Two things not to do: Do not wish a Jew “Happpy Yom Kippur” or wish a Muslim “Happy Ashura.” In a Christian country, YomKippur seems like a unique holiday .. a day of atonement with no comparable “American” holiday. The conflation of holidays here is bizarre.�[...]
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October 7th, 2015 - 12:39 pm § in Religion
Air Force dental office fires Hindu “witch”
The U.S. Air Force has a church-state separation problem. Its leaders have repeatedly been criticized for force-feeding evangelical Christianity to Air Force Academy cadets and Air Force personnel. In 2005, an Academy graduate named Michael L. Weinstein (pictured, left) sued the Air Force for religi[...]
Kim Davis switches to GOP
I’m not sure why she was a Democrat in the first place. Family tradition? In any case, she’s now a Republican, so the Rowan County Democrats won’t have to scramble to find a primary candidate against her in 2018. The GOP certainly seems like a more appropriate home for an elected [...]
September 22nd, 2015 - 4:32 pm § in Religion, Schools & Colleges
Okla. teacher tells kindergartner’s mom that left-handed is “evil”
An Oklahoma teacher allegedly forced a left-handed 4-year-old student to write with his right hand, and when the boy’s mother complained, the teacher sent her a pamphlet that asserts being left-handed is “unlucky, evil, sinister” and associated with “the devil.” The sch[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The three properties of the Christian God are contradictory UNLESS,,,
The three properties of the Christian God are contradictory unless one imagines humans can not tell good from evil: OMNIPOTENT … can do anything OMNISCIENT … knows all OMNIBENIFICENT … always does good Of course these make sense as long as we, humans, can not determine God[...]
September 10th, 2015 - 10:27 am § in Religion
Proof that Kim Davis is crusading for bigotry, not religious freedom
“Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide the documents without her permission should be fired.” No one, not even the federal judge who jaile[...]