Tag Archives: Christianity

Buy This Book!

K.C. Boyd’s Being Christian A Novel is a fantastic read, especially if you’re into witnessing the seedy underworld of far-right Christian conservatism. Boyd dramatizes a lot of familiar stories (think Ted Haggard, etc) through her evangelical protagonist Christian Hillcox, the … Continue reading

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Christian Anti-Gay Intolerance Across the Nation

Wow. I grasped the idea that evangelical Christian preachers really hate gay people. Just like Jesus would hate gay people. But I didn’t know they hated gay people this much. –North Carolina Pastor argues for a gay concentration camp. Charles … Continue reading

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The Worst Person in the World

Sean Harris, the Senior Pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina for giving his followers permission to beat the gay out of their kids. Specifically, he suggests, “Give ‘em a good punch!” So your little son starts to … Continue reading

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The War on the Establishment Clause

Via Lance Armstrong (really) who referred to this as “seriously scary,” the New York Times published an extended piece this week about the Christian conservative war on the separation of church and state. The latest epicenter appears to be Texas … Continue reading

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Institutionalized Christian Superiority Complex

Posted by Redmond Here’s a Sabbath-worthy example of Bush’s Jebus-head appointees screwing over soldiers by categorizing PTSD as nothing more than a lack of faith. Via Andrew Sullivan: Sullivan explained to McLendon and the other attendees that the rise in … Continue reading

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Why Did Jesus Have to be Such a Commie?

Posted by Redmond It takes a special brand of nutted wingness to claim The Holy Bible is a tool of the liberal media. Fortunately, we live in the greatest country on Earth where no depth of stupidity is beyond the … Continue reading

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Wingnut Projectory

Posted by Redmond Matt Osborne just posted a new piece on the Huffington Post that delves deep into the wingnut meme of Obama as a false prophet: Obama is Not God: the Projection Principle Please read and Digg often.

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Jebus vs. Capitalism

Posted by Redmond Michael Moore has written an open letter to churchgoers on this holiest of days, and it’s refreshing to see someone square in the public eye finally address the almost impossible task of reconciling the current state of … Continue reading

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Who Would Jesus Torture?

Pew: More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified. Even when I was a practicing Catholic, I always … Continue reading

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Mmmm. Sacrilicious.

Seriously, this has to be a sacrilege. Jesus being tortured to death on a license plate just above the slogan “Sunshine State?” I wouldn’t be shocked if the circle behind the crucifixion image was supposed to be a Florida orange.

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