There’s a project I’ve been interested in doing for some time, and I finally was able to complete it this weekend. (I actually did it a number of years ago and wanted to see if anything had changed since then.) Before you read further, try to guess the number of Christian groups at any one large college campus. Also, try to guess the number of atheist groups, Muslim groups, Jewish groups, etc. I wanted to get some hard numbers on… Read more
The text: Our brains, which art in our heads, treasured be thy names. Thy reasoning come. The best you can do be done on earth as it is. Give us this day new insight to resolve conflicts and ease pain. And lead us not into supernatural explanations, deliver us from denial of logic. For thine is the kingdom of reason, and even though thy powers are limited, and you’re not always glorious, you are the best evolutionary adaptation we have… Read more
Brother Richard at Life Without Faith wrote an article on the “Obama double standard,” about how Barack Obama is criticized for something his pastor said, but Republican candidates are not criticized for the same thing. Some background: In old sermons, Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright had made statements like this: “The government gives [African-Americans] the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in… Read more
Or maybe not. We all know God is a Republican… Someone at GodTube wants you to pray for Election Day. (Spoiler: Election Day is coming. It’s on November 4th.) And on Election Day, they want you to think of Red… a symbol of hope, freedom, integrity, and the Bible. Think red. Nothing subliminal about that at all…: Phoenix Roepke at The Crazy Christian Blog writes this: Now honestly, isn’t praying a way of cheating? I mean, if God has the… Read more
Let’s analyze: Child-molesting heterosexuals are ok. Jews are fine, but Jews from that one synagogue are evil. Atheists aren’t on his list. Yay! Dykes on unicycles? Not a problem. People who watch TV more than studying the Bible make him sick… so where does that put people who watch Trinity Broadcasting Network? “Sport’s Nuts”? Who is Sport and why are we concerned with his body? Speaking of which, for a guy who doesn’t like “effeminate culture,” what’s less effeminate than… Read more
That sounds ambiguous… Griffin, who angered the Religious Right with her hilarious Emmy Award acceptance speech, had a request from a couple of her fans to officiate their wedding ceremony. With an ordained ministry certificate from the Universal Life Church and some paperwork from New York, Griffin was ready to preside over the wedding of fans Brian Anstey and Elka Shapiro. Neither are affiliated with any religion and both wanted to do something memorable and different. [Griffin] joked that she… Read more
While you math and science people were busy with π-Day and Talk Like a Physicist Day festivities on 3/14, you may have missed out on Holy Experiment Day a couple weeks ago (3/4)! What does one to do celebrate? Holy Experiment Day is a day to try something religious. It is a chance to try something, or ask for something, and to measure the results. There are a lot of things that can be viewed as religious or holy experiments…. Read more
If any of you are thinking of selling something in the near future, consider Christvertising! They help you look at different ways prayer can help your product: Christvertising takes a whole new approach to marketing your brand. We skip the strategic deliverables. We pass on the matrixes, the payoffs and the metrics. We ignore any viral functionality. We focus on the ultimate end-user: God… …If God loves your brand, it will become stronger and more successful. They help you “access… Read more
Eunicure has solved that pesky problem of homosexuality… by “fixing” gay men: … a small incision is made in the abdomen and the testicles are pushed out through the incision from underneath. After the surgery there is some discomfort, although anyone who has ever had a cat neutered knows how short the recovery time is. Mother of God… they’re castrating the gays! And while your testicles are being pushed out of your body, your ex-wife and mother can watch: Q…. Read more
