I had always assumed that the Christian equation of Jesus with the Paschal Lamb came from the relationship of Peach (Passover) to Easter. The Wikipedia supported my idea: Paschal Lamb can refer to: Korban Pesach, in Judaism Lamb of God, in Christianity Sacrificial lamb Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
March 1st, 2015 - 2:39 am § in Misc.
What State Has The Highest Death Rate From Cancer?
Kentucky, home of the Creationist Museum, has the highest cancer death rate in the country — 227 per 100,000 people. It also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers at 25.6 percent.[...]
Anniversary of SS Struma
The SS Struma, whose passengers fled Romania and docked in Istanbul, was denied entry to Palestinian territory by colonial power Britain. On Feb. 23, 1942, Turkey towed the vessel to the Black Sea and set it adrift. A Soviet torpedo sank it the next morning, and only one person survived. The episode[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: In the beginning there were Adam, Eve, Ngbo, Perin, Sillia, Ghe, Huang, Uman, Preter, Thym, Kal El, Thoru, Brent, Miter, Jnaet, Janus. Kasi, Chooma, Rven,Avrum, Moseh, Sara, kGhila, Juano, Wall, Sun, Bulgo, Kim, Huang, PBetu, ………………………………………………,
How big was the human population bottleneck? Another staple of theology refuted. September 18, 2011 – 7:13 am A paper in Nature by Heng Li and Richard Durbin contains estimates of the “effective population size” of our ancestors at different points in evolutionary time. (Effective population [...]
Hate group funds GOP junket
The American Family Association, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as a hate group, has paid for an expensive 9-day visit to Israel for 60 members of the Republican National Committee, according to Haaretz, Israeli’s oldest daily newspaper (est. 1918). http://www.haaretz.com[...]
January 28th, 2015 - 12:35 am § in Misc.
SUPERBOWL COUNTDOWN: God Sponsors Superbowl Ad
I am God and I Approve of this Ad! REPOST FROM 2014: It is time that you stop praying to Me for your team to win. American Atheists has launched an anti-prayer billboard directly across from the Super Bowl stadium. But the American Atheists aren’t the first ones to use the Super Bowl to promo[...]
January 18th, 2015 - 7:47 pm § in America
White Christian Superintendent Protects Black High School Kids From Being Offended by the F and N Words.
DeKalb County Alabama school superintendent Hugh Taylor (left) cancelled a high school history club field trip. The movie they had wanted to see was “Selma.” The school is predominantly minority (i.e. black). Their parents were paying for the tickets. The superintendent said he w[...]
January 16th, 2015 - 1:43 pm § in America, Christianity
American Jihad
U.S. Army recruiting poster in Phoenix, Arizona (click on photo to enlarge) Update: Fox News reported on Jan. 19, 2015, that Army authorities have ordered the removal of this sign, and that it was created by local recruiters without going through proper clearance procedures.[...]
A Rational Response to the War With Islam
Dissent Magazine has a wonderful effort by its former editor, Michael Walzer, to define a rational basis for liberals to responds to Islamic extremism. There is too much in the essay to quote piecemeal. The best I can do on TA is offer the summary and a link. “As I’ve already acknowledge[...]