Christians pray to Jesus, but get no reply. They pray to Jesus for parking spaces closer to the mall, to win the lottery, to make their boss disappear, to lose weight, to restore Donald Trump to his lost presidency, for their kids to win the little league game, for better
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Scripturient: Biblical Commandments the Pseudo-Christians Avoid
The Talibangelists (aka the Christofascists) like those on the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) or in the anti-abortion movement like to pretend they base their decisions, their politics, their morality, their education, their lives on their bible. But as we’ve seen so many times; they don’t like to follow
Continue readingScripturient: The Talibangelist Conspiracy to Rule America and the West
Talibangelists (aka (aka the pseudo-Christian, far right) would love to force everyone believe in and obey their highly-adulterated pseudo-religion, and to punish those who don’t. Or won’t. Punishment is big on their agenda: unbelievers, those who stray, followers of a real faith, scientists, intellectuals, people of colour, gays, people with
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For a nation that allegedly separates church and state, Americans sure love to splash religion all over everything, their elections especially. So this week, Donald Trump made headlines by accusing the frontrunner, Joe Biden of being “against god.” Cue the angels with trumpets. Americans make big oompah sounds about their
Continue readingScripturient: You’re going to die. Again.
Yeah, I know: we’re ALL going to die sooner or later. No one gets out of here alive. But that doesn’t stop people from saying the end is nearer than we expect. Right around the corner, in fact. The latest Magical Event being touted online (which event is absolutely not
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Reflections on Easter Sunday, 2018: There really is a war against Christianity … it’s being waged by Christians
PHOTOS: Easter Sunday shoppers at West Edmonton Mall. Is nothing sacred? Well, actually, something is: The Almighty Market, god of Canada’s state religion. Below: A brass idol to the Market God in New York City’s Wall Street district. Below that, two unchristian politicians beloved by North American Christian conservatives: Doug
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – God said so…
So I guess it is okay then? I mean, if a 2000 year old fairy tale condones the abuse of women it *must* be right. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Misogyny, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – On Biblical Morality
Pancakes and shedding blood just doesn’t seem right. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Christians, Morality, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Whole Bible in 30ish Seconds.
Whelp, that about covers it. 🙂 Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, god, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Bible
Pithy definitions for us today folks. 🙂
Sooooooo… I need someone to tell me how morality springs from said book again, I seem to have forgotten how that works, given the source material.Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, The DWR Sunday Religi…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Eloquence
‘Nuff said. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Christianity, DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Whose Bible is it Anyway?
The notion that the bible is the inerrant word of god is a joke. Try more like the ‘telephone game’ but using different languages and just saying no to clarity and connection to historical accuracy. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Biblical Folly, Lost in Translation, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: US Christians led Astray by Republican Party – “Shocking.”
I know, I know. Belief in magic is not really the best way to run anything, but rather than focusing on the silly nature of believing in the Grand Oooga-Booga, lets look at how those in power keep their ‘base’ ignorant and happy to continue to lap up all mendacity
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In this video that’s gone viral, Reverend Phil Snyder makes a presentation in Springfield, Missouri where the city council is debating whether or not to add LGBTQ folks to the equal rights laws in the city. Watch the whole video – there’s a twist at the end that you won’t
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Breaking News(?):Bible Rife with Contradiction.
Shocking. There has been a poster knocking around that illustrate every contradiction (with footnotes) in the bible. I’m posting it here as a resource so not only can we tell the deluded that their magic book is inconsistent, we can show how inconsistent it actually is with a pretty picture.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Biblical Slavery
NonStampCollector enlightens us with the special case of slavery in the bible. Feel the moral goodness flow. A great place to start if you need encouragement to stop drinking the religious Kool-aid. From the video description – Whether you’re a believer or non-believer, when confronting bible slavery, don’t let anyone
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Cornel West Is Upset Obama Was Sworn In On Martin Luther King’s Bible
Dr. Cornel West, America’s most provocative public intellectual, progressive and champion for racial justice, explains why he’s upset that President Barack Obama was sworn in on Martin Luther King’s bible. He questions the first black president’s commitment to the values the slain anti-war civil rights leader stood for, including: peace, truth and
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Forty-seven signs of the apocalypse (#31)
From the Book of the Blessed Pie It shall come to pass that the Pharisees of the Hut will take the Blessed Pie and unto it they shall do wicked things. They will stuff the crust with their wantonness and … Continue reading →
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: God Created Adam and Eve Not Adam and Steve
I’m really not sure why religious right wingers always seem to use this phrase in reference to the Adam and Eve story (as well as other Old Testament references) to justify their claims that homosexuality is an abomination (and as the Catholic school system would call it “intrinsically disordered”). The
Continue readingFive of Five: Dan Savage and the Economist
A few days ago the Economist magazine ran a short opinion piece on the Dan Savage “bible bullshit” speech and the predictable reaction that followed from the religious right. A good number of atheist and humanist bloggers that I read were not entirely happy with the Economist’s comments. I think
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