Ex Cathedra

The big news of the year had to be archaeologists in Jerusalem digging up the corpse of Jesus.
Christians were thrilled to find out that Jesus was real, not just a mashup of myths going around the Middle East at the time.
Christians were not so thrilled to find out that when Jesus died, he stayed [...]

When believers say atheism is “just another religion” are they saying atheism is a good basis for a life that’s intellectually rich, moral, and meaningful? Not a bit. They’re trying to put atheism down. They’re saying “you’re just as bad as we are.” That isn’t the kind of argument confident people make. [...]

I heard a joke when I was 9 or 10 years old that inoculated me against teleology: Why is a turd tapered at the end? That’s so when you’re done shitting, your asshole doesn’t slam shut
The reason it’s a joke is that even at that tender (yet disgusting) age, we all knew that [...]

Weird thing about Christian conservatives. They don’t just say gods are sometimes handy to have around. They insist their god is necessary every microsecond of every day for everything.
And yet not a single scientific theory that helps you explain and control how the real world works requires gods at all. Adding invisible spirits and demons [...]

This quote from religioustolerance.org knocked me over:
“If we apply sola scriptura to slavery, I’m afraid the abolitionists are on relatively weak ground. Nowhere is slavery in the Bible lambasted as an oppressive and evil institution – Vaughn Roste, United Church of Canada staff.
Is the connection between fundamentalist hermeneutics and slavery more than coincidental? Do Evangelicals [...]

Can we keep Rick around a little longer so we can play with him some more before we eat him?

In Warren’s desperate lurch toward the center, he and his supporters are forgetting one thing: leverage.
Without homobigotry, mandatory childbirth, and women on the bottom, Warren becomes the Methodist minister down the street. He’s just another guy. If Warren puts a mute in the crazyness, The Base will stop saying he’s America’s New Pastor and [...]

Your guy was nailed to a bunch of wood. Our guy has a hammer. Do the math.
And a followup to yesterday’s post: if you think Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Keith Olbermann will be out of material once Bush slithers off into the sunset, fear not.
And a Thor-mas present for the kiddies.
And another
Io Saturnalia! [...]

Religious extremist and anti-gay rights activist Rick Warren is scheduled to give the invocation at the Inaugural. You can read about it practically anywhere on the net. Here’s a good place to start.
Money quote:
RICK WARREN, PASTOR, SADDLEBACK CHURCH: I’m opposed to having a brother and sister be together and call that marriage. [...]

Still buried in pollen, but getting better. I’ve got some articles simmering.
You know the form letter I got from Dunkin Donuts.
Now TiVo have shown themselves to be non-weasels. Go read the story on Family Equality.
TiVo are definitely non-weasels.
And a beautiful story from Friendly Atheist. It isn’t just Jon Stewart who pwned James Dobson. Christians, [...]