You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don’t believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God’s existence cannot be proven. … Read More
Bible Libel
Red Harvest has an interesting post about a lawsuit in New York, where the plaintiffs sued a publisher of the Bible, claiming that the Bible contains libelous statements against certain races. The court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, but it also (as an aside) addressed the merits of the argument. An interesting case.
More on The Religious Left
Oh, you bet they exist: Those on the left who are waiting for progressive religious leaders to add their voices to the national political debate need wait no longer. A powerful assembly of religious leaders from a variety of traditions gathered at Riverside Church in New York on April 4. Their message was loud and clear: the militarism of Bush, … Read More
Daffy Dobson
Apparently the Christian Right Wrong doesn’t think it is batshit enough as it is, so along comes James Dobson to rectify the situation. If you listen to his recent show here (advance the time stamp to 22:52), you will hear Dobson compare the "black-robed men" (meaning the Supreme Court) to the "men in white robes, the Ku Klux Klan". Gee, … Read More
The New Enemy?
Rolling Stone has a truly frightening article on a truly frightening movement: It’s February, and 900 of America’s staunchest Christian fundamentalists have gathered in Fort Lauderdale to look back on what they accomplished in last year’s election — and to plan what’s next…But despite their unprecedented power, fundamentalists still see themselves as a persecuted minority, waging a holy war against … Read More
The Unitarian Jihad
Startling new underground group spreads lack of panic! Citizens declare themselves "relatively unafraid" of threats of undeclared rationality. People can still go to France, terrorist leader says. You would have to be a Unitarian (or at least familiar with it) to fully appreciate this manifesto, but here it is: Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are … Read More
Why James Dobson Is A Liar And A Demogogue And An Idiot
From Media Matters: Reading from a prepared address about judges that he touted as "prophetic", Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson conflated state circuit judges whose decisions he opposed with federal judges in order to rally support for President Bush’s federal bench nominations; misstated the political leanings of several judges in order to support his flawed contention that … Read More
Not Poped Out
The Rude Pundit is really enjoying all this dead Pope news: The Rude Pundit doesn’t want to hear about fuck-all else: no damn Abu Ghraib attack, no damn Tom DeLay-is-evil bullshit, and certainly not a fuckin’ word about the WMD intelligence report that says we’re all fucked. Who the hell needs that? Don’t harsh the Rude Pundit’s Pope corpse buzz. … Read More
Electing A Pope
Like the tax forms, there are some "new rules" this time around. For a full explanation of how a pope is selected, check it out below the fold. Hat tip: catholic-pages.com.
Pope Given Last Rites
He’s coming in second in the DeathRace. Actually, I liked this Pope. I attended an Easter Mass in Vatican City in 1983. He blessed us in, like, a hundred different languages. A whole generation is about to learn (and I am about to re-learn) those silly and wonderful rituals about black smoke and white smoke as a new pope is … Read More
Now That Terri’s Dead . . .
Amy Sullivan asks the one question that I would like answered: A cradle Baptist, I was taught in the church that while we were not to hasten death, neither were we to postpone or fear it. The ending of a life was sad for those who remained, but a joyous event for the one who died. As one of my … Read More
Religious Right Represents One Small Part of Spectrum
Barbara O’Brien has a must-read over at The American Street. To quote the best parts is an injustice to the whole thing, but I reluctantly will selectively quote and summarize anyhow: Right now Michael Schiavo and his supporters are hoping an autopsy of Terri Schiavo’s brain will eventually settle the matter of her persistent vegetative state beyond a shadow of … Read More
Photos of the Day
From here: The look on the "3 Of A Kind" woman is priceless. Check out the other poster "Judge Greer = Poo Head". Bonus: The Fake Photo of the Day. Reflecting on the Schindler’s recent business deal where they sold email addresses of supporters to spam marketers, we now have, courtesy Billmon:
Pharamacists
Perhaps you have read (here for instance) about pharmacists not filling birth control prescriptions to single women because it goes against their (the pharmacists’) religious beliefs. Which is fine, if it doesn’t ultimately hurt the customer: The American Pharmacists Association recently reaffirmed its policy that pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions as long as they make sure customers can get … Read More
Earthquakes – the Krazy Kristian Kook Perspective
World O’ Crap gives us the latest from Pastor Swank, who reminds us that God Speaks Through Earthquakes: God speaks through earthquakes. God made the Earth. The Earth will answer to God. This Christ ushered in the Church Age. This Christ will take out the Church Age. Remember when Christ told his apostles, "Listen, I brought you into this world, … Read More