Religion
Is Exploding Kittens Jewish?
I was sitting with Charlie in the cafeteria of his school last week, eating lunch with him and his friends. At one point I was telling his friends about Exploding Kittens, a game that Elysha gave me for Father’s Day. I said to his friends, “Charlie and I played Exploding Kittens all day on Sunday.…
Read MoreReligion on the decline. Thankfully.
The latest Harris and Pew polls indicate that the fastest growing religious belief is no religious belief at all. For the first time since these polls have been taken, “no religion” is even with Catholicism and Evangelical as the dominant religious belief in America. Mike Pence must be furious. In addition, a Research Center poll…
Read MoreThese folks get it.
I’m always heartened when I see church signs like this given the fact that about 80 percent of Evangelicals and more than half of Catholics still support the Trump Presidency. It’s baffling to me. A serial adulterer who bragged about sexual assault and paid hush money to porn stars still enjoys the support of the…
Read MoreBaptism as a threat
I know this sign is a joke, but it’s a joke based upon a threat. An amusing and innocuous threat, of course, and nothing to be taken seriously, except for this: Isn’t this also what the church does to babies? Churches baptize babies into their religion without first checking to see if the baby believes…
Read MoreIt appears that I might be less fallible than the Pope
Good news. Pope Francis has declared the death penalty wrong in all cases. This is a definitive change in church doctrine. Traditionally, church doctrine accepted the death penalty if it was “the only practicable way” to defend lives, which was a ridiculous loophole exploited by church officials and politicians as a means of justifying the…
Read MoreIt’s weird that religious folk are so often filled with hate.
I may be a reluctant atheist, but I like this church sign a lot. It makes me wonder: How hateful and ignorant must you be to stand against same sex marriage, gender neutral restrooms, and the happiness of my LGBTQ friends because it’s what The Bible says while blatantly ignoring so many of The Bible’s…
Read More“Do we believe in heaven?”
Driving home from the farmer’s market on Sunday, Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven came on the radio. Elysha asked the kids, “What’s the name of this song?” “Stairway to Heaven!” they shouted in unison. “And who sings it?” she asked. “Led Zeppelin,” they answered. Elysha smiled and relaxed in her seat, feeling that her job…
Read MoreJesus was a brown, undocumented immigrant who crossed national borders illegally ill
For those awful human beings who believe that child separation on our southern border is an appropriate policy but also profess a deep and meaningful belief in a Christian God (or in the case of Attorney General Jeff Sessions attempt to use that Christian doctrine to defend this unrighteous action), this church sign is an…
Read MoreWhat would Jesus do?
Attorney General and all-around bigot Jeff Sessions attempted to defend the parent-child separations that are taking place on the southern border this week by citing a passage from the Bible: “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because…
Read MoreEvangelicals hate. Jesus would love.
Evangelicals would disagree, but this is exactly the kind of church that Jesus would love if he were here on Earth. I’m not a religious person. I describe myself as a reluctant atheist, and that’s about right. I wish I had faith, but despite a lifetime of effort, I’ve yet to find it. But I’ve…
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