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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on June 16, 2012 at 11:08am

Interesting looking book, and I love the pun in the title:

Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All

Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn't it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical alchemy of hope and imagination; a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus - in short, a purely mythic Christ.

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Comment by doone on June 15, 2012 at 7:00am

From Epiphenom

Do 'world religions' make cuckoldry easier?

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:50 PM PDT

You may have seen this one recently - perhaps under a headline such as How Religion Promotes Confidence About Paternity. It's an eye-catching headline, but that's not actually what the study showed - for a start, they didn't compare religious with non-religious people.

Comment by doone on June 14, 2012 at 6:53am

That’s One Mystery Solved

Jun. 13, 2012

So he’s all “Check this thing out, it’s a duck-billed aquatic mammal that lays eggs. Imma call it a platypus.” and I’m like “Dad, are you drunk” But he made the thing anyway.

Comment by doone on June 13, 2012 at 8:05am

Churches are spooky

credit: Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1940-1950, AIS.1978.22, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh.

All the smog and smoke kind of gave a gothic look, even in the middle of the day.

Comment by doone on June 12, 2012 at 1:26pm

Scarlette O’Beara

Jun. 12, 2012

As Gawd is my witness, I will never be without honey again!

Comment by Neal on June 11, 2012 at 2:42pm

Hah! How boring can you get.

Comment by doone on June 11, 2012 at 2:08pm

Religion is exciting stuff (NOT)

RIYADH - A Saudi city known for its ultra-conservatism has created its own version of the "Arabs Got Talent" television reality show, but with no music and women banned from taking part.

Instead, competitors will be permitted to perform religious chants, recite poems and engage in sports events

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Saudi+Talent+women+music/6759685/s...

Comment by doone on June 11, 2012 at 12:58pm

Sister Jeannine Gramick is a Roman Catholic religious sister and a co-founder of the activist organization New Ways Ministry, a Catholic social justice center working for justice and reconciliation of lesbian and gay people with the institutional Catholic Church. After a review of her public activities on behalf of the Church that concluded in a finding of grave doctrinal error, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) declared in 1999 that she should no longer be engaged in pastoral work with lesbian and gay persons. In 2000, her congregation, in an attempt to thwart further conflict with the Vatican, commanded her not to speak publicly about homosexuality. She responded by saying, "I choose not to collaborate in my own oppression by restricting a basic human right [to speak]. To me this is a matter of conscience."

TNR recently profiled Sister Gramick.

Comment by Davy on June 10, 2012 at 10:13am

Yes! It is amazing what a little censorship does to a book.

Comment by doone on June 10, 2012 at 10:07am

Annoy the Vatican. Read This Book, Ctd

An update on Sister Margaret Farley's Just Love:

Who, after all, would have read Sister Margaret Farley’s “Just Love” if the Vatican hadn’t censured it this week? The Catholic Church delivered the nun’s treatise on Christian sexual ethics from the wilderness of obscurity into the promised land of fame. For any book publicist, such denunciation is an answer to a prayer. On Amazon’s Web site, “Just Love” immediately ascended from No. 142,982 to No. 16.

Previous Dish coverage of the book here.

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