http://nation.time.com/2014/01/22/godless-cities-in-america/

This particular link to an article about the study on “Bible Mindedness” from Time magazine was specifically chosen to highlight a really nasty choice these editors made. By calling the cities selected as being the least Biblically minded as “godless” is a spectacular dig against all forms ( Read more... )

This entire post is lifted from a comment in Dark Christian:

He's definitely dominionist, and specifically NARasite (basically his church is one of those "independent charismatic" congregations where NARasitism tends to fester).

Not only that, but (in another danger sign) the church was founded fairly recently and started out of a NARasite "cell ( Read more... )

There has been some discussion of late about President Obama’s claim of being Christian. Besides the ones who obliviously presume that he must be Muslim, or parse out of unrelated texts the notion that a presumed birthright to Islam is obligatory, there are others who question whether his Christianity is ‘real’. However, many problems arise ( Read more... )

I moved the unused markerboard into my office. Yay! I celebrated by creating a three-color data map of my current most vexing problem. I used to use markerboards all the time, but just realized that I had the space for one now.

I'm looking forward to working at the Democratic state convention tomorrow. I hope I can get some sleep. I'll be posting ( Read more... )

Shy Venus update on Pokey Finger.

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A recent religion post contained something of a broad statement. It was a conclusion I had drawn without the benefit of third-party confirmation. What I had said was that the term "Christian" did not just apply to those who followed the "Jesus Movement", but also those who followed any of a dozen Hellenized, Asian mystery cults, including cults of ( Read more... )

More notes on the development of culture and the creation of Roman Christianity.

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History is a funny thing. Written history goes back four thousand years, and yet there are periods simply rife with myth to the point that it didn't matter if "actual" history had been recorded. There does appear to be a natural tendency for famous people to accumulate mythology as they become farther removed from the living. Someone like the Roman ( Read more... )

I had promised a review of Franz Cumont's Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism. It is difficult for me to stop where I am with the book and make these few statements, as I desperately want to spend more time tracing out the various ideas and go about verifying his assertions ( Read more... )

A recent revelation in my religious studies has taken more than the usual amount of time to digest. The resulting effervescent fountain of nested implications has kept me busy for a while ( Read more... )