Exploring the Infinite
http://fatpastor.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/happy-holidays/ From the page: You think Christmas should be about Christ? Then take up your cross and follow Jesus – not into department stores, but into the prisons, the hospitals, among the poor and the outcast. You get angry when someone doesn’t say “Christmas?” Try getting angry over Christ’s children dying of malnutrition or AIDS.
Newt Gingrich said he’s worried the United States could be “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,” in the foreseeable future. I don’t think he understands what it means to be an atheist… and this guy wants to be President. Anything to scare the bejeebus out of those righty Christians and get them to vote GOP. Oh
Because everyone knows, child molestation only happens in an era when homosexuals want the same freedoms as heterosexuals. via http://mediamatters.org/
via Daylight Atheism @ Big Think From the page: Whether it’s “Quiverfull”-style Christianity, Roman Catholicism as taught by the bishops, some branches of Mormonism and Islam, or ultra-Orthodox Judaism, one of the most consistent themes of fundamentalist religion is to deny women agency and control of their own bodies and coerce them to have as many children as possible. The
The Shady World of Right-Wing ‘Discipline’ Guides From the page: In The Strong Willed Child (Living Books 1992), Dobson makes a parallel between beating children and beating dogs: “I had seen this defiant mood before, and knew there was only one way to deal with it. The ONLY way to make Siggie obey is to threaten him with destruction. Nothing
via The New York Times From the page: Citing a crisis of national identity and mass confusion among Americans about their nation’s motto, the House on Tuesday voted on a resolution “reaffirming ‘In God We Trust’ as the official motto of the United States.” The resolution, smaller than a law but bigger than a wish, is designed to clear up
From the page: “Ultimately, the claim that a fertilized egg is a person is an insult to rationality and morality. It is irrational to the point of absurdity to grant a microscopic clump of cells, a fertilized egg, the same legal and moral status as an actual person living and breathing in the world.” via National Humanist | Examiner.com Further
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/foia-documents-fbi-show-unconstitutional-racial-profiling From the page: The FBI has been targeting American communities for investigation based on race, ethnicity, national origin and religion according to documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that FBI analysts across the country are associating criminal behaviors with certain racial
via OMG That Rocks
I feel a rant coming on. In fact, it’s been brewing up inside since this morning when an old high school friend I connected with on Facebook asked everyone to pray for his sick dog. Really. I have news for people like this. Your dog is going to die. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not from this bout
Spain’s stolen babies and the families who lived a lie From the page: The practice of removing children from parents deemed “undesirable” and placing them with “approved” families, began in the 1930s under the dictator General Francisco Franco. At that time, the motivation may have been ideological. But years later, it seemed to change – babies began to be taken
Let’s compare Rick Perry’s version of “Christian values” to what the Bible really dictates. From the page: All these ideas, so clearly advocated in the Bible, are utterly contrary to what this nation stands for. The idea of divine-right kingship is what our founders successfully rebelled against in bringing forth this country. America is a democracy where the people choose
Is Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society? From the page: Here’s the deal. A few months ago, Todd Stiefel — philanthropist and founder of the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, which provides financial support to atheist and other nonprofit and charitable organizations — approached the American Cancer Society with an offer. He wanted local atheist groups around the world
Viki Knox, Union Township New Jersey Teacher, Investigated For Alleged Anti-Gay Facebook Posts From the page: Viki Knox, a 49-year-old special education teacher at Union High School and adviser to the school’s student prayer group, reportedly posted on Facebook that homosexuality is “a perverted spirit that has existed from the beginning of creation,” and a “sin” that “breeds like cancer,”
Interesting conversation between presidential candidate Ron Paul and a self-proclaimed recovering-ex-Republican (who still maintains far-right conservative views, at least in my opinion). I walk away from this with the realization that Christians do not feel they need to follow the laws of the land if they contradict the laws of God. Of note, John Lofton remarks that those who don’t