Archive for January, 2008

The Bible According to Cheese Or, A Brie History of Time

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

A fascinating mashup of BibleGateway and Cheese.com: “The Bible According to Cheese Or, A Brie History of Time.”

Welcome to the Bible According to Cheese, brought to you by the renowned Bible and/or Cheese scholars from All Too Flat. Herein, you will see an image slide show illustrating Biblical history, complete with referenced verses, detailed stories, and […]

Church Discipline - A Costco-Palate-Sized Can O’ Worms

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about “Church Discipline” which can lead to banning/shunning:

On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, Pastor Jason Burrick grabbed his cellphone and dialed 911. When a dispatcher answered, the preacher said a former congregant was […]

Reproductive Rights Removal Group Mails Out Plastic Fetuses

Friday, January 18th, 2008

WISN.com:

RACINE, WI: A right to life group in Racine is under fire after mailing controversial material to 44,000 people. It included an informational letter, a fundraising envelope and a small plastic fetus. Mystical Listrom said she was not happy with what she found inside when she opened a letter from Wisconsin Right to Life accompanied by a […]

Duelity

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Duelity: Christianist Creationism vs. Evolution presented in a quite thought-provoking manner (regardless of which side of the fence you’re on). I highly recommend watching the videos in order… Creationism, then Evolution, the Duelity.

The films were created by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos “Boca” Ceravolo through the VFS Digital Design program. […]

Rah-rah-ree Kick Him in the Knee! Rah-rah-ras Kick Him in the …

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

From USA Today:

Upset that news photographers were taking his picture during lawmakers’ morning prayer, a rookie Colorado legislator gave a Denver photojournalist a swift kick in the knee today, the Rocky Mountain News reports. Colorado Springs Republican Douglas Bruce, an anti-tax crusader sworn in this afternoon to fill a state House vacancy, kicked RMN photographer Javier […]

Huckabee Can Go Fuck a Tree

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

From Talk To Action:

Huckabee, yesterday: “I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s […]

New Christian Science Textbook - By Matt Bors

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Matt Bors provides a pretty accurate view of what a new Christian Science Textbook would look like:

(h/t Zed Shaw)

Subterranean Hallelujah Homesick Blues

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Johnny’s in the basement mixin’ up the medicine, I’m on the pavement thinkin’ ’bout the government… oh wait… similar concept, but wrong song…

Tom Lyberg from the Wired Jesus Podcast has found another winning video clip:

Who’s Dumber?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Tom from Wired Jesus just posted a YouTube video of one of the flat-out-dumbest human beings I’ve heard in a while…

Who is dumbest, though… the woman spouting anti-intellectualist nonsense or the idiot guy who moronically nods in agreement? I’d find the video hilarious if there weren’t so many people who earnestly “think” that way. […]