Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Candy canes
Is it true that candy canes are meant to symbolize that Jesus gave his blood for me? (The J-shaped stick of sugar with stripes of blood red…) (x-posted to [Read More]
Finding a Faith
I’m sorry to anyone who suggested I look into the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for dismissing the faith out of hand without having done any investigation into its beliefs. That was wholly ignorant and disrespectful. [Read More]
Rhetorical questions
Why do most people only care that kids don’t have toys around Christmas? Why do most people only want to feed the hungry around Christmas? Why do most people only socialize with all of their workplace colleagues around Christmas? Why do most people only send cards [Read More]
F*ck the Salvation Army
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf/vw-sublinks/85256DDC007274DF80256B7D004E8E3A?openDocument I’m disgusted that once, long ago, I rang bells for these backwards soliders of the almighty. [Read More]
Praise God!
I’m watching a “broadcast” from Peter Popoff Miracle Ministry. Yes, his name is Peter Popoff. He’s not a porn star (that I know of). He’s a televangelist. If you call 1-800-206-8373 now, you will receive your FREE Miracle Spring Water! This is [Read More]
In the news
Time magazine cover story: How we became human - What? DNA? Genomes? Science? Huh? The Bible, which is the Word of God, inerrant and infallible, and it says that God created the first man and called him Adam. I hope this Time magazine isn’t in my kids’ school [Read More]
More on the end of faith
Ok, I’ll do this. I’ll write publicly about my thoughts on faith and belief. Life is short. I wasn’t reluctant to write more on this topic because of fear of offending. I was afraid that my remarks could hurt me down the road in a way I don’t expect. [Read More]
The End of Faith
I’ve finished The End of Faith by Sam Harris, but I don’t know if I should publicly comment on my thoughts about it. I have plenty of thoughts, but this probably isn’t the best place for those. If anyone thinks they ought to read it based on what they know [Read More]
God Hates Shrimp
There’s been an intensely debated thread on the Psi U list this week about gay marriage, and I don’t trust myself to express articulate arguments so I generally stay silent on such issues, but I did find something amusing to post today: The Bible seems pretty [Read More]
