Outchurched

Sacraments Wholesale has a really interesting post about Payday Loansharks, and a must-read post about their failed business idea: Jesus Jeans which was rejected by the UK’s Patent Office:

LONDON - Luxembourg-based clothing brand Jesus Jeans has had its application for a trademark in the UK turned down by the Patent Office because the name is […]

PHOENIX, July 24 — Two former executives of a failed Southern Baptist foundation were convicted here Monday in what prosecutors said was the nation’s largest fraud ever targeting members of a religious group.

William Pierre Crotts, who was president of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, and Thomas Dale Grabinski, the group’s former chief legal counsel, were […]

In Texas, you’re sane if Satan orders you, but insane if you’re following God’s Orders?

The Texas insanity-defense law requires that a delusional person acting under “orders” from God be judged not guilty by reason of insanity, but that a delusional person acting under “orders” from Satan be considered sane, according to prominent forensic psychiatrist Park […]

The great webcomic I Drew This makes an important point:

I wish this was satire, but it seems that these folks are sincere, and excited:

Is it time to get excited? I can’t help the way I feel. For the first time in my Christian walk, I have no doubts that the day of the Lords appearing is upon us. I have never felt this […]

The Scriptures tell us that Jesus turned water into high-quality wine. Apparently, he’s diversified and is now Lord of Lords, King of Beers.

I knew that God Hates Figs, but not ’cause the Bible actually says so (like the site says), but because it’s consistent with what we know about God: God Hates Everything!

A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racist hate groups, recruiting shortfalls caused by the war in Iraq have allowed “large numbers of neo-Nazis and skinhead extremists” to infiltrate the military, according to a watchdog organization.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks racist and right-wing militia groups, estimated that the numbers could […]

Would Americans be likely to vote for a presidential candidate who is Mormon? Survey says: 37% wouldn’t. It also looks like the U.S. is a long way from having a Muslim president (54% say no). Religious intolerance: alive and well in the U.S.A.

% of respondents who would not vote for a candidate […]

Man shall be ruled by law, not by the will of other men… Moses, Moses, Moses…

(h/t Jenny)