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My Discussion of the 2nd Amendment

June 28, 2016October 29, 2022 B. John 5252 Views 1 Comment

This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series Guns

I’ve previously written about the debunking of the “Good Guy with a Gun” idea that ammosexuals are constantly advancing. In this article, I’d like to write about the other idea they lean on for their justification, the violent overthrow of the federal government. I hear this often accompanying the Facebook memes about gun control. There’s this idea that bubbles around with these folks that if they just have enough people with enough guns they can “take back our government.”

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Three Way Tie for Douche-bag of the Day

June 27, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1820 Views 2 Comments David Garcia, County Commission, Pride Flag, Hostile Work Environment, Coward, LGBT, Bigot, Orlando Massacre, Hillsbobourgh County, Stacy White

This entry is part 31 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

This one is interesting I know, but they are all three of the same situation…if it really is three. Let me explain. Last week, Hillsborough, FL, County Commissioner and conservative firebrand, Stacy White (who I will note claims to be a Methodist), supposedly got a report of an anonymous employee who found flying the Rainbow Flag in memory and honor of the victims in Orlando created a hostile work environment for her. White was quick to call the flag a, “divisive, politically-charged symbol.”

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Pat Robertson-Douche-Bag of The Day

June 19, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1592 Views 0 Comments Muslims, 700 Club, pat robertson, hate

This entry is part 30 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

Should come as no surprise that Pat Robertson couldn’t pass up the Orlando Massacre as an opportunity to spill some of his hateful bile around the TV. Layering a Muslim, trying to claim he was a terrorist, on top of a massacre of LGBT young people on top of Trump’s America, and it’s hard not to have a “Christian Leader” each day as the douche-bag of the day. Some Republicans are vying for the honor, but since it’s Sunday, let’s go with religion, and so, for thinking Muslims and Gays should be left alone to kill each other, here’s our Douche-bag of the Day Award for Pat Robertson.

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Roger Jiminez–Daily Douche-bag Award Winner

June 18, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 582 Views 1 Comment Roger Jiminez, Preacher, hate, Sermon, Baptist

There’s plenty of bile bubbling up out of the bowels of fundamentalist Christianity in the west over the shooting in Orlando. one of the most hateful is Roger Jiminez of Sacramento, California’s Verity Baptist Church, who said, “As a Christian, we shouldn’t be mourning the death of 50 sodomites. Let me go ahead and start right there. As a Christian, we shouldn’t be sad or upset.”

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Franklin Graham–Today’s Daily Douche-Bag Award

June 17, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1385 Views 0 Comments Franklin Graham, Orlando Massacre, hate, Omar Mateen, Civil Rights

This entry is part 29 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

Right now, it’s pretty hard to decide who to give our Douche-bat of the Day Award. There are just so many people vying for the honor, with lots of pastors leading the pack. Some awful things have been said in “Jesus’ name,” and we’ll get to those, but I decided to pull out Franklin Graham from that deck first.

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Thoughts on Orlando

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 B. John 975 Views 2 Comments Terrorism, Guns, Orlando, Pulse, LGBT, Religion, homophobia, bigotry

This is something of a stream of thought on my impressions after the Orlando Shooting this weekend. It may not make much sense, and likely isn’t my last word on the subject. But to be clear, this is not some part of international Jihad or terrorism. This is homophobia at it worst, nothing more nor less, and we need to call it that.

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The Case for Biblical Interpretation

June 3, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 421 Views 0 Comments Bible, Paul, Interpretation, Proof-Texting, Christians

I spend too much time on Facebook following a conservative United Methodist page. I often post articles which I know will elicit strong responses, and I have to laugh at some of the mental gymnastics some of these people (many clergy) go through to justify their “Bible-believing” positions. A recent exchange serves as a good example of why we can’t take the Bible literal, and why discernment is critical when you try to use the Bible to support a position.

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My Afternoon with The Benham Brothers

May 24, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 641 Views 0 Comments Jason Benham, Mark Benham, Carmel Christian Academy, Carmel Baptist Church

A relative finished up high school at Carmel Christian Academy this past weekend. I attended without knowing they had the Benham Brothers as the graduation speakers. I considered walking out, but my other sister was right to remind me it was my nephew’s day, not mine. So I decided to make the best of it, and see what they had to say.

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Why Little Will Change At the UMC General Conference

May 18, 2016 B. John 673 Views 0 Comments General Conference, UMC, GC, Orthodoxy, Portland, christian, Methodist Church, Christianity, Book of Discipline, BoD

As some of you may know, the United Methodist Church is holding their quadrennial General Conference in Portland, Oregon this week. As has been the case for the past several General Conference’s (GC), a major topic is the full inclusion of LGBT people (or as the conservatives call us, “the self-avowed practicing homosexuals”) in the life of the church. My prediction is that little will change in regard to those issues.

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In A Mirror Dimly-Response to a Series by Bishop Michael Lowry-Part 4

May 7, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 832 Views 0 Comments General Conference, UMC, United Methodist Church, J. Michael Lowry, bishop, Orthodoxy, Central Texas Conference

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Response to Lecture Series by Bishop J. Michael Lowry

This is a short conclusion to Bishop Lowry’s series. He claims, “signs of new life all around.” This is his clinging to the belief that it will be the orthodox church (his definition of orthodoxy) that survives and thrives, all evidence to the contrary.

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In A Mirror Dimly-Response to a Series by Bishop Michael Lowry-Part 3

May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 B. John 903 Views 0 Comments United Methodist Church, bishop, J. Michael Lowry, Homosexuality, Orthodoxy, Same Sex Marriage, LGBT, UMC

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Response to Lecture Series by Bishop J. Michael Lowry

United Methodist Bishop, J. Michael Lowry of the Central Texas Conference, recently addressed a gathering of the United Methodist Scholars for Christian Orthodoxy Conference at Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has put his address, “In a Mirror Dimly”: The Future of the United Methodist Church”© on his website (http://www.bishopmikelowry.com/) as a four part posting. This is part 3.