OKC woman kills her daughter by shoving a crucifix down her throat to expunge demons.

Last updated on: August 31, 2016 at 11:42 am By JT Eberhard

This post is gonna get kinda gory. You’ve been warned. Oklahoma City Police arrived at a very gruesome murder scene this last weekend: Court documents just released Monday afternoon reveal the horror officers encounteredwhen they arrived to the home Saturday afternoon. They state police found Geneva lying in the home with a large crucifix upon her chest and that she had severe trauma around her head and face. The affidavit states Gomez told investigators her daughter was possessed by the devil... Read more

Woman who beat her 7-year-old with a coat hanger invoking religious freedom as her defense.

Last updated on: August 31, 2016 at 10:29 am By JT Eberhard

An Indiana woman is citing religious freedom as a defense for beating her seven-year-old with a coat hanger: An Indianapolis woman who beat her 7-year-old son with a coat hanger is citing Indiana’s religious freedom law as a defense against felony child abuse charges, saying her choice of discipline comes straight from her evangelical Christian beliefs. The woman quoted biblical Scripture in court documents. She said that a parent who “spares the rod, spoils the child,” and: “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you... Read more

NOM President Brian Brown: liberal secularists and President Obama are trying normalize pedophilia.

Last updated on: August 31, 2016 at 9:56 am By JT Eberhard

Brian Brown, head of the largely failed National Organization for Marriage, was elected president of the global social conservative network World Congress of Families. He sent out a fundraising letter last Friday that accused “liberal secularists” including the President of trying normalize pedophilia. The letter begins: All around the world, we see liberal secularists using the power of government to seek to undermine the natural family. Same-sex relationships, and those parents taking care of children, is occurring naturally. That’s why you’re pursuing... Read more

Alberta school receiving loads of public funding treating LGBT youth as “corrupted.”

Last updated on: August 31, 2016 at 9:38 am By JT Eberhard

Last week Canada’s Education Minister released an open letter to LGBT students promising them that their rights would be respected: “You have the right to create a gay-straight alliance or a queer-straight alliance, and you have the right to name your clubs this way,” Eggen wrote. “You have the right to use the washroom that is consistent with your gender identity.” He provided an email to contact his staff “who can help you ensure your rights are being respected.” But Pastor... Read more

MORNING HAPPINESS: A pudgy bird.

Last updated on: August 31, 2016 at 8:55 am By JT Eberhard

Good morning, everybody! This is a pudgy bird. Read more

My father on the death of parents.

Last updated on: August 30, 2016 at 11:01 am By JT Eberhard

It’s either another slow news day or the ludicrousness of religion and politics is now becoming familiar. O.o Either way, I thought I would share something my father sent me this morning. It seems Gene Wilder’s passing got dad thinking of his own mortality, so he sent the following to my brother and me this morning. I share it with you because I hope it resonates with you as it has resonated with me: Morbid stuff, but I wanted to... Read more

A music video with a familiar character.

Last updated on: August 30, 2016 at 10:12 am By JT Eberhard

Gabrielle Owwell, who occasionally writes for this blog, created a music video for her youtube channel featuring a familiar character: At the end I just wanted him to look at the camera and say, “It is good.” Funny how we all look at this person and immediately think he’s deranged, but put the same character in the bible and suddenly he’s the most perfect, most wise, most loving being conceivable. Read more

MORNING HAPPINESS: How to cure hangry.

Last updated on: August 30, 2016 at 9:23 am By JT Eberhard

Good morning! This hedgehog was such a grump until he got some food: How to cure the hangry… Read more

Ask JT: Has anybody questioned the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance?

Last updated on: August 29, 2016 at 2:46 pm By JT Eberhard

Alex asks: Has anyone thought of questioning the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance? The “one nation, under God” part is obviously a violation of the First Amendment. I know why that phrase was added in the 1950s (not that it was constitutional then), but surely someone has thought of trying to change it more recently. Thanks for the question, Alex. I contacted Monica Miller, Senior Counsel at the American Humanist Association‘s Appignani Humanist Legal Center, for some examples and... Read more

AP reports that Gene Wilder has died.

Last updated on: August 29, 2016 at 1:51 pm By JT Eberhard

Well this sucks: BREAKING: Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and Mel Brooks comedies, is dead at 83, his family says. — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) August 29, 2016 Gene Wilder starred in the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. He was also a favorite of Mel Brooks playing Jim, the Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles and Dr. Frankenstein in Young Frakenstein. Who can forget, “Little bastard shot me in the ass”? Wilder was also likely an atheist. His movies were... Read more