Monthly Archives: September 2010

Primary Pain

Seven states in America just had a series of primary elections. Over in Delaware, anti-masturbation candidate Christine O’Donnell just took the Republican nomination for Senate. She’s generally viewed as Palin without the charm. Here in New York, the Republican gubernatorial … Continue reading

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Christian Terrorist

The FBI has arrested a man from Concord, North Carolina for conspiring to bomb an abortion clinic. From the Charlotte Observer: Justin Carl Moose, 26, is a self-described “extremist, radical” and the “Christian counterpart of Osama bin Laden,” according to … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion, Current Events, Religious Violence | 65 Comments

Crazy Woman Praying

Todd Bentley’s new wife is a little coo coo for coco puffs: She’s either nuts or playing along with nuts. BTW we’ve covered the fraudulent Todd Bentley many times before. (via)

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The Curious Case of the Catholics in the UK…

Here’s a curious story from the BBC reporting on a recent poll by ComRes on Catholics in the UK. It makes interesting reading: “Almost six in ten Catholics say that their faith is not “generally valued” in British society” I’m … Continue reading

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QotD: Sacred Ground?

The New York Post published a macabre map of where the remains of the victims of 9/11 were found. It’s purpose seems to be to show how close the remains were to where the Cordoba House will be situated. It’s … Continue reading

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Anti-Mosque Rally at Ground Zero

I see dumb people.

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Is There Anything That Can't Be Denied?

James McGrath posted a link to the Galileo Was Wrong conference being held in November. The full title is “Galileo Was Wrong: The Church was Right, First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism.” I’m sure the Catholic Church is just overjoyed … Continue reading

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Christian Disposal

I used to drive past a store that called itself a “Christian Supply Store.” I always wanted to go in and order a dozen mixed Protestants. Only one thing stopped me: What do you do with left-over Christians? Well, now … Continue reading

Posted in Humor, Pictures | 17 Comments

Education versus religion.

America gets a lot of stick (mostly from smug foreigners like me) about its system of unaccredited, diploma-farm style universities, which churn out meaningless bits of paper to the likes of Gillian McKeith so that they can call themselves “Doctor” … Continue reading

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Quran Burning Round-Up

Apparantly the Quran burning is off. Pastor Terry Jones has agreed to call it off and meet with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the controversial Cordoba House. I suppose that Rauf gets to look like the peacemaker here, while Jones … Continue reading

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