While driving the other night to a casino outside Montgomery, AL to visit friends I drove past a bright sign with a crucifix and words saying “I Love You This Much”. Tacky Christian displays like this are not uncommon in lower Alabama and the bible belt, even when on the front of a commercial auto [...]
Maybe the christian’s support of torture stems from the belief their beloved Jesus was tortured to death to save their souls. Maybe it’s that their holy book is full of their god’s support of slavery and cruelty to fellow human or that this god condemns people that do not love him and accept him [...]
Apparently faith in god does not help in keeping christians safe from the swine flu that is going around the nation. When worshippers clasp hands to “pass the peace” or share the communion cup and offering plates, religious leaders around the country want to be sure they don’t also pass on swine flu. Catholic churches [...]
According to the latest statistics released by the Southern Baptist Convention the membership of Southern Baptist churches is on the decline, positive news for the bible belt. Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country’s largest [...]
The bible belt is chock full of young earth creationists and the state of Tennessee is no exception. Some rational people with a basic understanding of modern science might feel this statement is exaggerated and find it hard to accept the notion that some people really do believe the universe was created in only 7 [...]
Of course in Tennessee there’s a news story about Christians going armed to church with handguns to “protect God’s people”. Duane McGray takes his Bible to church on Sunday mornings. He also takes his gun. McGray, a former chief of public safety at Nashville International Airport, is a volunteer in the security ministry at First [...]
This is the most disgusting thing I’ve heard the Catholic church do in a long time. Archibishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho of the coastal city of Recife announced that the Vatican was excommunicating the family of a local girl who had been raped and impregnated with twins by her stepfather, because they had chosen to have [...]
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