Some people have a hard time telling the difference between the Bible and the biblical fan-fiction concocted by Darby, Scofield, Lindsey, LaHaye, Hagee, et. al. And it seems those same people have an even harder time telling the difference between this fiction and reality. These folks have been busy this week. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. This week it's another alphabetical slice of songs named for famous people, including a boxer, a slugger, a scientist, a philosopher, five musicians and a demagogue. Read more
The top photo here pictures two people, the bottom one pictures nine. But only two of these 11 people are identified by name. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Bestiality, incest, mothers-in-law, etc.. Read more
Praying for the victims of tragedy with other members of the community is forbidden. But interfaith coalitions are just fine when it comes to kicking LGBT people. This isn't hypocrisy. It's just that the people in charge of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod hate gays way more than they love the schoolchildren of Sandy Hook. Read more
I don't have any special insight or commentary to add to the posts listed below, other than to say Amen. Here I just want to catalog, to highlight, to bear witness, and to amplify what these women are saying. It's important. Read more
Jamelle Bouie notes that Americans don't have a constitutional right to vote and he wants to fix that; Jenny Rae Armstrong responds to John "Irrespective of Competency" Piper; Alan Bean on locking up and deporting Jesus; more than 1,000 religious leaders urge their peers to support family planning; and Chauncey DeVega contrasts two different vintages of American racism. Read more
The particulars change, but the pattern is always the same whether it's Eric Siebert talking about violence, or Steve Chalke talking about same-sex relationships, or Jonathan Blanchard talking about slavery, or Paul talking about circumcision, or Jesus talking about the Sabbath, or Isaiah talking about feast days. Some of us are focused on the moon. Some of us are focused on the finger. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Evidence of virginity. Read more
Let's look at a current example of white evangelical gatekeeping as it unfolds before us in real time. This one involves Christianity Today in its usual role as good cop, and one of Al Mohler's henchmen in his gang's usual role as bad cop. This is an ugly, ugly business. Read more
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