From the monthly archives:

February 2007

If God says “Kill ‘em”, will the people listen?

February 24, 2007

The answer is apparently yes.  I doubt it comes as any surprise to anyone that grew up as or with fundamentalists such as myself.   However, I do find myself surprised that anyone would have to find out such a thing in a formal setting like the one in the study.
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If God says “Kill ‘em”, will the people listen?

February 24, 2007

The answer is apparently yes.  I doubt it comes as any surprise to anyone that grew up as or with fundamentalists such as myself.   However, I do find myself surprised that anyone would have to find out such a thing in a formal setting like the one in the study.
We [...]

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If God says “Kill ‘em”, will the people listen?

February 24, 2007

The answer is apparently yes.  I doubt it comes as any surprise to anyone that grew up as or with fundamentalists such as myself.   However, I do find myself surprised that anyone would have to find out such a thing in a formal setting like the one in the study.
We [...]

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Fox News “sponsoring” Democratic Debate

February 23, 2007

What is wrong with some Democrats? Fox news is little more than a mouthpiece for the Republican Party and is perhaps singularly responsible for dumbing down of political discourse in America.
Consider the slandering of Senator Obama by Fox News in recent weeks.  They’ve went after him for being the son of a [...]

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Fox News “sponsoring” Democratic Debate

February 23, 2007

What is wrong with some Democrats? Fox news is little more than a mouthpiece for the Republican Party and is perhaps singularly responsible for dumbing down of political discourse in America.
Consider the slandering of Senator Obama by Fox News in recent weeks.  They’ve went after him for being the son of a [...]

Read the full article →

Fox News “sponsoring” Democratic Debate

February 23, 2007

What is wrong with some Democrats? Fox news is little more than a mouthpiece for the Republican Party and is perhaps singularly responsible for dumbing down of political discourse in America.
Consider the slandering of Senator Obama by Fox News in recent weeks.  They’ve went after him for being the son of a [...]

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The Man in Black

February 23, 2007

I grew up on ‘old country’, that is to say “songs by musicians generally despised by Tennessee music executives”. One of the despised was Johnny Cash and this is his song explaining why he was the Man in Black.
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Today in God

February 22, 2007

John McCain’s metamorphosis into a doing-anything-to-get-the-god-vote twit is complete with his recent disavowal of Roe vs. Wade.
Minister Zille Huma Usman of Pakistan was murdered by an Islamic man for not covering her head.
Haredi Jewish men are starting to publicly attack Jewish women for not obeying their dictates regarding the proper role of women.
Sunni vs. Shia [...]

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Telling it like it is

February 22, 2007

This letter was written to the New Zealand Herald in protest to the labeling of New Zealand as a “Christian Nation”.
If my resistance to deem New Zealand to be a Christian nation makes me a traitor, as Brian Tamaki suggests, take me to the Tower, or the New Zealand equivalent, for it would be greatly [...]

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On Religious Fundamentalists

February 19, 2007

I found an interesting book via Debunking Christianity I thought I’d share. It’s called The Authoritarians by Bob Altemyers. As someone who was raised by and around fundamentalist Baptists, I’ve found all the chapters pretty fascinating – especially the fourth chapter as it deals with religious fundamentalists and what makes them tick.
This chapter [...]

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