Religion
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Church Discipline
Just when you thought the church had fully succumbed to attracting membership with a mega-tolerant and fuzzy-feel-good version of Christianity, the fundamentalists bring us back to reality. The “reality†of Old Testament style discipline, that is. This weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about Karolyn Caskey, a woman who was expelled from her congregation after 50 years of attendance during which she regularly…
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Update: Scientologists threaten Gawker.com
Their completely unexpected* claim of copyright infringement can be found here. *by which I mean expected
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And more Scientology gossip….
Will Smith is a Scientologist. Damn! Hat tip to Phil.
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…and speaking of Scientology gossip…
Here’s an article claiming that Britney Spears is going to take crazy to a whole new level when she marries her current beau in a Scientologist wedding! First of all, okay, like most overblown celebrity gossip it’s probably not even true. But, ignore all that and just laugh with me as we read this snippet located halfway down the page:…
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Can a feminist be religious?
As we’re getting started reading Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti, I’d like to point out a couple of recent articles questioning the compatibility of religion and feminism: God Hates Women from The Beast Feminist Atheism from Pandagon When I was a Christian (the first two-thirds of my life), I didn’t think of myself as a woman. I was just…
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Stupider and stupider
And you thought a law saying that Christmas is important was stupid and a waste of our legislators time. Wait till you get a load of this one. I can’t believe I have to post this, but if you’re a US citizen, please check out this action alert from American Atheists. Here’s more info: On December 18, 2007, Congressman Randy…
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Atheists should shut up and hide
I seem to be hogging the blog lately, but I guess all of the other contributors are busy, sick, or on holiday. It looks like most of you want me to continue posting religious rants, so here goes. I’m not sure where this video aired, but apparently a lot of Christians are upset that those of us who don’t believe…
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The True Meaning of Christmas
Have you ever been accused of getting so wrapped up in the holiday season that you’ve forgotten the “true†meaning of Christmas? Or maybe you weren’t directly accused but unwittingly joined the captive audience of a Christian delivering a soapbox speech about “keeping the Christ in Christmasâ€. Well, next time this happens, if you’re feeling called to be equally obnoxious, you…
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