Santa Claus is comin' to chat roulette. "Pro-life" means jailing gay people in Uganda. A "silly smear" dies, but they always live on as zombie lies. Religious persection. Mike Huckabee to "let the Lord decide" if he should run for president. "Apocalypse is the cry of the helpless." Read more
What you'll need, instead, is a way of expressing that disapproval that also conveys your refusal to accept the actuality of the unacceptable thing -- a way of saying that the thing you're disapproving of isn't really even a thing at all. And this is what American evangelical Christians are stumbling to communicate with that awkward locution: "I don't believe in homosexuality." Read more
So obviously, that debate nearly 20 years ago was seen as controversial for Christian family radio. Because of Ron Sider. He's a pacifist, urges rich people to give money to feed the hungry, and he once voted for McGovern. It was quite a bold move, then, for this radio station to ask a fine, upstanding pillar of the white evangelical community like Larry Pratt to agree to debate such a dangerous, fringe character. Read more
"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire." Read more
"Bible prophecy" mythology is also why thieves were able to steal consumer data from 40 million Target customers this fall. That theft was easily preventable with the smart-card encryption used in most other countries, but we can't use that technology here in America because the phrase "embeddable microchips" sends tens of millions of Americans off the deep end. It's the Mark of the Beast! Read more
Drinking soda and eating hoagies makes me easy to pin down. Common cold remedies don't remedy much. What's the American Family Association comparing to "what Hitler did in Nazi Germany" this time? Business-owner helps the hungry, but other businesses put a stop to that. Richard Beck channels Garrison. And Alan Bean says Hell ain't what you think. Read more
The NABA NABA pinheads like Mona Charen aren't really trying to convince you and I that they're good people. They're trying to convince themselves. And they're failing. They know this is nonsense. They realize that their claim -- we're Not As Bad As the worst people you can think of -- is just about the saddest, flimsiest, least-impressive claim one could make. Read more
On Tuesday I posted that neat animated .gif showing the march of history toward marriage equality. And now, just six days later, that history is out of date. New Mexico I saw coming. But Utah -- Utah! -- was a surprise. Read more
Open any book you own and flip through the first few pages and you will find that book's Library of Congress number. When you see that number, remember where the Library of Congress came from. It came from a broken promise to real people. We know their names. Read more
"Do not be afraid; for see — I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." Read more
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