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Conservapedia, How Could I Have Forgotten Your Charm?
faith, conservapedia, andy,schlafly, religion, christian,I can't believe I have stayed away from Conservapedia for so long. It's divine, inspired, so filled with lulz it could teach the world to sing while teaching this town how to dance at the sam...
I Suggest Another Strategy
prayer, religion, christian, god, atheism, atheist,So, after having snuck into the Rapture Ready message boards under a semiassumed name*, I quite literally depressed the fuck right out of myself by reading all 172 pages of prayer requests.** Well, ...
My Imaginary Friends
religion, christian, jesus, santa claus, christmas, The issue of whether or not to do the Santa Claus thing with your children is a complicated one, and affects the religious and nonreligious alike. The Rapture Ready take on this, is of course, highl...
Evangelism Without a Script
evangelism, witness, religion, christianity, jesus, Because, quite frankly, we don't want you thinking on it too much.I've always disagreed with the Way of the Master style of evangelism. It relies entirely on Pascal's Wager (stupid, could be said of...
Religious Discrimination
religion, religious, huckabee, commutation, clemency,The fundys spend every day from the middle of November to Christmas Day itself howling that if you're not screaming "Merry Christmas" at the top of your lungs 18 hours a day, then you're persecuti...
Thanks for Proving My Point
The Universe called, buy me this coat. religion, christian, christianity, holy spirit, bible, jesus, atheism,Ken Pulliam, PhD, wrote on the Witness of the Spirit and the Burning of the Bosom, which are, respectively, evangelical and Mormon names fo...
No Such Thing as Consent
makarios, religion, christian, liar, pornography,[triggers: rape, pornography]If you ask most anyone what the difference is between sex and rape, you'll get a simple answer: consent. In the former act, both parties agree to participate, the latter ac...
Imagine That
bible, religion, justice, poverty, religious, right,I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be shocked by this:Only 13 percent of Americans surveyed by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Bible Society was able to correctly credit the Bible as the...
I Normally Wouldn\'t Suggest This
catholic, politics, religion, first amendment,but I guess we shouldn't elect Catholics for public office anymore. At least, that's the argument Reverand Thomas Tobin seems to be making.“Any Catholic in public office – his first commitment has to ...
Ow! Your Stupid Is Hurting Me.
less polite, same idea misogyny, religion, christian, stupid,h/t to ExPattMatt for hurting my brain.It's not so much the original post at Christian Thoughts, as it is the comment by the author [emphasis mine]:Our wives are our reflection of who we ar...
Scientific Facts in the Bible
religion, science, creationism, evolution, bible, god, stupid,I'm not a scientist. I have an interest in science and read as much as I can about it, but I'm a legal secretary, and science is not my speciality. So the fact that I can easily refute thi...
That Can\'t Be Good
huckabee, religion, atheism, abortion, islam, homosexual, marriage, president,Rasmussen's latest survey shows Mike Huckabee as the front runner for the GOP in 2012.Though Rasmussen Reports’ last survey in July concluded with a nearly three-way tie...
Prayer Cannot Cure Cancer- Even When Combined with Herbs
funnier than the real thingtbn, daniel, cancer, pentecostal, religion, christianityA Pentecostal minister/doctor has been arrested for killing people by promising that her herbal concoction, combined with prayer, could cure everything from MS to can...
Diamond Jesus
classy They really don't read their own book, do they? "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not ...
Spiritual Care?
religion, christian, health care, hatch, enzi, kerry, public option, rape, birth control, abortion, abstinence, safe sex,The Secular Coalition for America is fighting three amendments to the health care bill that are egregious examples of religious i...
Such Is My Life
obama, religion, christian, stupid,I'm going to deal with this stupidity now, because I just know it's going to turn into a massively popular email forward very soon. You can read it for yourself, but basically, a legal secretary that used to work wh...
Shut Up Already About That Time You Lost
religion, christian, bible, marriage, divorce, no fault, cravenThe fundys are trying to get rid of no fault divorce, again. Yes, they've fought this battle before. Yes, they've lost this one before. Trust me, if fundamentalists ran this country, we'd...
The Scientific Method
religion, science, babies, baby, christian, creationism, ray, hovind, atheism, atheist,My newest niece just turned one*. I caught a ride to work with my sister and my niece, we'll call her Blondie, was in the back seat with a half-full bottle of form...
Teh Interwebs- There's Criticism
atheism, atheist, christian, jesus, religion, christianity, tom estes,Tom Estes of Hard Truth* has a little trouble with the part of Teh Interwebs I enjoy most- the interactivity. On good days, I'm funny, maybe even insightful, and get compliments. ...
Seems Like Thought
jesus, religion, witnessing, evangelism, belief, atheism, atheistI do enjoy "and this is why you should believe exactly what I believe" speech, because they're always so incredibly stupid. Really, really stupid.Well I will give you some things that ...
It's Not Her Faith, It's Child Abuse
amanda voydatch, home schooling, public, schools, bible, religion, hell,A lot, and I do mean a lot, has been made of the case of Amanda Voydatch, a 10-year-old homeschooler ordered by the Court in New Hampshire to attend public school this year. The ...
He Brought a Pedophile to Church
pedophilia, pedophile, porn, pornography, church, modesty, religion, christian, stupid,and then complained that the women weren't dressed modestly enough.Oh, wait, I just threw you to the end of my rant, so that may not make any sense.From the beginn...
Why Atheists Care
blackwater, bush, war, iraq, religion, gog, magog, hussein, eric prince, Jaques Chirac, christianity, evangelical4,000 US soldiers have died thus far in Iraq. Around 100,000 Iraqis have died. Over $600,000,000,000 has been spent on the war in Iraq. T...
A Little Light Reading
ray, comfort, god, bible, jesus, religion, christianity,The cold that became pneumonia seems to have eased off a bit, so let's reboot with a little light reading.Oh, back when the cold was just a cold I did get my hair cut and got my glasses, but I c...
Abuse of Power
homeless, evangelism, witnessing, religion, abuse,Dominic Mapstone at change.org has captured exactly how I feel about so-called "faith based initiatives": it's an abuse of power. It's an abuse of power to combine evangelization with helping the need...
