Due to a wonderful vacation and enjoying the summer with my family it has been a few weeks since I last posted anything. Rest assured this blog has not been abandoned and I will get back into the swing of things and will post many more in the near future.
Last weekend I found myself at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds [...]
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While taking someone to a local doctor’s office here in Tennessee I was practically floored by seeing the large framed print below hanging in the center of the largest wall.
In the caption of the picture it says “The Difficult Case” and the illustration clearly shows “Jesus” guiding the doctor to try to find the answer [...]
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As I mentioned in a previous article about scientology increasing it presense in Nashville by opening a new centre leading to more crazies here in Tennessee. Now it appears that during the grand opening of this new Church of Scientology Ideal Celebrity Centre security for the event broke laws when handling protesters for an event [...]
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Christians continue to rape young children left in their care here in Tennessee, this time in a preschool at a Methodist church in Hendersonville.
A Hendersonville man who filled in as a teacher at a local church’s preschool program was arrested over the weekend on charges he raped a four-year-old child at the school.
Hendersonville police received [...]
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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 [...]
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A Christian family in Tennessee that was pushing for Rutherford County to approve a bible theme park being built on their land are now suing the county for upholding the will of neighboring citizens and denying to rezone the land. Another case of typical Christian greed at the cost of taxpayer money.
The county and County [...]
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Just when you thought keeping your children away from Catholic priests and clergy would prevent them from being molested by Christian authority figures, a protestant youth minister gets arrested for raping young boys in Murfreesboro, TN.
A Rutherford County, TN man is accused of raping two boys he met while volunteering at a local church, according [...]
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Scientology is growing in Nashville, a clear sign the number of bat shit crazy people is on the rise here in Tennessee.
The Church of Scientology is expanding in Nashville, opening what the religion calls a “celebrity centre” at the historic Fall School Business Center on 8th Avenue South and Chestnut Street.
Renovations are under way at [...]
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One of the reasons Tennessee is such a great place to live and visit is its natural beauty. With its mountains, lakes, forests and large parks systems there is an abundance of outdoor activities and wildlife for residents and visitors to enjoy and admire.
The importance of the outdoor recreation to TN’s economy and state identity [...]
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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 [...]
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