Liberty Council is live-tweeting The Awakening Conference: Equipping and Empowering a New Revolution (#Awakening2011, #Awakening) and, for the heck of it, I thought I’d pull some of their tweets on various topics. In reverse chronological order, here’s a snapshot from this morning as they pander to African-Americans: Martin Luther led movement & Christians led abolition of slavery in [...]
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OMG! It’s the DOMA-Cobra! Run Away! Run Away!
Posted in christianity, church and state, evangelism, fundamentalism, homosexuality, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged Defense of Marriage Act, Ken Hutcherson, Same-sex marriage on March 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Even the Pythons are terrified of the DOMA Cobra! Pastor Ken Hutcherson will brief you on the threat!!!
The 2011 Homeschool Christian Contests
Posted in bible, christianity, fundamentalism, homeschooling, irony, parenting, religion, religious leaders, tagged Answers in Genesis, bible, christianity, creationism, curriculum, education, fundamentalism, homeschooling, Ken Ham, religion, religious word play, science on March 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Dear Christian Homeschoolers, Please don’t get our homeschool conferences confused with the other organization that recently disinvited Ken Ham to an event after he publicly called into question the faith of another Christian vendor. Granted, the names of the two organizations sound similar (theirs is Great Homeschool Conventions; ours is Great American Homeschool Conferences), but, unlike GH events, ours are “Christ-centered and stand for the literal truth [...]
Who To Follow – Part I
Posted in bible, christianity, church and business, church and state, education, end times, evangelism, fundamentalism, homeschooling, homosexuality, media, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, rick warren, tagged British Centre for Science Education, California Proposition 8 (2008), Center for Science and Culture, Chalcedon Foundation, christianity, Discovery Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Intelligent design, rick warren, saddleback church, Wedge strategy on March 27, 2011 | 9 Comments »
It’s not often that I agree with evangelical Christians on topics related to religion, but I’m totally onboard with what this young believer from Texas had to tweet last weekend. Every once in a while (but not often enough, apparently), I do check in on Pastor Rick. When I did so this time, I noticed something that piqued [...]
Enlighten me in 140 characters or less
Posted in christianity, evangelism, religion, rick warren, tagged bible, christianity, evangelism, fundamentalism, huh?, inspirational, memes, religion, snark, Twitter, woo on March 26, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I hardly ever use my blog tag, “inspirational.” Of course, all that’s gonna change now that I’m “following” Rick Warren on Twitter! I’m so glad he cleared that up for me.
Dinos and Chickens, Oh My!
Posted in bible, christianity, church and state, education, environment, fundamentalism, history, humor, irony, media, politics, religion, religious leaders, science, tagged bible, blogging, christianity, contest, creationism, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, history, huh?, humor, irony, memes, politics, religion, religious word play, school, science, separation of church and state, skepticism, woo on February 4, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Hi, Everybody. This is Pastor Steven Anderson. Pastor Steven recently read an article reporting that chickens and T. rex shared a common ancestor. Of course, he thinks it said that dinosaurs turned into chickens (like most creationists, Steven doesn’t understand the concept of creatures descending from a common ancestor). So, to share the laugh with his flock, he has [...]
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