“Are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?” he said in the sermon. “Um — no — I think that’s great! I think that helps society. I think Orlando, Florida is a little safer tonight.” — Pastor Roger Jimenez “A Sacramento Baptist preacherR[...]
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Have a Bible-thumping shopping experience
A rightwing bigot, dragging her 12 kids behind her, rants inside a Target store. (Read story here.) https://youtu.be/TCIYsXhR1D0[...]
March 27th, 2016 - 9:01 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Easter: Why Jesus Died
Resa Aslan on the Death of Jesus The Message That Led to His Conviction[...]
Supreme Court Justice claims human species is 5,000 years old
Thanks to the magic of politics, any lawyer with good connections can get on the Supreme Court, because Justices are appointed by politicians elected by (fill in blank). “Class of 2015, you should not leave Stone Ridge High School thinking that you face challenges that are at all, in any impor[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Why Bertrand Russell was wrong about atheism
I wish folks like Bertrand Russell would stop blaming all religion for the bad things about Christianity and Islam. Religions are a lot more divers than Americans seem to understand and, I suspect, no better and no worse than any of the other aspects of organized human behavior. What is bad is evang[...]
BREAKING — Pope declares Trump a non-Christian
It’s official: GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump “is not a Christian.” The Pope said so, and the Pope has the final word in Church matters. Of course, Trump will retort the Pope has no authority over him because he’s a Protestant (Presbyterian, to be exact), and he does[...]
December 16th, 2015 - 1:50 pm § in Religion, Schools & Colleges
Religious education in Tennessee
Several local school boards in Tennessee are objecting to a state curriculum that mandates teaching public school students about world religions, i.e., religions other than Christianity, and specifically, Islam. Read the story here. Below, a newspaper advertisement inviting citizens to attend a priv[...]
December 10th, 2015 - 12:39 pm § in Religion
From a wounded British soldier to Islamaphobes
There’s more; read the rest of it (and the story) here.[...]