Monthly Archives: October 2009

David Cross on the Virgin Mary and Religion

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Hilariously sacrilegious:

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, Videos | 11 Comments

Questions for Mormons

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Ryan sent in this question: So I’m on the interwebz and I see that the Mormons are giving away free bibles. Now i decide to go for it (sue me…I’m a cheap Ukrainian), and lo and behold I get a … Continue reading →

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32 Planets Discovered Outside Solar System

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Daniel Florien

New planets have been discovered: Thirty-two planets have been discovered outside Earth’s solar system through the use of a high-precision instrument installed at a Chilean telescope, an international team announced Monday…. [T]he device can detect slight wobbles of stars as … Continue reading →

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Escaping the Nightmare

Posted on October 20, 2009 by vorjack

by VorJack In reading Robert Kunzman’s Write These Laws on Your Children, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the families involved. I wouldn’t necessarily want to live with any of them, and they’re all pretty conservative, but they mostly seem like … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Education | 56 Comments

Obama’s “Catholic Plan”

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Did you know that the only thing between the US and socialism is the Catholic Church? That’s why Obama is trying to “neutralize” the Catholic Church! Doesn’t it all make sense now, in a sort of deluded, tin-foil-hat wearing, psychotic … Continue reading →

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Sweatbox Lunacy

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Daniel Florien

When people follow “spiritual advisors,” usually they just waste time and lose money & friends. But occasionally they lose their lives. A third person has died from following James Arthur Ray at a retreat for his “Spiritual Warrior” program: A … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Current Events | 30 Comments

Spaceship Jesus Will Come Back and Whisk Us Away

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Killing the Buddha has an excerpt from Frank Schaeffer’s Patience with God about the disastrous politics of the rapture. Schaeffer gives a good introduction to the Left Behind phenomenon which has worried me for some time, even before I was an atheist. Here’a … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism | 48 Comments

What You’re Missing Today

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Daniel Florien

All you atheists are missing the fun in churches around the globe today. And to think you could be participating in this:

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A Letter to Grandma

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Josh Sullivan received a “33-page handwritten letter lamenting my unbelief, urging me to reconsider, and ultimately appealing to a fear of hell for the decisions I make about what I choose to not believe in.” So he did what most … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Creationism / ID, Fundamentalism | 23 Comments

Kristi’s First Witness

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Daniel Florien

The Master Plan will be coming out November 10, 2009. It’s “a feature film about Christian youth culture in suburban America, and a teen girl’s struggle with evangelical Christianity.” Here’s a new clip from it, about a girl trying to witness … Continue reading →

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