Monthly Archives: August 2011

Redemption for the Few

James McGrath shared this poster from the online group People of the Second Chance: From the POTSC website: In Hollywood history, Darth Vader is ranked as one of the biggest bad guys of all time. There has never been a … Continue reading

Posted in Science Fiction | 48 Comments

The Origianal Autographs

James McGrath posted this gem: A mistake in the labeling department? Maybe, maybe not. A little searching and Dangerous Minds found this on e-bay: You are bidding on an extremely rare copy of a “THE BIBLE.” written by. Jesus, et … Continue reading

Posted in Humor, Pictures | 23 Comments

Endlessly Flexible

There’s a very common argument I run across online. A recent example is found in the comments at Confessions of a Former Conservative, where Former Conservative is getting angry at Park 51 protesters. Inevitably, someone shows up in the comments … Continue reading

Posted in Religion | 24 Comments

Goodnight, Irene

Hugh Laurie and the Band from TV doing a somewhat atypical version of the folk standard “Goodnight, Irene.” More typical versions come from Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton and Sinatra. My favorite is that “little ol’ fella with his shiny guitar,” … Continue reading

Posted in Administrative, Videos | 17 Comments

Why science wins.

I’ve just read a story on the BBC about the latest data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that contains a passage which, to me, neatly sums up all that I love about science and all that I respect about … Continue reading

Posted in Science | 57 Comments

The Earth is Toast

Fans of Scotteriology will recall that Jesus and his mother have been locked in a contest to see who can appear in the most places. Well, it appears that there’s a new challenger: the earth itself! Atheist Sees Image of … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Humor | 13 Comments

Less Educated, Less Religious?

According to polls cited by the CNN Belief Blog, church attendance is down among those in America who are less educated: That’s the upshot of a new study that finds the decline in church attendance since the 1970s among white … Continue reading

Posted in Religion | 23 Comments

Media Backlash(s) about Dominionism

Right now there’s a backlash going on about the backlash that started the backlash … Lemme back up … Several years ago, various mainstream sources started talking about “dominionism,” the movement within conservative Christian sects to gain control of secular … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Christianity, Politics | 45 Comments

Washington Wept … When He Heard You Sing

This is just … words fail me. It’s just about every culture war buzz phrase set to music. Bad music. Somebody tell American Jesus to stop posting things like this. They make my head go all ‘splody.

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Politics, Videos | 14 Comments

Atheism and Liberal Christianity

From over in the Patheos Collective, James McGrath asks us a question: Are Atheists Basically Just Like Liberal Believers? This is an inversion of the usual question that James has to deal with as a Liberal Christian, so it’s only … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Questions | 214 Comments