If you remember a previous post of mine, “A Boatload of Nonsense,” you’ll know that I’m not a huge fan of the movie, Evan Almighty. Back in 2007, Girl talked me into seeing it with her and, today, believe it or not, I gave in again. This time the movie was on television. A cool, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fundamentalism’
A Boatload of Nonsense from our GOP presidential contenders
Posted in church and state, economics, media, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged christianity, dominionism, Flood myth, Focus on the Family, fundamentalism, GOP, Herman Cain, michele bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, separation of church and state, superstition, U.S. presidential election 2012 on November 21, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Dear Muslims, Convert or Die! Yours Truly, America
Posted in christianity, church and state, evangelism, fundamentalism, irony, islam, media, military, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged bigotry, christianity, evangelism, fundamentalism, irony, politics, religion, separation of church and state on April 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
The cowardly Bryan Fischer at American Family Association is at it again.
Vote for the scariest homeschooling video
Posted in christianity, church and state, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, homeschooling, irony, media, parenting, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged christianity, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, Home School Legal Defense Association, homeschool, homeschooling, humor, memes, parenting, politics, religion, religious word play, school, separation of church and state, skepticism, snark, world of children on April 20, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Did you know that HSLDA is having a video ad contest? I don’t know what they plan to do with the videos or where they hope to air them (Christian TV networks I presume), but you can vote for your favorite video at HSLDA – and/or in my poll below. :D ☠ 1. Old Time ☠ 2. [...]
Weather Excitement R Us
Posted in end times, environment, fundamentalism, science, tagged environment, fundamentalism, huh?, memes, minutia, religious word play, science, Weather on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re so easily excited about changes in the weather in Southern California. Even simple rain causes most of us to stop what we’re doing to walk to the window, look out with wide eyes and say, “wow.” So, imagine our excitement lately. About a week ago, we were enjoying beach weather (in the 90′s °F); last night we were treated to a mini-hailstorm accompanied by thunder [...]
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 [...]
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.
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As an atheist – and former Christian homeschooling parent – I blog (mostly) about the social-political aspects of religious fundamentalism, especially as it impacts the education and socialization of children.
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