It’s not really atheist-related, but it pissed me off. Saskatchewanian Kieran King was suspended from his high school because he said (said!) that marijuana wasn’t as bad as alcohol. According to the National Post: “In my opinion, cannabis is safer than they say, it is not worse than alcohol or tobacco,” said King, a 15-year-old Grade 10 student. [Principal Susan] Wilson accused King of using and selling marijuana at school… King has offered to submit to a voluntary drug test… Read more
Well, this is sad. There also seems to be an issue over where Billy Graham and his wife will be buried. The Washington Post reported that Ned Graham opposed burying his parents at the library. He and other members of the family preferred a burial site at The Cove, a Bible training center near the Grahams’ mountain home. The paper said evangelist Franklin Graham, who has taken over leadership of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wanted his parents’ graves to… Read more
Chuck Colson told a large group of Southern Baptists that enemies are afoot. Enemy 1: At one point, Colson said “Islam is a vicious, evil … ” and then before finishing the sentence, said, “Islamo-fascism is evil incarnate.” … Comments about Islam have generated controversy at past Southern Baptist meetings. In 2002, a former Southern Baptist Convention president, the Rev. Jerry Vines, called Muhammad, the Muslim prophet, a “demon-possessed pedophile.” What is with Baptists and the insanity over Islam? Enemy… Read more
This site’s now been up for exactly one year, and at the risk of sounding hokey, it’s like an extension of me now. It’s like the baby I didn’t really want to have, but I made a mistake and had one, and now that it’s growing up, I can’t imagine life without it. As you can tell, my metaphor-writing skills have also improved. So thanks to everyone who has commented, sent emails, or simply read the posts. Here’s to another… Read more
