An atheist dropped in the heart of the Christian publishing world - Nashville, Tennessee. I'm trying my best to keep a good attitude and friendly disposition while being surrounded by people with imaginary friends.
A dog with a slice of ham on his face has raised an impressive 1.3 million prayers on Facebook, a generously distributed and worthless form of imaginary currency. The photo was posted to Facebook by Stephen Roseman a couple of days before Christmas. Roseman claimed the dog was badly burned and disfigured in a house fire while trying to save his family — clearly a hoax upon examination of the image. Poking fun at one of the most common forms of magical thinking on Facebook, Roseman requested, “One like = one prayer, One share = ten prayers.” Read more
Two university students were caned outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for the offense of being “seen in close proximity” to each other while not being married. “Khalwat,” which is the term for Muslims who are unmarried, non-relatives, and of the opposite sex who are in close proximity of each other, is punishable under Sharia law. I couldn’t find the specific measurement of “close proximity,” so your guess is as good as mine. Read more
What in God’s name is going on in church these days? It used to be that you’d go to church and listen to your pastor give a really boring sermon while you’d fight to keep your eyes open. These days you go to church and your pastor is zipping through the congregation on a hoverboard — still giving a really boring sermon. Now you can’t look away. You begin to question if this level of swagger is an abomination. Is it too flashy? But as you raise an eyebrow, suspicious there’s a danger in upstaging Jesus, your pastor jets past you in a neon blue flash, setting into motion a breeze that tickles your arm hairs like angel whispers. Before coming to a halt at the pulpit, he does a double-360 and receives a standing ovation, “Satan who?! Praise Jesus! This church is AWESOME!” Okay, so this probably isn’t your church, and not just because you’re atheists. But here are three churches that have made the hoverboard dream a reality: Read more
