I got het up yesterday about the execution of Troy Davis and spoke out of turn about his “innocence” when what I really was protesting was the dodginess of the evidence against him, dodginess that seemed to me to introduce an element of reasonable doubt concerning his guilt for the crime for which he was executed. This in turn led to understandable confusion among some readers given the fact that, innocent or guilty, I oppose the infliction of the death... Read more

Hint: It doesn’t involve conducting media campaigns against their bishop nor suggesting to their “fans” that disobedience to legitimate authority’s demand that a priest put his priesthood first is necessary for the Greater Good. Read more

A reader writes: A while back, I lost my job, and came to this community of readers for prayers that I might find employment. Well, the good news is that I did, in fact, get a job a couple of weeks ago. The bad news is that last night my girlfriend lost hers. She just got a new apartment that she won’t be able to afford, and she is justifiably freaking out. She’s extraordinarily lucky in that her termination doesn’t... Read more

…for people who hate Obama so bad they were hoping he was the antichrist. It is a curious thing, by the way, that phenomenon (confined entirely to certain apocalyptic Christian circles) of *hoping* that somebody is the antichrist.  It’s a recurring Team Sport that is sort of like doing crossword puzzles to fill up time for that particular subculture.  It’s not really serious typically, since so many antichrist candidates have come and gone over the years without that subculture stocking up... Read more

As your Dark Lord, I have to tell you that running Pits of Despair and spinning world-spanning webs of evil and intrigue is not as easy as it sounds. Besides the distracting screams of anguish, the food bill for the wolves who prowl the dark forests around my impregnable mountain fastness, and the repair bills for the Orbital Mind Control Laser Platform in Geosynchronous Orbit Above North America, there is also the daily pressure of paying the mutants, mind-numbed sycophants,... Read more

It’s not the law. It’s just a good idea. Read more

In which we discuss the absurd claim that Jesus and Paul were proto-capitalists or proto-socialists. Read more

Ascension Press is giving away a pilgrimage for 2 to the Holy Land led by Jeff and Emily Cavins. They are asking people to submit a video responding to the question “How Has the Story of Scripture Enriched My Life and My Faith.” The videos will be voted upon and judged, and the grand prize winner will receive the free pilgrimage! All of the details about it can be found at www.BibleStudyContest.com. Jeff and Emily are two of the nicest... Read more

for students of Catholic theology and biblical studies.  Go and peruse and I think you’ll start to drool. Read more

…who happens to be an atheist. Jerry Coyne is apparently a P.Z. Myers understudy who likes to imagine that volume supplies for deficiencies in content. In addition to barking meaningless things like “Science wins over religion because science works!” (Works at what? What is “religion”? It usually means “Christianity” when used by an Evangelical Atheist but it covers an awful lot of ground and some definitions are in order. What “work” is science doing that “religion” does not do? Is... Read more