A forum comment in Outsports (a gay sports forum ( Read more... )

My dad was more than a little bit of a nutbar, so I come by it honestly. He was a new-age, born-again Christian, who was obsessed with UFOs. He had no internal filter and had little sense of what was appropriate to say to young children and what should be left for when they're a little older and less freaked out ( Read more... )

Every religion seems to celebrate a different new year. I really only know of three: Judaism has Rosh Hashanah in September; the Wiccans (and some other neo-pagans) have Samhain, aka Halloween in October; Christianity (and, um, the rest of the western world via the Gregorian calendar) have January 1st ( Read more... )

I was raised Catholic and was taught that God loves us unconditionally.

If God loves us unconditionally, then why does Hell exist?