Category Archives: religion

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

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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

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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

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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

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Laid Up Today

I’m all stiff on the right side between the ribs and pelvis. This means I’m taking a sick day off work to lay around taking painkillers. The best I can do today is offer Jared Diamond’s lecture on religions (h/t … Continue reading

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