Bryan Fischer (American Family Association) thinks that plans to move the murder trial of Jared Loughner from Tucson is a “terrible, terrible idea, and contrary to biblical concepts of justice.” A change of venue not only “robs” Tucson citizens of their God-given right “to see that the innocent blood of their loved ones, friends, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bible’
Vengeance is more satisfying and less costly
Posted in bible, christianity, church and state, fundamentalism, history, political figures, politics, religious leaders, tagged american family association, bible, bigotry, christianity, fundamentalism, politics, religion, religious word play, separation of church and state on January 21, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Winsome Theocrats
Posted in bible, christianity, church and business, church and state, evangelism, fundamentalism, religion, religious leaders, rick warren, tagged bible on January 14, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Second-guessing my understanding of the word, I looked it up in the dictionary. winsome [win-suhm] –adjective sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile. Yes, that’s what I thought it meant; but, just to be sure, I did an online image search to see what “winsome” might look like. Google says this is a picture of [...]
Energy chair candidate: Rainbows prove no climate change
Posted in bible, christianity, church and state, end times, environment, fundamentalism, political figures, politics, religion, science, tagged bible, christianity, climate change, creationism, education, environment, evangelism, fundamentalism, huh?, john shimkus, religious word play, republican, school, science, separation of church and state, united states house of representatives, woo on November 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow [...]
Friends don’t let friends become exchange students
Posted in uncategorized, tagged bible, christianity, education, evangelism, Humanism, religious word play, skepticism on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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Homeschool dad, curriculum vendor running for Congress
Posted in uncategorized, tagged bible, bigotry, christianity, creationism, curriculum, education, environment, fundamentalism, history, homeschooling, parenting, politics, religion, science, separation of church and state, woo, world of children on October 8, 2010 | 33 Comments »
Did you see Congressional hopeful Art Robinson on Rachel Maddow tonight? ♦ Charming, isn’t he? Actually, my bad. I didn’t recognize Dr. Robinson. Did you? Apparently, his homeschool curriculum company, Robinson Curriculum, is fairly popular. I had no idea – but, I won’t be too hard on myself. Based on a The Old Schoolhouse Magazine review, the curriculum sounds like pure drudgery that I – and [...]
Which pages of the Bible would YOU like to rip up?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bible, bigotry, christianity, fundamentalism, irony, islam, politics, racism, religion, religious word play, separation of church and state, skepticism on September 11, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Christianists are bragging, Quran Torn-Up at White House: Ten Christians Gathered At White House and Tore Passages from the Koran that Call for Violence Against Christians and Jews! Christian Newswire is reporting that Quran passages were torn from the Quran by Mr. Andrew Beacham in front of the White House on 9/11/10. Andrew Beacham says: “Why should [...]
Dearest fellow real Americans,
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bible, christianity, fundamentalism, glenn beck, inspirational, irony, politics, religion on August 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Please attend my Restoring Honor gathering on 8-28-10 as we consider the values upon which our great nation was founded: faith, hope and charity. God willing, my harmonious message will be an inspiration to all. Oh, yes. Please, DO NOT BRING ANY SORT OF WEAPON, INCLUDING A POCKET KNIFE Other prohibited items include: Alcoholic beverages Firearms (real or simulated) Ammunition Explosives [...]
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