Category Archives: Religion

Not The Tom Payne of Tibet

Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 by Keith

It’s been a while since Obama did anything I could applaud. it’s just too bad this is so inconsequential: The Obama Administration may think its decision to cold shoulder the Dalai Lama on the Tibetan leader’s upcoming trip to Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture War, Politics, Religion | 5 Comments

Paranoia Suits Him Anyway

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 by Keith

Bill Donohue doesn’t like, well, much of anything, and now it’s driven him paranoid: Catholic League President Bill Donohue presented a paranoid side of his personality to Fox News Monday morning, declaring that “militant, dogmatic” atheists are “out to get” … Continue reading →

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I Called It! I’m So Sad…

Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 by Keith

This makes sense and that is the problem: Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. Honest. This … Continue reading →

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What Books Would Jesus Burn?

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Keith

Guardian UK: In a scene which appears to have been lifted straight out of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a group of Christians in Wisconsin has launched a legal claim demanding the right to publicly burn a copy of a book … Continue reading →

Posted in Banned!, Books, Culture War, LGBT Rights, Religion | 5 Comments

BSG: Telling It From The Mountain

Posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 by Keith

So, I was reading Pandagon yesterday when I discovered that some really weird folk think Battlestar Galactica is secretly a Mormon recruitment tool[1]. Their evidence? The show makes use of religious imagery and mythology. Which is pretty week as arguments … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Books, Comics, Culture War, Geek, Politics, Religion, Television | 3 Comments

May Day!

Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 by Keith

Greetings to all my Communist Comrades! Secret handshakes to my Anarchist buddies! For all you Socialist Workers out there, keep up the good work! I hope all you Witches had a lovely Walpurgis Night and many happy turns around the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics, Religion | 2 Comments

A Christmas Story

Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 by Keith

Razib at Gene Expression has a great post on Christmas and what it means, if anything: Ed, Greg & PZ have commented on the strange reaction of the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary toward Richard Dawkins’ enthusiasm for … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Books, Culture War, Religion | 6 Comments

I Swear To God, I Wish I Had Some Lions

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by Keith

So, today the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring Christmas and Christians important. Now, one would think, in a nation that is 70% Christian, where there’s a church on every other fucking street corner, this would be … Continue reading →

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From The Outside, You All Look Like Scientologists Anyway

Posted on Saturday, December 8, 2007 by Keith

So, Mitt Romney gave a speech, did you hear? In it, he blathered on, as politicos are want to do, about the importance of religion, and our shared spiritual values and how, so long as we all believe in Jesus, … Continue reading →

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Bask In the Glow of My Crapulant Halo

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 by Keith

On this, the 6010th anniversary of the World’s supposed creation, the Barma Group releases a poll saying that 60% of Americans believe in a literal interpretation of Genesis. At least, they say they do. The problem with this and most … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture War, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means, Religion | 1 Comment