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 want to miss.
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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. Filed under: Atheism, Religion Tagged: Bible, Biblical Contradictions, Christianity, Helpful Infographics 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 throw up this ridiculous smokescreen that says that the slavery instituted in the old testament was so completely different to, say, pre-civil war US slavery. The usual tactic is to throw facts and rules about Israelite indentured servitude around, to throw you off the scent of a Yahweh-mandated . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Biblical Slavery 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 justice. “You don’t play with READ MORE 
 Barack Obama, Bible, Cornel West, crimes against humanity, drones, Featured, Figures, foreign policy, Jim Crow, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Peace, politics, Poverty, President Barack Obama, Progressives, subversive power, truth, tv, U.S.A, Vietnam, war, war crimes, World News, youtube 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 → . . . → Read More: mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Forty-seven signs of the apocalypse (#31) 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 lesson from the Adam and Eve story doesn’t exactly fit in with their moral code. After all if 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 this is because they focused on the opening paragraphs where the writer tries to make an issue of Dan Savage is talking to some high school age kids at a conference about journalism. When the subject turns to homosexuality in the bible a bunch of them walk out. By walking out they are making a public statement that they don’t mind being on the wrong side of history and rationality. They would make some fine journalists. via Although gay marriage seems to have settled into acceptance in this country, it still meets with virulent opposition elsewhere, including in the United States. Certain of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination serve as good examples. Strutting their Christian credentials, they loudly proclaim their mantra, “Marriage means one man and one woman.” Their credentials do not, A fellow blogger recently speculated that Jonathan Kay is actually one of the more moderate Conservative writers. I had my doubts but nodded reluctantly. I wish I had read this before that comment so I could have something with which to laugh down such a preposterous claim. Thankfully, PZ Myers has done the job beautifully for me. Jonathan Kay is some conservative Canadian columnist who doesn’ This video is an excerpt from the powerful documentary titled: For the Bible Tells Me So. The movie looks at Biblical literalism, a 20th Century creation that has been used as a weapon against civil rights, female equality, and homosexuality. Unfortunately, Christians have often stood in contradiction to what one would suppose to be the [...] We in Christendom have a history of “Christians” using religion to justify violence of all kinds, from war to burning people at the stake. Indeed, exploiting one of history’s gentlest prophets to justify violence is one of the more intriguing themes of… . . . → Read More: Bill Longstaff: At least read the bloody book Good to see the CBC nailing the Cons’ ‘tough on crime’ hoax. It has little do with violent crime. It does have everything to do with a biblical reproach to pleasures of the flesh.Of course, it’s a good thing for the Conservatives to go after child porn… . . . → Read More: Tough on crime: it’s all about sex and drugs. (Rock & roll safe for now.) Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values? I don’t want to detract from the tone set in my previous overview of the religious leanings of Parkdale-Highpark candidates, but I feel compelled to address a particular interview with NDP incumbent Cheri DiNovo on the bible. As great as her religious … . . . → Read More: Progressive Proselytizing: Cheri DiNovo and Biblical Views of Homosexuality |
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