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.
Next time you’re loading your groceries into your trunk ask yourself, “What Would Jesus Do?” Like anyone transported here from the 1st century, He probably would look around a 21st century Target parking lot and scream in terror at all the shiny, mechanical, geometric things. But once he regains composure, he would probably put his damn cart back in the cart corral. Read more
A well-deserved settlement is finally being awarded to Venita Short, a former employee of New Life Baptist Daycare in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Short, whose job was to tend to preschoolers, was fired for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. But in classic, morally-upstanding Christian fashion, those who did the firing had “sinful” pasts of their own, and that mattered to the jury. Read more
A Texas high school practically welcomed a chlamydia outbreak with open arms by ignorantly assuming their student body, if not taught about sex, will not engage in sexual activity. Letters went home to parents in the Crane Independent School District after three chlamydia cases were reported within two weeks. According to the letter, a neighboring county is also being affected and the numbers are significant. The District’s student handbook can be found online where their standards on human sexuality classes, if they are ever offered, are detailed. Read more
Surgeons, set down your scalpels. Cindy Jacobs, co-founder of Generals International, has turned your hard-earned diplomas into mere toilet paper. On a recent trip to Argentina, Cindy and her husband Mike Jacobs took to the stage in a packed church for two nights of healing the ill and broken in an untraditional (and medically unsound) way. Armed with only a microphone and the presence of 2,000 gullible attendees, Cindy, with the Lord inside her (but, like, not in a sexy way), miraculously straightened bowed legs, turned metal to bone, kicked the habit out of druggies, and made the immobile run maniacally. Read more
