Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
I received an email from the “Family” Research Council (and “Family” is probably an accurate description). The email states:
When the North Carolina legislature asked Ron Baity to serve as a guest chaplain at the state house, the pastor of Berean Baptist Church said it was an honor. What he didn’t know was how short-lived [...]
Posted in Atheism, Church and State, Religion | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
I’m making stew tonight, but we’re low on ingredients. Could you do me a favor and pick up some meat at Fudd’s on the way home?
(From Suicide Food)
(BTW, This picture makes me think that we should be worshipping Bugs Bunny instead of Jesus. That way we wouldn’t need to rely on transubstantiation [...]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
I’ve seen the original versions of these pictures floating around the internet for quite a while now. They’re somehow supposed to “inspirational”. I find the whole idea that there’s an invisible guy following me around and watching everything I do to be quite creepy. Maybe that’s just me.
Anyway, I found these recaptioned [...]
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
Jeff Eyges alerted me to the first video below. The second one is by the same people. They’re worth a few minutes of your time.
The Holy Gospel of the Easter Bunny
(YouTube page is here)
Ultimate Praying Championship
(YouTube page is here)
Posted in Online Video, Religion | 14 Comments »
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Our seven-day week seems to be based on the Genesis myth. Our five-day work week is the result of the labor movement. Clearly, unions are more powerful than God. However, starting primarily with the Reagan administration, labor unions are being destroyed in this country. I guess Republicans think they’re more powerful [...]
Posted in Atheism, Religion, Site News | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
(Image from 9Gag)
I have three quick notes worth mentioning this morning.
Note 1: Oops!
I found this amusing inconsistency over at Futility Closet:
In The City of God, Augustine raises a curious question: How did Methuselah survive the flood? According to the Septuagint, the patriarch was 355 years old when Noah was born, and the deluge occurred 600 [...]
Posted in Politics, Rationalism, Religion | 16 Comments »
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Click image to embiggen.
(Image from Live Journal Vintage Ads forum.)
Sometimes old advertisements are unintentionally prescient. The above ad actually is talking about all of the Catholic-bashing propaganda that Protestant groups love to spread around. It turns out all of those warnings about the Catholic Church were right, but for the wrong reasons.
(Comic from [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
I came across three interesting articles this last week. I thought I’d pass them along.
Somebody Went Postal on Him
Over at the WFMU blog is “The Ballad Of The Walking Postman”. It’s a tale from the Civil Rights Era. Here’s what WFMU says about it:
Today’s musical selection tells the story of Bill Moore, [...]
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