Monthly Archives: January 2011

Come Together (Christian Parody Edition)

Unbelievably terrible; more terrible than you can imagine. This may give you nightmares. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZWimUud2AdM Glory be. My personal favorite line is: “We got Mother Mary / Grace ‘in toto’ filled her.” Here’s a picture of a child enjoying her music: … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, Music | 28 Comments

God's Priorities

Posted in Comics, God, Miracles, Morality | 10 Comments

Keep It Loaded

I know that no one is itching to have another discussion of words and when it is appropriate to use them, so I’ll keep this short. The use of the phrase “blood libel” by Glenn Reynolds and Sarah Palin to … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events, Politics | 32 Comments

More Dead Bird Speculation

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Posted in Christianity, Humor, Oh the Stupidity! | 17 Comments

Why the Inn?

Geds at Accidental Historian picks up on something from an online story by John Scalzi which he, in turn, probably got from one of his cats. In the post An Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper, Scalzi has the innkeep from … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, History | 73 Comments

Tony Porter on gender socialisation.

The recent debates here about what is and is not offensive in the world of gender-based insults put me in mind of a talk on TED (specifically TED Women) from Tony Porter. I honestly think this talk made me grow … Continue reading

Posted in Culture, Current Events, Education | 41 Comments

Why Birds Are Falling From The Sky

Why are birds falling from the sky? Because of TEH GAY, of course! At least according to Cindy Jacobs: According to biblical principles, marriage is between a man and a woman , so we have to say “what happens when … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, Oh the Stupidity!, Sexuality | 45 Comments

Be My Creationist Valentine

Are you looking for that special Valentine’s day gift for someone who means almost as much to you as your personal lord and savior Jesus? Want to make sure that your special someone knows that your feelings were created by … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Creationism / ID, Weird | 16 Comments

Attention Whore?

Vorjack stirred up some unintentional controversy when he used the phrase “attention whore” in a post. Some readers were offended. I had never heard of anyone being offended by it (except my mom, who is offended by everything), but I’m … Continue reading

Posted in Meta, Questions | 352 Comments

Proposed Ban on Surveyor's Symbols

Here’s another entry in the “Things I should have seen coming” file. According to the Atlantic, one of Sarah Palin’s aides, Rebecca Mansour, is saying that the symbols on the now famous gun sights map were not actually gun sights. … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events, Politics | 32 Comments