Siren Song

Several posts and graphics have come my way that intersect under this heading. First and most directly is this Chuck and Beans cartoon (HT David Meadows):

Next, Tony Jones shared an excerpt from Peter Rollins’ book which mentions the Sirens’ song of offering a product that will fill a gap in our lives, even if we call that product “God”:

Finally, at Stuff Fundies Like there’s a post about the appeal of returning to fundamentalism when one has left it, comparing it to the steak offered to Cipher in the movie The Matrix.