Monthly Archives: April 2011

Did God Have a Wife?

Here’s part of the BBC’s “Bible’s Secrets” series. This is episode 2, which deals with the character Asherah who – possibly – was seen as the wife of Yahweh. As always, remember that these programs are trying to be provocative. … Continue reading

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Penis Worship Religion?

An email I received: Hello, I am disturbed at the way the penis worship religion is running our media and our schools. I am also tired of normal religions taking the flak for penis worshippers. Priests who sexually abuse children … Continue reading

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Biblical Fanon

I heard Robert Price use the phrase “embedded interpretation” recently. It refers to those bits on interpretation that we just assume are part of the original text of the Bible. The classic example are the wise men: how many were … Continue reading

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I Want You To Read My Blog

An email I received: You are very interesting. I want you to read my blog. I promise it is very brief. You’ll see that I’ve got a system. It is weird and it is quirky. But it works for me. … Continue reading

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Kurt Vonnegut on Socialism and Christianity

A selection from Kurt Vonnegut’s essay collection, A Man Without A Country. Vonnegut responds to the demonization of the word socialism, and to the misunderstanding of the relationship between marxism and religion. Unfortunately, it’s a bit too short. If someone … Continue reading

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Glenn is Gone?

According to Business Insider, Glenn Beck is retiring his program. Glenn Beck is pulling the plug on his popular daily show for Fox News. In a release his production company says he will “transition” away from his Fox News show … Continue reading

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Exposing God-Men By Example

I found this very encouraging. These guys go around rural parts of India and expose the shams of “god-men” by using their tricks to fool the crowd and then revealing how they did it. Now we just need some folks … Continue reading

Posted in Religion, Superstition, Videos | 12 Comments

THE EVIL HAS TO BE HANDELED!

I have no idea how this made it to my inbox, but it did: Dear Pastors, UNCLE AND AUNTIES, SIR AND MADAME, I am trying to be a little funny but please i have to warn you. When you send … Continue reading

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Glory Bombing the Poverty Demons

Scott Bailey at Scotteriology dug up these videos of Rob Deluca, who seems to be at the extreme end of the Pentecostal spectrum. Here he is dispelling the demons of poverty: And lobbing “glory bombs” (does that sound like a … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Videos, Weird | 17 Comments

Clear Data

Sometimes, being able to visualize data is extremely helpful when dealing with a complex issue. From I Love Charts, here’s a helpful breakdown of the effects of legalizing same sex marriage.

Posted in Pictures, Sexuality | 20 Comments