CNN: (CNN) - Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Thursday plans to picket Saturday's funeral for Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Kansas-based Church – monitored by anti-hate groups such as the Anti-Defamation league and the Southern Poverty Law Center – is known for its extremist opposition to homosexuals, Jews and other groups. The church members also oppose the … Read More
From The People Who Brought You The Creation Museum
Press release: Frankfort, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2010)—Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined the Ark Encounter LLC to announce the planned construction of a full-scale Noah’s Ark tourist attraction in northern Kentucky. Partnering with the Ark Encounter is Answers in Genesis, which is most widely known for its high-tech and popular Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. “We are excited to join with the … Read More
Ballsy Megachurch Pastor
Yeah, why bother with tithing or even asking for donations? Pastor Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas has taken to the next level: just give him your bank account number and bank routing number… he'll take it from there, thank you very much. Ed Young Goes After Access to Bank Accounts of Church Members from FBCJax Watchdog on Vimeo. Also, … Read More
O’Donnell Doesn’t Have A Prayer
I think O'Donnell may have put the final nail in the coffin that is her Senate campaign. With this: David Brody: How do you see God’s role in all of this because you’ve had some ups and you’ve had some downs. Where is God in all of this? How do you see all of that? Christine O’Donnell: God is the reason … Read More
Idiots
Down the road: MIDWAY, N.C. (WGHP) – A Davidson County man says he found Jesus Christ in a tree branch. After his landlord cut up a branch that fell from his tree, Bill Johnson took a closer look and couldn't believe what he saw. Johnson says the image on the branch appears to be Jesus Christ dressed in a robe … Read More
Atheist and Agnostics More Knowledgeable About Religion
From the LA Times: If you want to know about God, you might want to talk to an atheist. Heresy? Perhaps. But a survey that measured Americans’ knowledge of religion found that atheists and agnostics knew more, on average, than followers of most major faiths. In fact, the gaps in knowledge among some of the faithful may give new meaning to … Read More
Another Naughty Megachurch Leader
Is this even news anymore when this happens? Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L. Long, had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him. In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County, the men said that Bishop Long, a prominent minister and television personality, had used his position as a … Read More
High Point City Council Approves Mosque, Without Any Freakout
How it's done: HIGH POINT, N.C. The City Council on Monday unanimously approved a pair of rezoning requests that clears the way for a mosque to be built in south High Point. The council granted requests from Malik Hanif to rezone 6.9 acres on the east side of Allen Jay Road just north of E. Fairfield Road from a residential multi-family … Read More
How To Make Sure Your Worldview Stays Limited
If you're a Christian and don't want to be exposed to anything besides Christianity, don't search things on Google. Try seekfind: SeekFind.org is a unique “Christian-content-only” search engine. The major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask often produce quality results for searches related to Christian terms. However, mixed in with these search results will be results from pages attacking the Christian faith … Read More
Who Could Have Predicted…?
Who could have predicted that an orchestrated campaign anti-Muslim hate speech on the part of many of the country's most prominent politicians and the country's biggest news network could have led to this unfortunate situation in Florida? [Source]
Link Between Anti-Muslim Sentiment and Opposition To The Park51 Mosque? You Bet.
They say they oppose the Park51 "mosque" in lower Manhattan out of "sensitivity for the 9/11 families", although (of course) many of the 9/11 families don't mind or care. So what is the reason for the opposition? Could there be some latent bigtory lurking just below the surface. You betcha: We now have clear evidence that there's a direct link between … Read More
How To Handle The Qu’ran Burning Thing
Here's an idea… don't put a microphone in front of the lunatic preacher and his band of 50 followers who plan to ban hundreds of copies of the Qu'ran on 9/11. Don't put a camera on his face. Don't invite him on your news show to explain what he intends to do. Well, I guess it's too late for that. It's … Read More
Oh, Yeah — The Rapture Is Happening Today
So says the website 2010rapture.org. Not sure when, maybe 9 in the morning Jerusalem time, which would be late tonight our time (I think). Anyway, they're being cagy about it. Best keep your eyes open throughout the whole day. UPDATE: Oh, crap…. (CNN) – A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do … Read More
Yes, Let’s Just Federalize Manhattan
TPMMuckraker: Newt Gingrich… said he wants the national government to step in and stop the developers from building the Islamic community center by whatever means necessary. "I think the Congress has the ability to declare the area a national battlefield memorial because I think we should think of the World Trade Center as a battlefield site; this is a war," he said, … Read More
Muslim Cabbie Attacked in NYC
The poison of the rightwing anti-Muslim bigotry of the past few weeks has ripened in the Big Apple: A city cab driver is in the hospital after being stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked if he was Muslim, police tell NY1. Investigators with the New York City Police Department say it all began Monday night when a 21-year-old man … Read More