Taliban hangs seven year old boy, but Christians are just as bad because, um… I’ll leave it to readers to come up with some sort of absurd ending to that sentence. I’m thinking it will go something like “because the Pope deliberately organized phalanxes of priests to go out and rape kids!!!!” Something like that. Everybody knows that Taliban members who deliberately hang children in ardent conformity with their religious beliefs are indistinguishable from priests who rape kids in defiance... Read more

If it’s really this simple, a lot of people will be kicking themselves. Read more

can be very very loony indeed. File under “Not Ready for Civilization” Read more

…the same old bacteria multiply. Happily, Christ can cure even AIDS–and will. Read more

A reader writes: “Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.” It is a sad state of affairs when Katy Perry, a singer famous for a song about kissing another girl dares to criticize porn singer Lady Gaga over a blasphemous video, which includes Gaga swallowing a crucifix, nun rape and other sick stuff that just proves how desperate she is for even more attention. (source) Anyway, two thumbs up for Ms. Perry for... Read more

this was heroic martyrdom. The Turkish bishop who was murdered by yet another apostle of the Religion of Peace deliberately stayed home from seeing the Pope in Cyprus because he feared his driver would try to murder the Pope. The man then murdered him. “Why didn’t he get rid of the guy?” Dunno. Why did Jesus deliberately go to Jerusalem when he knew it was dangerous. It’s like he loved the guy or something and hoped for his redemption. God... Read more

by a former Catholic New Age atheist conservative who thinks the MSM is at war with Christianity in the US. She seems to me to be insightful about the media, but confused about God. The interesting thing about her position is that it enables her to speak to fellow journalists about their woefully inadequate reportage without making them feel proselytized. Read more

Ouija Boards. The funny thing about Ouija boards is that they demonstrate that many Evangelicals who insist that matter and spirit can never intersect in, say, the Eucharist or baptism have no problem believing it when the spirit happens to be an evil spirit. I just wish they would grasp the basic insight and take it to its logical conclusion by recognizing that if any Spirit can interact with the material world, it’s the Spirit that created the material world. Read more

Two things happening you might be interested in. First, this evening we have: Mystical Union & ContemplationBasic principles and practical stepswithFr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, OPWednesdays – June 9 & 167:00 PMParish HallJoin Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP for an exploration of the experience of contemplative prayer as a path to union with God. We will draw on the wisdom of the Desert Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila and others.Contact Tara Simons at 206-732-7345 Fr. Bernhard is great. Come and... Read more

Two things happening you might be interested in. First, this evening we have: Mystical Union & ContemplationBasic principles and practical stepswithFr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, OPWednesdays – June 9 & 167:00 PMParish HallJoin Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP for an exploration of the experience of contemplative prayer as a path to union with God. We will draw on the wisdom of the Desert Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila and others.Contact Tara Simons at 206-732-7345 Fr. Bernhard is great. Come and... Read more