Another example of superstition and fundamentalism. See CNN’s coverage here.
Another example of superstition and fundamentalism. See CNN’s coverage here.
Don’t get dressed up, don’t worry about your hair. Wear your old jeans and boots if you want. Nobody will ask you to say grace, or want you to put money in the plate. All you have to do is show up, and you don’t even have to do that! We’d like for you to be there, of course, but you won’t burn in Hell if you don’t! You’ll miss out on some interesting people, and some pretty decent pizza or sandwiches, but that’ll be about the worst that might happen. Really. We promise!
Second Sunday of each month, 2 pm, at Round Table Pizza, 150 E. Cross, Tulare. That means this Sunday ( December 13, 2009) is our next non-worship service, where we won’t be asking any invisible friends to do us favors. We might discuss the usurping of pagan rituals and celebrations by certain mainstream religions, but then again, we might not!
We’ll wish you Happy Holidays, and hope your New Year is a good one!
I liked the inclusion of so many images in this video that are iconic in our culture. The snake, the apple, chains, the use of the color black, dancing, drinking, and speaking to expectations of who and what a person may be. And I liked the song!
Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin has instructed priests under his control to refuse communion to Representative Patrick Kennedy, on the same day as the 46th anniversary of the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Since 2004, Roman Catholic Bishops have threatened to withhold communion from politicians who vote in favor of issues the Catholic Church has decided they should be against.
With this action, Bishop Tobin continues the Church’s march away from fighting poverty and oppression, and towards shrill demagoguery over social issues like stem cell research, abortion, and same sex marriage.
I post quite frequently to the online forums at the Visalia Times Delta. (you can see them here) I just love it when some Christian makes a post, and tosses out a Bible verse reference to make a point. It usually doesn’t take to much time with Google to come up with a good response to such nonsense, and I do so as often as I can. The usual response is something along the lines of “What an amateur… no understanding…” (a quote from a recent ‘rebuttal’). See, you either simply don’t understand the Bible, so you can’t use it against them, or you are a hypocrite. I’m a hypocrite because I use their own book against them, but don’t believe in it’s divinity. I suppose it means only other Christians can argue with them, but then that means…. hmmm. Convenient, isn’t it?