Posts Tagged ‘christian’
A simple geographic reminder to those overly insistent, overly-aggressive people of faith
When someone becomes overly insistent and overly aggressive about the truth behind their deeply held religious beliefs, I like to remind them that their deeply held religious beliefs are almost certainly predicated upon geography. For the vast majority of people, religious belief simply correlates to where they spent most of their childhood. It is not…
Read MoreRose City Park Church: The sign is real, and the message is fantastic, despite my suggestions for revision.
I assumed that this sign was a fake when I saw it, but no. It’s real. It’s also both shocking and refreshing. As a person who would like to believe in God and an afterlife but has been unable to do so, a logical, sensible, rational message like this makes religion seem so much more…
Read MoreIt’s a shame when people pose as Christians and give Jesus a bad name.
A Walkerton, Indiana, pizza shop is the state’s first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law last week. “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” Memories Pizza’s Crystal O’Connor…
Read MoreThe cat peed and pooped and vomited on our Christmas preparations, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
My wife and I left about 80% of our preparations for Christmas until December 24. At the beginning of the day, we had only one gift for each child. We needed more presents and plenty of stocking stuffers. We also had yet to purchase gifts for each other, and nothing was wrapped. We had not…
Read MoreThe demographics of the Republican Party are astounding.
There are currently 278 Republicans in both the House and Senate. Every single one of them is a Christian. Just 23 are women. There is one African-American. That African-American, Tim Scott of South Carolina, was not elected. He was appointed to fill a vacant seat by the state’s governor. In fact, the only black Republicans…
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