaid at a group inaccurately called, Accuracy In Media.” This idiot has decided that their is a network of gay democrats that have, over many years, infiltrated the Republican Party and the staff of the Congressional Leadership. I kid you not, this idiot has decided the Mark Foley issue is part of a Democratic dirty trick that’s been in the works for years.
Read moreCulture Warriors in Action
The Denver Channel: An award-winning Texas art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude
Read moreWack Job Katherine Harris At It Again
Katherine Harris, as quoted in the Florida Baptist Witness: Separation of church and state is “a lie we have been told,” Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is “wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.” “If you’re not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin,” Harris said.
Read moreSomething A Little Queer in Congress?
I’ve let the dust settle some from the recent insistence of Congressional Republicans to throw their “base” a bone. I am referring to, of course, the recent attempt to ingrain discrimination against gay people into the Constitution.
Read moreJesus is Not A Republican
Unfortunately, that’s a statement that will piss of a few people. It’s made by Randall Balmer, is a professor of American religious history at Barnard College. In an essay from his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical’s Lament, Balmer talks about how, “The leaders of the religious right have led their sheep astray from the gospel of Jesus Christ to the false gospel of neoconservative ideology and into the maw of the Republican Party.”
Read more72% of Us Not Going to Hell
Here’s the link to an interesting MSNBC story about a Belief Net survey on people’s beliefs about hell. About 72% of us think we are not going. Only 3% of respondents think they are.
Read moreSeek help first for a friend.
A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first. –The Talmud
Read moreRAT-zinger's Vatican in league with George…?
The Vatican said on Tuesday that gay marriage, abortion, lesbians wanting to bear children and a host of other practices it sees as threats to the traditional family were signs of “the eclipse of God”.
Read moreImportant Events in the World Yesterday … Nero Fiddles
Here are a few of the major events that happened in our world yesterday. Mass kidnappings in Iraq: Gunmen in
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