Monthly Archives: March 2009

Where Is Jesus Today?

McBloggenstein sent this joke to me. I thought it was good enough to pass along: A Sunday school teacher is concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus, so he asks his class, “Where is Jesus today?” … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Humor | 20 Comments

New Zealand's Legal Prostitution

Since 2003, prostitution has been legal in New Zealand. Contrary to what the right-wingers may have thought, the country didn’t degenerate into a nation of violence and sexual abuse. Instead, it cleaned up the underground world of prostitution and turned … Continue reading

Posted in Libertarianism, Politics | 136 Comments

Penn and Teller: Placebo Effect

This is hilarious and yet sad. If you must skip, skip to 4:30 where people willingly put snails on their faces in order to remove wrinkles. It’s unbelievable. Is there anything people won’t do just because someone in a white … Continue reading

Posted in Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science, Superstition, Videos, Weird | 31 Comments

Religious Cancer Patients Suffer More

Religious cancer patients are more prone to seek aggressive, life-prolonging care compared to non-religious patients, a new study says: The patients who were devout were three times as likely as less religious ones to be put on a mechanical ventilator … Continue reading

Posted in Death, Medicine | 46 Comments

Bruno Interviews “Gay Converter” Pastor Quinn

I can’t believe this pastor actually sat down with Bruno. I give him credit for that. But it makes his ideas against homosexuality sound even more absurd than they usually do. Which is why I find this hilarious. (via)

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, Sexuality | 32 Comments

Pastor Gets Caught Lying for Jesus

The other day this comment was posted by an atheist: What’s wrong with killing babies? I see no problem with it. I have enough mouths to feed. I don’t get the argument and I am an atheist. Since I don’t … Continue reading

Posted in Administrative, Atheism, Christianity | 1,523 Comments

Neil Gaiman on the Colbert Report

Update: The copyright nazis removed it. I’m sure making this video inaccessible to people benefits them in some unfathomable way, but since it is unfathomable, I can’t fathom how. Update 2: You can watch it here. (via)

Posted in Science Fiction, Videos | 19 Comments

Pastor Sets Fire To Church

The (now former) pastor of Blue Ridge Baptist Church in Belton, South Carolina has been charged with setting fire to his own church: [T]hey have “no idea” what the motive could have been. Daniels reported the fire at 9:20 a.m., before … Continue reading

Posted in Religion, Weird | 37 Comments

Creation Science 101

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Posted in Creationism / ID, Humor, Videos | 40 Comments

The Errors of Inerrancy, Part 1: The Irony of Fundamentalism

By Vorjack During the early part of the 20th century, many conservative Christian groups amused themselves by publishing lists of the “fundamentals” of the faith. These bulleted creeds are the basis for our word “fundamentalists,” though the word has been … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Bible, Christianity, Fundamentalism, History | 139 Comments