Archive for the 'Christianity' Tag

via Friendly Atheist, there is currently a Senate resolution in committee (PDF) to make the first weekend in May “Ten Commandments Weekend” in order to celebrate what an important and vital cornerstone the Ten Commandments are in American society.
But don’t worry. I know it sounds like they’re trying to establish a state religion, but [...]

At last, the Christians have some cartoons to get themselves all worked up about. Maybe they were feeling left out? Scott Adams, the author of Dilbert, wrote a blog post today responding to the Christians who have gotten their panties in a knot about the latest series of Dilbert comics, in which a new employee [...]

AFP: Moses was high on drugs
“As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don’t believe, or a legend, which I don’t believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics,” Shanon [...]

I was reading The God Delusion last night, and Dawkins mentions this absolutely delightful story. I can’t believe I’d never heard this one before!
Judges 19
[A traveling Levite and his concubine are staying with an old man and his virgin daughter.]
19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, [...]

Yahoo: Naked chocolate Jesus rises again in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus will finally be displayed in New York starting in late October, seven months after an outcry by Roman Catholics forced a different gallery to cancel its exhibition.
The chocolate Jesus will be joined by sculptures of [...]

From Daylight Atheism:
A frequent refrain among the religious right is that the United States of America is a “Christian nation”, or that this country was founded on Christian principles. However, I’ve never seen any religious apologist explain what exactly this is supposed to mean beyond making the mere statement. If this nation was founded on [...]

Talking Points Memo: “McCain: Constitution establishes a ‘Christian nation’”
A recent poll found that 55 percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation. What do you think?
I would probably have to say yes, that the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. But I say that in the broadest [...]

In case anyone hasn’t seen it yet (poor souls), someone has posted the Penn and Teller: Bullshit! episode about the god-damned bible in its entirety on MySpace (how ’bout that, it’s actually good for something).
Elvis didn’t do no drugs!

Douchebag Virginia Representative Virgil Goode recently put his grubby, bigoted fingers down his throat and retched the following:
December 7, 2006 Dear . . . Thank you for your recent communication. When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do [...]

Guys, what did I tell you about the “War on Christmas”?
WorldNutDaily has flipped the fuck out over a recent episode of “Two and a Half Men” in which Charlie Sheen sings:
Joy to the world
I’m getting laid
I’m getting laid tonight.
We’ll light the Yule log
Deck the halls
And then we’ll play some
Jingle balls.
It’s been a real long wait
This [...]