Posted in America America, Religion on Oct 27th, 2007
I’m rather sick of hearing about how the United States is a “Christian Nation.” I’m also sick of hearing about Christ. But more than anything, I’m sick of self-righteous Christians talking to me.
So from now on, any time a Christian even begins to talk about their religion, no matter what the context, I’m going […]
Posted in America America, Religion on Aug 23rd, 2007
“God Bless Me, It’s a Best-Seller!” is an article written by Christopher Hitchens, author of the best-selling God Is Not Great, about his book tour. I was pleasantly surprised to see that his first stop was Little Rock, Arkansas, my old stomping-ground until just a few months ago. I was even more surprised to see […]
Posted in America America, Religion, What I Hate on Aug 12th, 2007
In the musical Rent, there is a scene where two friends of “Angel,” the cross-dressing gay man who died of AIDS, go to a church to find a place to hold his funeral. As they are turned away by the priest, the audience is meant to understand that there is a vast group of people […]
Posted in America America, Politics, Religion on Oct 15th, 2006
Who are you to say no to stem cell research?
Posted in America America, Politics, Religion on Jul 18th, 2006
Surely everyone has heard the hoo-ha about the world being in the middle of World War 4 (or 3, depending on whether you count the Cold War as a World War). For a few hours, I thought maybe the ruminations were valid. It does rather seem like the whole world is involved in an ever-escalating […]
Here are some funny billboards, put up by starving-political-artist types. My favorite:
Here’s a great article called “Why Religion Must End.” For those folks who I’ve had conversations about religion with: this pretty much sums up everything I think in a succinct, intelligent package.
The article is an interview with Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith. I particularly like his stance on “conversational intolerance,” which […]
