So, Kristians these days like to go on about how they're being oppressed, blah blah, because there's so much general cultural pressure/law preventing them from using high-pressure conversion tactics to spread their gospel ( Read more... )

Interesting little commentary piece about the sorry state of organized Christianity in the US, inspired by Anne Rice's "nope, not Catholic anymore" change of heart ( Read more... )

Just found out that Chuck himself, Zachary Levi, is a hardcore Kristian who was in An American Carol ( Read more... )

Krazy Kristians: Mormon edition

Also grabbing the popcorn to watch Michele Bachmann's ravings about the Census.

Somehow, this isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of Christianity ( Read more... )

Not news: Toby Keith is a douchebag. And the people who booked him are idiots.

Also, one wonders if the Duggars will take their emergency c-section and extremely premature daughter as a sign from God that it's time to stop breeding.

...Nah.

In much better news, the House passed some good stuff today helping to restrict the worst of the behavior ( Read more... )

Annnnnd... I just found case in point on my rant about lazy and cowardly religious folk: I have a devout LDSer arguing that while she may "disagree" with some parts of church policy, and vote against such things when they come up in civil law, she can't do anything to change church policy ( Read more... )

I do so love it when I'm called "intolerant" for calling out the laziness and cowardice of rank-and-file members of organizations with horrid leadership ( Read more... )

Reading this sad and scary story about "facilitated" communication got me to thinking about how easily people can dupe themselves into believing something for which facts are simply not in evidence ( Read more... )

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Granted that there are clueless fantwits on our side, too, but really... At least our side actually values education.