Archive for the 'Religion' Category
Our Fundamentalist Wackos are Better Than Your Fundamentalist Wackos
Posted by Chris on June 7, 2006 at 7:44 pm.
Just how perverted must your concept of Christianity be to come up with something like this?
From Talk to Action via Crooks and Liars:
Mark Carver, a top aide to mega-church pastor and best selling author Rick Warren, has resigned as a business advisor to Left Behind Games, the developers of a video game in which Christian […]
Filed under: Entertainment, Religion, Computers, Games
Jesus Christ: CSU Climatologist?
Posted by Chris on May 19, 2006 at 7:50 am.
Last week, Pat Robertson announced that God told him to expect an active hurricane season this year, at least if he “heard the Lord right“:
The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network has told viewers of “The 700 Club” that the revelations came to him during his annual personal prayer retreat in January.
“If I heard the […]
These People are All Nuts
Posted by Chris on May 17, 2006 at 9:07 am.
Back in my college days, my family and I once traveled to Toronto to take in what was then called the Canadian Open tennis tournament. Our visit happened to correspond with the Toronto opening of “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and protests of the film were front page news.
One of the local […]
Idle Minds
Posted by Chris on May 3, 2006 at 9:07 am.
The problem with many persecution complex-afflicted wackos is that they have far too much free time:
As her son made his way through Francis Howell School District in St. Charles County, recognition of the holiday waned. About 12 years ago, the district changed “Christmas Break” to “Winter Break” - a move she said “saddened me greatly.”
With […]
Tolerating Intolerance
Posted by Chris on April 11, 2006 at 1:45 pm.
Georgia Institute of Technology senior Ruth Malhotra is a bigot, and she’s sick and tired of being told that bigotry is wrong. So she’s filed suit to protect her right to preach intolerance:
Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she’s a […]
Hey, Justin!
Posted by Chris on April 7, 2006 at 10:06 am.
Updated on April 8, 2006 at 11:05 am.
Regarding your “Crazy State Power Rankings,” I note that it’s hard to argue with Florida:
TALLAHASSEE - A biblical theme park in Orlando where guests pay $30 admission to munch on “Goliath” burgers and explore reproductions of 2000-year-old tombs and temples could get a property tax […]
The Good with the Bad
Posted by Chris on March 29, 2006 at 12:21 pm.
Afghani Christian convert, Abdul Rahman, has arrived in Italy and requested asylum:
Italy agreed to grant asylum for Rahman days after Pope Benedict XVI personally appealed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to show clemency. In the letter, the Roman Catholic leader said if Karzai released Rahman, it would foster mutual understanding and respect among the world’s […]
Spreading Theocracy
Posted by Chris on March 23, 2006 at 6:02 pm.
The recently liberated people of Afghanistan have been busy exercising their newfound freedom by beheading teachers and burning schools:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Extremists behead teachers and burn down schools in the Canadian army’s new patrol territory in Kandahar province, leaving teachers to assemble their charges underground four years after the fall of the strict Taliban […]
South Park’s Hayes Roast
Posted by Chris on March 23, 2006 at 4:40 pm.
Although I lost the Travolta bet, I nevertheless enjoyed watching Stone and Parker brutalize Hayes’ Chef character in last night’s innuendo-filled thrashing:
South Park has exacted revenge on its former star Isaac Hayes by turning his character Chef into a paedophile and seemingly killing him off.
The opening episode of the 10th series, screened in the US […]
Filed under: Religion, Culture, U.S., Television
It Was Only a Matter of Time
Posted by Chris on March 22, 2006 at 3:44 pm.
Via blah blah blog, we learn that the U.S. has not yet cornered the wacko zealot market:
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An outbreak of deadly bird flu in Israel is God’s punishment for calls in election ads to legalize gay marriages, according to Rabbi David Basri, a prominent sage preaching Kabbalah or Jewish mysticism.
“The Bible says […]
Thank God for General Dispensations
Posted by Chris on March 16, 2006 at 10:57 am.
As a Catholic, I must confess to occasionally mocking the dietary restrictions imposed on my conservative Jewish friends by their faith. At least kosher dietary laws have a clear scriptural basis. The same may not be said of Catholicism’s Lenten dining prohibitions, which have morphed from a mandate requiring reverent fasting to pan-seared […]
Filed under: St. Louis, Religion, Food & Drink
Why Does God Hate Texas?
Posted by Chris on March 15, 2006 at 8:05 pm.
These days, every disaster draws out some presumptuous zealot to declare that he has peered into the mind of God and determined the calamity to be the result of man’s sinful defiance of Divine Will.
As the wreckage of the twin towers smoldered in Manhattan, Jerry Falwell famously blamed “pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, […]
I’ll Bet $50
Posted by Chris on March 13, 2006 at 10:06 pm.
…that a poorly-impersonated John Travolta makes an appearance in the South Park episode in which the Chef character is killed off:
NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit “South Park,” where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.
“There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a […]
Filed under: Religion, Culture, U.S., Television
For the Record…
Posted by Chris on March 13, 2006 at 9:23 pm.
Jerry Falwell recently issued the following clarification:
Earlier today, reports began circulating across the globe that I have recently stated that Jews can go to heaven without being converted to Jesus Christ. This is categorically untrue.
I suppose that’s for the best. I’ve heard that it’s become so overcrowded up there that you can’t find […]
Someone Grab Roget’s
Posted by Chris on March 1, 2006 at 7:29 pm.
“Inappropriate?” CNN wonders. I’m off to start dinner preparation (Ash Wednesday scallop pasta), so I’ll leave it at that.
CNN just reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently wrote Evangelical extremist James Dobson to thank him for his group’s support during the confirmation process.
“I will keep in mind the trust that has […]
Select Constitution Fragments Remain Intact
Posted by Chris on February 25, 2006 at 3:32 pm.
It’s about time:
The I.R.S. said yesterday that it saw a sharp increase in prohibited political activity by charities and churches in the last election cycle, a trend that it aims to reverse as the country heads into the midterm elections.
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The agency said it was seeking to revoke the exemptions of three organizations but […]
Here’s a Thought
Posted by Chris on February 20, 2006 at 9:45 am.
The U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches, which represents Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and other Christian churches in more than 100 countries, feels duped:
The statement from the U.S. group accused the Bush administration of “raining down terror on the truly vulnerable among our global neighbors,” saying the United States “has done much in these […]
Whoa There, Flash
Posted by Chris on February 18, 2006 at 7:24 pm.
Rarely, but occasionally, Google completely wigs out, causing one to end up at a web site having nothing at all to do with one’s search query:
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Please read with an open mind.
Fair enough. Go on.
SHORT VERSION: There are no aliens! What are commonly considered […]
Does it Seem Petty When They Do It?
Posted by Chris on February 16, 2006 at 7:58 pm.
You won’t find any Freedom Fries in Tehran, but they love their Roses of the Prophet Mohammed.
Bakeries across the capital were covering up their ads for Danish pastries Thursday after the confectioners’ union ordered the name change in retaliation for caricatures of the Muslim prophet published in a Danish newspaper.
Wait a second. They have […]
I Thought I Was Gay Until I Saw This Billboard
Posted by Chris on February 14, 2006 at 9:56 am.
(KSDK-TV, ksdk.com)
A billboard promising to change homosexuals has caught the attention of several drivers on local highways. The billboards are associated with Focus on the Family-an organization calling itself a Christian group promoting family values.
The billboards are positioned along major interstates in the St. Louis area. They are sponsored by a group tied to the […]
Please Give Generously
Posted by Chris on February 7, 2006 at 8:46 pm.
The Satire Education for Wackos Project is a little-known nonprofit organization dedicated to “educating religious fanatics regarding appropriate use of irony and satire.” This morning the SEW Project announced its “Genocide: Rarely Funny!” campaign, which is intended to discourage radical Muslims from creating “Holocaust cartoons” to protest perceived anti-Islam comics published last month […]
Speaking of Freedom…
Posted by Chris on February 3, 2006 at 1:49 pm.
Is it more troubling that our President believes it possible to forcibly install freedom and democracy in a region populated by religious fanatics who threaten to kill political cartoon publishers or that our own news media routinely censors political commentary which might offend some of its most religious readers?
UPDATE: Anti-cartoon demonstrators stormed […]
Wha?
Posted by Chris on November 21, 2005 at 12:31 pm.
I know, I get way too worked up about the stuff people plaster all over their cars.
I just saw the following bumper sticker:
“I PRAY AND I VOTE!”
What in the Sam Hill does that mean? It’s nice that you pray. I’m catholic. But what does that have to do with voting and […]
We’re not in Kansas anymore?
Posted by Chris on November 18, 2005 at 1:31 pm.
Krauthammer’s piece in today’s Washington Post is worth a read:
Because every few years this country, in its infinite tolerance, insists on hearing yet another appeal of the Scopes monkey trial, I feel obliged to point out what would otherwise be superfluous: that the two greatest scientists in the history of our species were Isaac Newton […]