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Via James McGrath, I just discovered Jim LePage‘s “Word Bible Designs,” a series of poster art inspired by certain Biblical passages. The artwork is striking, and LePage is willing to be blunt and unsentimental with the harsher aspects of the … Continue reading 
Can I just get something off my chest? I really don’t like Lennon’s Imagine. I know that everybody is reacting to the way that Ce Lo Green changed one of the lyrics from “And no religion too” to “And all … Continue reading 
Once again, there’s been a mass die off of bird, this time in Arkansas. Once again, the reliable nutjobs freak out. Here’s Paul Begley. No doubt Cindy Jacobs will be along shortly. Via Joe.My.God.
You might remember that during his presidential campaign Barack Obama had some problems because of his connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Clips of Wright’s “Goddamn America” sermon played just about everywhere. What a different world it is for Ron Paul. … Continue reading 
Over at Daylight Atheism, Adam Lee is responding to some comments made by Peter Hitchens, the Christian brother of the late Christopher Hitchens. Specifically, he’s responding to this quote: For a moral code to be effective, it must be attributed … Continue reading 
Here’s a real meeting of the minds: Todd Bentley being interviewed by Rick Joyner. Joyner praises Bentley for healing an injured man of cancer … by punching him in the sternum. “Don’t try this at home – unless it’s the … Continue reading 
Over at Balloon Juice, in a piece on ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel, blogger DougJ writes: I have long believed that Judaism is superior to Christianity because it makes its craziest members wear special hats. The crazier you are, the more … Continue reading 
Via Joe.My.God.. Originally from Media Matters twitter feed.
We’ve joked about this, but someone is apparently taking is half seriously: what if Jesus was aborted? That’s the question asked at the website of the conservative coalition known as the Manhattan Declaration. The question basically translates to, “What would … Continue reading 
Christmas should have a dark side. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days are short and the air is cold and dry. This is a time for standing alone in a stark winter landscape, surrounded by a silence but for … Continue reading 
Tim Minchin, the pianist, skeptic and comedian whom we are all familiar with here, recently had a brush with a Christmas censor. Minchin had been asked to preform a Christmas song for The Jonathan Ross Show. Minchin came up with … Continue reading 
As rappers go, this folks make really, really good particle physicists … Produced by Kate McAlpine, a “science communicator,” and Will Barras. Via Open Culture, where you can see the complete lyrics without actually listening to the rap.
At some point in the ongoing argument about whether or not America is a Christian nation, both sides run out of quotes. When that happens, the Christian Nation side frequently retreats to vagueness and begins talking about how America was … Continue reading 
Seeing as how everybody wants to “Keep Christ in Christmas,” I’d like to point out that there’s another day that deserves respect and it happens more than once a year … [EDIT] Via That Jeff Carter was Here
Michael Bird at Euangelion wrote a triumphal and rather manichean piece about how Christmas should represent the triumph of Christianity over Paganism: Christmas means that Jesus has defeated the powers, the pagan gods that military rulers used to bring their … Continue reading 
Virginia’s Board of Social Services has recently approved regulations for state-licensed adoption agencies that will allow for discrimination against damn near everybody. About the only thing you can’t discriminate against is race, which might have been an oversight. From the … Continue reading 
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