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"Instead of the cross, the Albatross . . ."

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 26, 2008 · Comments (7)

After the Ancient Mariner slew the albatross which had brought the ship luck, he was blamed for the following disasters and forced to wear the dead bird around his neck in penance. The punishment proved no talisman for his shipmates, though: The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (13 votes cast)

Bush 43 and Pope Benedict XVI

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: April 16, 2008 · Comments (19)

Here's a link to a transcript of their remarks at the White House's welcoming ceremony. * * * For my money the best quote from the president was: In a world where some no longer believe that we can distinguish between simple right and wrong, we need your message to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (22 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 25, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's winner is Rev. Raymond Clayton. He gets the award for the following. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The former pastor of a Northumberland County church acknowledges using parishioners' personal information to obtain credit cards. The Rev. Raymond Clayton pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Williamsport to a charge of access... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (5 votes cast)

More "Unity" and understanding from Obama's church

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 21, 2008 · Comments (5)

If Barack Obama really intends a "national dialog on race" to "bring us together," he might explain some of the other doctrines of his church, like those Margaret Talev found for McClatchy Newspapers : Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (7 votes cast)

Obama's preacher - in his own words

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 13, 2008 · Comments (76)

Senator Barack Obama's controversial church and its controversial pastor are mentioned from time to time. Now the Big Media is beginning to take notice, as in this report from ABC News' Brian Ross: Obama is going to be called upon again and again to explain things like the award bestowed... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (35 votes cast)

Conversions- The story of Issa Fazli

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 29, 2008 · Comments (3)

In 1999 Fareeha Fazli was a Pakistani Muslim woman studying in the United States. She had permanent residency. In 2000 Issa Fazli got married. Fareeha converting to christianity, besides having female to male gender reassignment surgery. Things got interesting when the couple went back to Pakistan in 2001. Both families... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.2/5 (4 votes cast)

Tom Cruise in "Batsh*t Crazy!"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 18, 2008 · Comments (16)

The Church of Scientology is repressing this video on YouTube with a copyright claim, but you can see it at Gawker. It's over 9 minutes, but watch the whole thing. You will gasp for breath from laughing. If you don't, you will probably convert to Scientology, but it's well worth... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (8 votes cast)

Obama's spiritual mentor plays the Monica Card

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 17, 2008 · Comments (5)

It's getting down and dirty in the Democratic nomination contest, and racial politics seems to be taking over the race. Leave to Afro-centric Obama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. to lift us up by bringing Monica Lewinsky back into play . . . as reported in the Baltimore Sun, via... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (17 votes cast)

A Brief Discussion About Christian Fundamentalists

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: January 7, 2008 · Comments (28)

Some of my Christian friends are quite disparaging about Christian fundamentalists. This usually comes from an unforunate emphasis by the media in characterizing fundamentalists solely as angry, rigid believers who who believe not only that their faith is the only correct one, but who consider it their mission to force... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.1/5 (17 votes cast)

Hope

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (2)

Just last week a Catholic Church in the county I live in had its Christmas collection stolen. If you don't know, the Christmas Day collection at most Catholic Churches is several times larger than the normal Sunday collection. These yearly windfalls are saved for church expenses later in the year... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (11 votes cast)

Former Brazilian Cardinal Aloisio Lorscheider dead at 83

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 24, 2007 · Comments (2)

If history had been a little different, Cardinal Lorscheider may have been elected pope in 1978. He had support among third world Cardinals at the conclave where the successor to Pope Paul VI was elected. According to one book I read, one of Lorscheider's supporters was the future Pope John... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (6 votes cast)

Divine Madness

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (13)

I've said repeatedly that I'm an agnostic. I'm not an athiest, though -- I don't deny the possibility of a supreme being, just that I haven't been convinced. And I'm certainly not one of those anti-theists, the nuts like that whackjob in California (I think his name is "New") who's... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (19 votes cast)

Saving Grace

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: October 15, 2007 · Comments (55)

I've been thinking about the latest manufactured outrage over some right-wing commentator -- Ann Coulter and her theological debate with Donnie Deutsch -- and I have to say I just don't see the big fuss. I think I'm in a fairly good position to discuss religion. I'm an agnostic, so... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.8/5 (88 votes cast)

God-o-Meter for Presidential candidates?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 27, 2007 · Comments (19)

Rudy Giuliani is being endorsed by Pete Wilson, while Hillary Clinton gets the nod from Evan Bayh and Wes Clark. But who will God vote for? Check the God-o-Meter from Beliefnet: The God-o-Meter (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) scientifically measures factors such as rate of God-talk, effectiveness--saying God wants a capital gains tax... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (10 votes cast)

So Much For "Godless Communism..."

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: August 4, 2007 · Comments (32)

For a long time, Communism has viewed religion as its natural enemy. It focuses entirely on the here and now, and the thought of such things as a moral authority beyond their control, of an afterlife, and whatnot absolutely terrified them. They tried to repress it, to stamp it out,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (16 votes cast)

Holy Smoke!

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: June 19, 2007 · Comments (36)

Yesterday, the Boston Globe featured a column by James Carroll, one that discussed the damage done to religious places during war -- usually by design. He uses the attacks on the Askariya Mosque in Iraq, then branches out into other incidents, including the famous Taliban destruction of the giant Buddha... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (44 votes cast)

Signs of progress in Islam

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: June 1, 2007 · Comments (21)

Earlier, I discussed the Catholic Church in a very uneducated fashion. Now I feel the need to discuss Islam in a similar vein, in light of certain developments in the news recently. In Massachusetts, the Islamic Society of Boston has been working on building a mosque in old Beantown. Actually,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (18 votes cast)

"Bow your head with great respect, and genuflect! genuflect! genuflect!"

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: June 1, 2007 · Comments (35)

Let me make it perfectly clear: I am no fan of the Catholic Church. I respect it as an institution, but there are elements of its history -- deeds carried out by those appointed to high positions and deeply involved in its leadership -- that I deeply loathe. Two of... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.8/5 (20 votes cast)

Morning Constitutional

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 15, 2007 · Comments (23)

There was a bit of a discussion yesterday about the public accomodations and concessions being given to Muslims around the nation, with our own Kim, Glenn of Instapundit, and Bryan of Hot Air all chiming in on this editorial. Me? I had my say on it over a year ago.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (30 votes cast)

Living in the Middle, Between the Two Extremes

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 14, 2007 · Comments (219)

Back after the Republican debate "moderated" by Chris Matthews, I started thinking about the whole stupid "do you believe in evolution" question. That single moment of dumbness started a line of thought in me that kept growing. It seems appropriate, considering that "bullshit" is both a rhetorical term of meaninglessness... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (16 votes cast)

Those darned intolerant Christians...

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 16, 2007 · Comments (25)

Just when you think you can safely write 'em off as a bunch of intolerant Bible-thumping Jesus freaks, they go and do something like this... Funny how you never see any Muslim organizations doing that sort of thing. I guess building codes prohibit putting up temporary stone walls just so... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (5 votes cast)

Taking Ten

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 15, 2007 · Comments (53)

Several years ago, I was reading a Robert Heinlein novel (I don't recall which, but I think it was either "Friday" or "The Number Of The Beast") and something he said struck me. A father figure had instructed his daughter to study the Ten Commandments and report back on her... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (15 votes cast)

A Christian nation?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 15, 2007 · Comments (17)

Last weekend, I was privileged to attend a traditional Easter dinner -- complete with barbecued ribs. (It's a new tradition.) It was at the home of my friend Candy and her family, and they're quite devout. And while I'm not anywhere near to becoming a Christian, it did get me... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (19 votes cast)

Should the Bible be a part of the public-school curriculum?

Posted by Kevin · Published: March 23, 2007 · Comments (41)

In this week's cover story Time magazine says yes. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (11 votes cast)

Out of my element

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: December 23, 2006 · Comments (9)

I have a pretty laissez-faire relationship with religion, for the most part. It leaves me alone, I leave it alone. But every now and then something comes along that is just so absurdly, outrageously, insanely wrong that even a devout, born-again agnostic like me has to just call bullshit. The... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

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