I’m a big fan of Barack Obama, and hope to see him in the Oval Office someday, but he’s just plain wrong here: Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to "acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people," and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing … Read More
Rapture Database
Um. Whatever: If you wish to do something now that will help your unbelieving friends and family after the rapture, you need to add those persons email address to our database. Their names will be stored indefinitely and a letter will be sent out to each of them on the first Friday after the rapture. Then they will receive another … Read More
Jesus Died For Your Boo-Boos
Available here.
First Amendment Primer
Dear AgapePress: This is very simple. Try to wrap your pea-brains around it. When a school prevents a student from talking about God, that is a violation of the student’s First Amendment rights. However, when the school provides the microphone for the student to speak about God, that too is a violation of the First Amendment. In other words, public … Read More
“Jesus Is Not A Republican”
An evangelical Christian writes about the religious right and their embrace of the Bush Administration’s policies, including the policy of torture. A must-read. Here are some snippets: Evangelicals have come a long way since … 1972. We have moved from cultural obscurity — almost invisibility — to becoming a major force in American society. Jimmy Carter’s run for the presidency … Read More
Morons Can Use The Bible For Anything These Days
I recently had a discussion with a friend, a born again Christian, the other day. She tried to convince me that the Bible is THE TRUTH. You know, with a capital "T". She couldn’t say why it was THE TRUTH, because to question why is (apparently) some form of heresy. Anyway, I came across this article which demonstrates (per my … Read More
Left For Dead Behind: The Video Game
Looks like some Christians have woken up and decided it’s not very "christian" to market a "christian" video game where the object is to kill non-believers.
Colorado Rockies Of Ages
I have no problem with the Colorado Rockies becoming a team of evangelistic believers, or whatever this article is saying, so long as they are not discriminatory (and they appear not to be). Certainly, the baseball profession, like all professions, can only benefit from having its members adhere to a Christian (or Christian-like) code of conduct, at least so far … Read More
Doom Meets Jesus
I thought social conservatives were against violence in video games. Guess not. Welcome to the video game version of the famous Left Behind series, where young rapture wannabes get to convert or kill heathens from the computer desk. This is a direct bllurb from the game’s website: Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is … Read More
The Religious Right And The Environment
Where does the religious right stand on environmental issues? The answer may surprise you. Rick Cizik is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian church. More importantly, he’s the vice-president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella organizations for all the smaller evangelical organizations trying to do away with stem cell research, abortions, etc. Cizik is just about as … Read More
What WMD Would Jesus Use?
Apparently, some sort of biochemical weapon. It looks like some Christian fundamentalists are using homemade weapons of mass destruction to terrorize porn stores. But don’t take my word for it: WALDO, FL — Evidence teams plan to put on protective gear and seal the room as they search for any clues left behind on a contraption that investigators are calling … Read More
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day (yesterday we observed it). It’s the time to remember fallen heroes who, as is so often said, protect our freedoms. Ironically, a fallen soldier by the name of Patrick Stewart is being denied his freedom of religion: Stewart was a follower of the Wiccan religion, which is not recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs for … Read More
Pat Robertson Is Superman
Interesting. Over at the website for the Christian Broadcasting Network, you can find this health advice infomercial from Pat Robertson: Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg-press 2000 pounds! How does he do it? Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the … Read More
Who Are Christians?
Columnist Peggy Noonan is all confused about The Da Vinci Code (the movie): I do not understand the thinking of a studio that would make, for the amusement of a nation 85% to 90% of whose people identify themselves as Christian, a major movie aimed at attacking the central tenets of that faith, and insulting as poor fools its gulled … Read More
Blogging The Bible
An intrepid (or perhaps bored) writer for Salon, a self-proclaimed "ignoramus" when it comes to matters religious — has decided he’s going to blog the Bible. So far, he’s doing it in a rather non-snarky, but inqusitive way. A snippet from Genesis, Chapter 3: The Lord—not so good at follow-through. In Chapter 2, He is clear as He can be: … Read More