Monthly Archives: September 2010

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A sign on the altar of the Church of the Lord Jesus in West Virginia: (via)

Posted in Pictures, Weird | 29 Comments

People Enjoying a Church Service

Just another day… (via)

Posted in Christianity, Humor, Videos | 22 Comments

Quran Burning crosses the pond, men arrested.

This is an old discussion but one that always interests me, and it’s one that’s come up a few times lately: Should the force of law be used to prevent the burning of religious books and to punish those who … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Islam | 187 Comments

Solomon and the Pentagram

Something that Christine O’Donnell said during talks about “witchcraft” caught my attention. At one point, she apparently told someone that the “pentagram” was a symbol of satanism and not a symbol of nature or Wicca the way some practitioners suggest. … Continue reading

Posted in Books, History, Magic | 21 Comments

"No Ground Zero Mosque" as Political Platform

A new teapartier is running for Congress in North Carolina… and that means she has to appeal to Southern Republicans. So why not use the Ground Zero Mosque as your political platform? The fear-mongering rednecks will eat it up: Isn’t … Continue reading

Posted in Politics, Religion, Videos | 23 Comments

Dear Pope, Please Stop

Posted in Catholicism | 10 Comments

MI6 "Used Bodily Fluids as Invisible Ink"

Some things are just too good not to mention, and this time it’s the Telegraph’s report that MI6 “used bodily fluids as invisible ink” — and yeah, they mean that bodily fluid: British intelligence services experimented with using semen as an … Continue reading

Posted in Weird | 21 Comments

Parting the Waters

Researchers at National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder have been running computer simulations to see if strong wind could create a dry channel in a body of water. The point being to simulate the … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Current Events, Miracles | 35 Comments

Richard Dawkins’ Speech at Protest the Pope March

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Posted in Atheism, Catholicism, Videos | 13 Comments

Christine O’Donnell "Dabbled in Witchcraft"

Christine O’Donnell: I dabbled into witchcraft — I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. … I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. I know what … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Oh the Stupidity! | 46 Comments