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Carolina Blues

Started by Neal 6 hours ago. 0 Replies

North Carolina, please grow up.Carolina Blues May 23, 2013 by Vanessa Wolbrink in LegislativeLast month, North…Continue

Tags: a, theocracy, towards, moves, carolina

10 Ridiculous Christian Right Prophesies

Started by Neal. Last reply by Lester Unega Waya yesterday. 1 Reply

A compilation of stupidity. I wonder if any of the faithful are wondering what happened, or if they're simply waiting to jump on that bus heading to the next doomsday scenario.From Pat Robertson's election predictions to the entire Christian right…Continue

Tags: prophecies, right, christian, ridiculous, 10

Raising a Child Without Religion, or Faith

Started by Dallas the Phallus. Last reply by Neal yesterday. 2 Replies

Every two or three blocks on the avenues of downtown Brooklyn, a big old stone church rises from the ranks of the brownstones. A couple of weeks ago, my little boy Felix pulled his trike to the curb and squinted at the steeple of one."What's that…Continue

Tags: science, reason, parenting, atheism, secularism

Most Muslim Americans See No Justification for Violence

Started by Chris on Monday. 0 Replies

August 2, 2011Most Muslim Americans See No Justification for ViolenceMuslims Americans more likely than other faith groups to reject…Continue

Tags: Violence, Islamaphobia, Predjudice

Is Mark Driscoll this generation’s Pat Robertson?

Started by Neal on Monday. 0 Replies

Jonathan Merritt | May 13, 2013 | The copious controversy of Seattle…Continue

Tags: pat, robertson, another, driscoll, mark

Understanding Why God-References Are a Big Deal

Started by Neal on Monday. 0 Replies

I remember reciting the pledge wondering, WTF is this god thingy.Our Humanity, Naturally A club for humanists by Dave Niose "Crisis-Induced Devotion" and the Importance of Church-State SeparationPublished on May 19, 2013 by David Niose in Our…Continue

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Outrageous Attacks on Supporters of Church-State Separation: Death Threats, Murdered Pets, and Vandalized Property

Started by Neal on Monday. 0 Replies

No different than how the right reacts to everything sane.The religious right often wages campaigns of harassment, intimidation and outright violence against First Amendment plaintiffs.…Continue

Tags: christians, immoral, by, attacks, outrageous

Is there a God? The Vatican invites Mexicans to discuss.

Started by Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco May 8. 0 Replies

The Vatican's first Courtyard of the Gentiles event outside Europe takes place in Mexico this week. The number of Mexicans who say they are 'non-religious' jumped by 56 percent between 2000 and 2010.By Lauren Villagran, Correspondent / May 8,…Continue

Tags: Vatican, Questions, Debates, God, Atheism

County sued over opening meetings with sectarian prayers

Started by Neal May 3. 0 Replies

That's how conservatives really roll; with a bible and prayer. I listened to my local state representative address a crowd when she came through town recently; all god this and jesus that, sucked big time.Hake, Ridgely vs. Carroll County Posted:…Continue

Tags: church, and, state, of, separation

'Atheist Churches': Nonbelievers Find A Sunday-Morning Connection

Started by Neal Apr 29. 0 Replies

Apparently humans need community regardless of faith or lack thereof. HOUSTON…Continue

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Comment by doone on April 19, 2012 at 11:54am

It makes you wonder why anyone would be a Nun

 David Gibson / Washington Post:
Vatican orders crackdown on American nuns  —  WASHINGTON — The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the umbrella group that represents most of America's 55,000 Catholic nuns, saying that the group was not speaking out strongly enough against gay marriage, abortion and women's ordination.
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Comment by Davy on April 18, 2012 at 4:28pm

He forgets something Fascism and Stalin's style of communism are the extremes of political spectrum.  

Comment by doone on April 18, 2012 at 7:35am

 Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Catholic Bishop Claims Obama Is ‘Following a Similar Path’ To Hitler  —  In a mass proceeding a Catholic men's march this weekend, Bishop Daniel Jenky delivered a homily that appears better suited to an episode of the Glenn Beck Show than to a celebration of religious faith.
Comment by doone on April 17, 2012 at 4:31pm

Yes, I know.   I just wanted to post the description from the Pulitzer prize descrption of the photo.

Comment by doone on April 17, 2012 at 3:03pm

Massoud Hossaini

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Breaking News Photography Winner 2012

Tarana Akbari, 12, screams in fear moments after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a crowd at the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul on December 06, 2011. 'When I could stand up, I saw that everybody was around me on the ground, really bloody. I was really, really scared,' said the Tarana, whose name means 'melody' in English. Out of 17 women and children from her family who went to a riverside shrine in Kabul that day to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashura, seven died including her seven-year-old brother Shoaib. More than 70 people lost their lives in all, and at least nine other members of Tarana's family were wounded. The blasts has prompted fears that Afghanistan could see the sort of sectarian violence that has pitched Shiite against Sunni Muslims in Iraq and Pakistan. The attack was the deadliest strike on the capital in three years. President Hamid Karzai said this was the first time insurgents had struck on such an important religious day. The Taliban condemned the attack, which some official viewed as sectarian. On the same day, a second bomber attacked in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Karzai said on December 11 that a total of 80 people were killed in both attacks. Published December 7, 2011

Comment by doone on April 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

Teavangelical For Congress

That's what he calls himself.

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Comment by Michel on April 17, 2012 at 1:28pm

@Keely - The picture wouldn't want to display, I fixed it. I'll also upload it as a Photo.

It is a terrible, terrible event... these things must stop! People must stop dying in the name of a superstition.

Comment by doone on April 15, 2012 at 8:06pm

The Man:

Most of the times when you saw that sign, it was held by the same guy. And he was a little, uh, unbalanced. OK, maybe more than a little.

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That is not the beard of a reasonable man.

In 1977, Rollen Stewart was eager to achieve celebrity status but hadn't landed on a particular skill to get him there. He hadn't come up with the "John 3:16" sign concept yet, but in what we assume was a burst of inspiration, he realized, "Well, I'm pretty good at wearing this rainbow wig. Maybe there's something there."

So, he started wearing the wig to every televised sporting event he could attend

If showing up at all of those events sounds like a full-time job, you don't know the half of it. Throughout the '80s, Stewart was driving more than 50,000 miles to appear at more than 100 games a year.

If you're wondering why you haven't seen Rollen Stewart in stadiums lately, that's because he's busy serving three consecutive life sentences in prison.

Yeah, his absurd but benign pilgrimages across the country took a turn for the menacing in 1992 when he took a maid hostage in a hotel and outlined his plan to kill George Bush and Bill Clinton.

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Bet you didn't call that.

It was a pretty big jump from dancing in crowds to taking hostages. It proved that perhaps he didn't have the direct line to God he had previously endorsed. Yet despite his incarceration and verified insanity, fans have still taken up the mission of carrying the signs to stadiums, which you probably know if you've ever been stuck behind one for an entire game.

The Bible Demystified
"GOD WANTS ME TO BLOCK YOUR VIEW OF THIS PLAY."



Read more: 5 Sports Fans Who Ruined Sports | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19529_5-sports-fans-who-ruined-sport...

Comment by doone on April 15, 2012 at 6:32pm

Face Of The Day

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A Hindu devotee dressed as Lord Hanuman smokes a bidi during Gajan Festival celebrations in Kolkata on April 12, 2012. The festival falls on the last day of the Bengali calendar which also coincides with the birth of Lord Shiva, according to Hindu mythology. By Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images.

--Z.P.        

Comment by doone on April 14, 2012 at 10:34am

God failed big time in the ongoing USA election cycle,  

Every Candidate Endorsed by God Has Now Lost to Mitt Romney

The God Squad: Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann.

The end — sorry, um, suspension — of Rick Santorum's presidential campaign is a major milestone in the primary race, clearing the way, as it does, for Mitt Romney to cruise here on out to the nomination essentially unchallenged. But Santorum's withdrawal is also a major milestone for God, the beloved all-powerful deity whose personal endorsement somehow failed to secure the nomination for any of the numerous Republicans — SantorumHerman Cain,Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry — whom he reportedly encouraged to run for president. It is unclear at this point whether God will even bother to offer anyone his apparently useless endorsement in the general election.

 
 
 

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