Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’

Cross-​​​​posted from Divisible By Pi. Look out, Christians  —  apparently universities are out to get you! Just take a look at what’s happening in Georgia right now… A counseling student has filed suit against a university in Georgia because she claims the school is forcing her to abandon her Christian beliefs in order to receive a degree. Oh no! I […]

No God-​​given right to break the law

By Jonathon Lum

17
Apr. 10

Okay, Pope-​​​​defenders, let’s get something straight. Joseph Ratzinger is a man. Like every other man on this planet, he had a mum and a dad, he eats and he sleeps, he sometimes falls ill and he even makes mistakes. Now, Joseph happens to be the head of a particular group of people with a particular […]

Christian Side Hug!

By Skelliot

19
Nov. 09

I will let this ridiculous hypocrisy speak for itself. Gun shots… sirens…CHRIST! No… I will not give you a “side hug”.

Australian readers may have noted the media blitz by the Christians for their new campaign, Jesus: All About Life. This has provoked a few responses

The world needs the wisdom of Billy now more than ever, and here are some classics. NSFW, by the way  —  language content Connolly on Religion

My canon is bigger than yours

By Frozen Summers **NEW!**

18
Jul. 09

can⋅on/ˈkænən/ [kan-​​​​uhn] 6. the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired. Now, if I was to ask any Christian on the street “what is the canon?” I’d probably get a blank stare, or them asking if I meant the printer/​​camera company. If I was lucky and happened to run into […]

Ray Comfort loses $50

By Alastair Tait, host of The Pseudo Scientists podcast

26
May. 09

Well that’s $50 worth of books and postage the banana king, Ray Comfort, won’t be getting back. A few weeks ago Ray Comfort announced on his blog: that he was giving away signed copies of his new book, “You Can Lead An Atheist To Evidence But You Can’t Make Him Think” and “The Atheists Bible” for […]

How Fundamentalists ‘think’

By Reuben van Bemmel

13
Apr. 09

By Reuben from Non-​​​​Linear Thinking and Reubenville Across the Internet, there is much discussion and discourse on how exactly the Bible, Koran etc pines against homosexuality, abortion etc. As discussed here, some have a more liberal interpretation of such texts. But what makes a fundamentalist determine what’s heretical/​​bad/​​liberal/​​logical from what’s conservative/​​backwards/​​myopic/​​traditional? How do they ‘think’ […]