Outchurched

If you get the Sundance Channel, you’ll probably want to check this out:

Jay Bakker, the only son of TV evangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner, is the subject of this six-part observational documentary series from filmmaker Jeremy Simmons (“TransGeneration”). Veteran of a troubled adolescence, tattooed and pierced Jay now preaches God’s grace and unconditional […]

Along the lines of the “Athiest Fundamentalist” is this piece from John Safran, which made me literally laugh out loud more than once. The XTC reference makes the whole thing for me.

The rant/turnabout is basically fueled by annoyance at being woken up before noon to hear about religious dogma.

However… the Catholics don’t come ’round […]

Brad A. Greenberg from the L.A. Daily News recently wrote an interesting article titled: “Got God? No way: Evangelical atheists increase visibility:”

With tattooed arms and dressed like Johnny Cash, Ryan Langley stood in UCLA’s Bruin Plaza and shared his faith with all who inquired. Earth below - certainly. Heavens above - he doesn’t think so. Langley […]

No attribution, because I can’t remember where I’d found it. Likely J-Walk. ;)

I’m not much of a Bill Maher fan, but he makes some valid points during this segment of “New Rules,” particularly the last “New Rule.”

Haggard is ridiculed, but Haggard isn’t the point. ;)

Maher poses a great question, worthy of discussion: Is it genetic?”

A while back I bought a bunch of DVDs from a Reformed online bookseller. Sometimes I’m a glutton for punishment, and like to order Apologetics videos. I’ve watched a number of them and have been rather underwhelmed by the arguments presented (they lack intellectual rigor… to say the least), or I’ve just flat-out […]

The War on Festivus Christmas has begun, with the Marine Corps launching the first salvo:

A talking Jesus doll has been turned down by the Marine Reserves’ Toys for Tots program. A Los Angeles company offered to donate 4,000 of the 1-foot-tall dolls, which quote Bible verses, for distribution to needy children this holiday season. The battery-powered Jesus […]

I’ll never be able to sleep again, thanks to this impeccable logic and reasoning.