Though they may never realize it, the Christ-Con’s sole saving grace is their failure to rebuild the bulwark of 1950’s Christian America. Had they been allowed to stamp out all beliefs and practices that don’t coincide with their own, it wouldn’t be long before another group rose to power and did the same to them.
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The (Christian) sky is falling?!
Posted in Christianity, tagged Abortion, Agnostic, Agnosticism, Apostasy, Apostolistic, Atheism, Atheist, Baptist, Bible, Catholicism, Christ-Cons, Christian, Easter, Evangelism, Faith, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Gay Rights, God, Gospel, Holy Word, Iowa, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jon Meacham, Meacham, Neo-Con, Neo-Conservatives, Neo-Pagan, Newsweek, Pagan, Pentecostal, Praise, Religion, Religious Tolerance, Spirituality, Vermont, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft on April 9, 2009 | 9 Comments »
More fundamentalist Christian hypocrisy
Posted in Christianity, tagged Abortion, EC's, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Morning After Pill, Neo-Conservatism, Religion, Sexism, Wal-Mart on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two years ago a Massachusetts court required Wal-Mart, the fifth largest pharmaceutical provider in the U.S., to reverse its decision to block access to emergency contraceptives (also called “morning after pills” or “EC’s”). The company said it “chooses not to carry many products for business reasons,” but more likely it was because of a moral judgment by the retail giant’s leadership. (A former [...]
Silly Fundamentalist Award of the Week
Posted in Christianity, tagged Abortion, Evangelism, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Neo-Conservatism, Religion, Roe vs. Wade on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh boy…this one’s a doozy.
The image at the other end of this link is as objectionable as most of the comments underneath it. Proceed at your own risk.
7 days till the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
On the Bible and Satan
Posted in Christianity, tagged Fundamentalism, God, Religion, Satan, The Bible on November 27, 2007 | 19 Comments »
I came across a fantastic post about the origins of Satan that inspired the thoughts that follow. (The original post is long but very well written, and definitely worth reading.)
As I’ve grown older and (hopefully) wiser, I’ve come to hold a few convictions about Christianity.
The Bible is its biggest stumbling block. It’s an odd fate that this venerable tome should be both the [...]
The “Source of Evil”
Posted in Christianity, tagged Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, Pagan, Philosophy, Religion, Satan, Spirituality on September 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Today two women from the local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses visited my front door and offered two pamphlets, one entitled “What is the Source of Evil?” On its cover is a figure in a black coat with black gloves, holding a gun and advancing toward children playing near a park slide.
Satan, the anti-Christ of [...]
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The power of laughter in the face of the absurd
Posted in Christianity, tagged Barack Obama, Bible, Christ-Con, Culture Wars, Evangelism, Faith, Fundamentalism, God, Gospel, Holy Word, Humor, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Laughter, Neo-Con, Newsweek, Obama, Religion, Religious Conservatism, Religious Tolerance, Scripture, Social Commentary, Spirituality, The Power of Laughter on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why do the Christ-Cons get defensive when claims that their religion is crumbling are made? Why is laughing in the face of utter and complete absurdity so satisfying?
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