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Christianity’s latest (absurd) whine

April 27, 2009

A few weeks or so ago a British man managed to get the Church of England to officially recognize that he was no longer a member. As a result of the publicity somewhere around 100 thousand Brits have downloaded the form requesting the church quit counting them as members.
As you’ve probably guessed from the title [...]

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Bi-religious priest gets the boot

April 3, 2009

Here’s something for the ‘can’t make this crap up’ file via CNN:
For nearly 30 years, Redding has been an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. Her priesthood ended Wednesday when she was defrocked.
The reason? For the past three years Redding has been both a practicing Christian and a Muslim.

Redding apparently believes there’s no contradiction [...]

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The patriarchy made flesh

March 27, 2009

From Cath Elliot’s article about how religion makes life a living hell for women:
To the men of religion, women’s lives simply do not matter: "respect for life" never ever means "respect for a woman’s life."

And they show it every chance they get. From disowning the mother of a child rape victim to getting upset when [...]

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Freedom of religion is freedom from religion

March 12, 2009

Atheist billboards and bus signs are spreading like a wildfire across North America so I suppose it’s about time some Christian said something so intensely stupid you just know they haven’t given two seconds of thought to what they said.
The Christian I write about is Bryan Fischer, executive director of Idaho Values Alliance, who issued [...]

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What century do we live in again?

January 30, 2009

A hospital in England is being investigated by a chaplain because people think it’s haunted:
Staff at Derby City General hospital, where a £334m building project is ongoing, have reportedly seen a mysterious apparition in the building.
Managers said they took information from staff seriously and were working with the chaplaincy to ease fears.
But they denied any [...]

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Interfaith Dialogue

December 16, 2008

Here’s what really happens during these meetings:

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Oregon car sellers want blue laws passed

December 9, 2008

“Blue laws” as they are know are laws that are passed with the intention of making life as boring as possible for anyone who doesn’t spend Sunday on their knees in a Christian church.
When it comes to selling cars, eleven states have passed a blue law restricting the operation of dealerships on Sunday. A group [...]

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Hell’s Most Wanted: Sports Fans

December 5, 2008

Methinks the sign holder’s a pastor who gets abandoned every September.

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Attn Muslims: Burn In Hell

November 12, 2008

Just a friendly neighbourhood message from Kenneth Frock of Littlestown, New York.
The sign [which states 'I believe in gun control. I have a sharp eye and a steady trigger finger. All Muslems Burn in Hell'] sits in a front yard in Littlestown, Adams County aimed at gun control and Mulsims. Our CBS 21 News [...]

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Sometimes you’ve just gotta laugh

November 12, 2008

The passage of Prop 8 has been stressful lot of people, gay, straight and otherwise. Thankfully, we’ve got people like Jesus General around to remind us to laugh. In his post “Voted Yes on Prop 8” the general shared this video from GodTube:

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