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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Category Archives: religion
Greydon Square, “Myth”
Born Eddie Collins, Greydon Square is an openly-atheist hip hop artist and Iraq veteran. I’ve enjoyed his jams over the years, as few rappers are willing to riff on intellectual subjects like Pascal’s Wager. With a new album coming out … Continue reading
The Cognitive God of Identity
Forty studies in twenty countries find that religion is a universal phenomenon: This project does not set out to prove god or gods exist. Just because we find it easier to think in a particular way does not mean that … Continue reading
Atheist Affirmations: Time to Grow Up
From Glen Corvus Good evening, faithful! I hope the Lord’s Day finds you happy, well-fed and blissfully ignorant of the horrible realities that currently plague our blessed world. For in these troubling times, it has never been more important for … Continue reading
Society Is Like A Shark…
By Marc Mitchell There’s an old joke. Two elderly ladies are at a religious service in the Catskills. And one of them says to the other, “You know, the sermon here is so terrible.” And the other says, “I know. … Continue reading
Debaters Of The Lost Causes
Right wing religious politics have damaged the Christian brand with a new generation. Emphasis mine: 65 percent of 1,200 surveyed rarely or never pray with others, and almost 38 percent never pray by themselves; 65 percent of those surveyed said … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Jesus Burns
By Captain Cool Aid So Touchdown Jesus, also known as Butter Jesus, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Any fundies out there want to explain how this isn’t the wrath of God? The bible and the ten … Continue reading
Morning Notice
Sarkozy’s right-wing government tried immigrant hysteria as a foundation for local elections. It’s not working on the French: Polls showed that a majority of people initially supported having the discussion about national identity. But those numbers quickly reversed themselves as … Continue reading
A Question Ahmadinejad Won’t Answer
Judith Shulevitz reviews Nicholas Wade’s “The Faith Instinct” and sums up his argument thusly: (R)eligions are machines for manufacturing social solidarity. They bind us into groups. Long ago, codes requiring altruistic behavior, and the gods who enforced them, helped human … Continue reading
Sarah Palin’s Base
I’m heading to Birmingham now to get Sarah Palin’s autograph, so here’s a video bound to scare the bejeezus out of 74% of the American public. It’s an abbreviated version of a documentary on the evangelical movement she claims as … Continue reading
Praying For Elimination
Chaplain Klingenschmitt is back in the news. Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, is suing to make him stop saying prayers like this: Almighty God, today we pray imprecatory prayers from Psalm 109 against the enemies of … Continue reading
Imprecatory Prayers
H/t to Jesus’ General: Almighty God, today we pray imprecatory prayers from Psalm 109 against the enemies of religious liberty, including Barry Lynn and Mikey Weinstein, who recently issued a press release attacking me personally. God, do not remain silent, … Continue reading
