Bring it On! (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Mention “late-term abortion” and your typical Biblewipe will go ballistic. Out spews the fire and brimstone, along with images of a spoiled self-absorbed slut who carries a baby for five months and then casually decides “ugh, I think I’ll get an abortion instead, hey you wanna get stoned'” The true story is a lot more complicated [...]
Who Hijacked Our Country (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Mention “late-term abortion” and your typical Biblewipe will go ballistic. Out spews the fire and brimstone, along with images of a spoiled self-absorbed slut who carries a baby for five months and then casually decides “ugh, I think I’ll get an abortion instead, hey you wanna get stoned'” The true story is a lot more complicated than that. And that’s unfortunate because the “Family Values” cabal needs...
Mark Byron (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
We had to go to the southern side of Houston for the baptismal service yesterday, and scooted down US-59 past Lakewood Church's new digs at the old Summit basketball stadium downtown; that's Joel Osteen's joint. I was reminded of a...
Prioritizing the Paranoias (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
.. but it has been a weekend of fire* and flood**. I don’t believe in supernatural forces.. but I do believe in natural ones. More and more lately, I find myself wondering if the weather this year isn’t nature’s way of trying to reassert some balance. And for what it’s worth, this is not the time to [...]
Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
ESP 3013 As much as the reissue market is saturated with re-packagings, often for the umpteenth time, of previously issued material to encourage followers of the music to purchase the same thing twice, there are those rare birds that...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
It’s undeniable at this point – the McCain campaign is freaking out. In the last week, John McCain revamped his website to look almost exactly like Barack Obama’s. McCain’s new slogan (“A leader we can believe in”) is an obvious retread of the slogan that Obama has been using for most of the [...]
Christian Research Net (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Ralph M. Petersen at Well Meaning Gentlemen with Different Ideas provides this insight into the sad state of the SBC in California… The Press-Enterprise story written by David Olson relates how several Southern Baptist Churches in southern California are rejecting traditional church practices and redefining what it means to be part of the America’s largest protestant [...]
Reformation Theology (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
The sun came out upon the earth, and Lot went to Zoar. And Yahweh rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh, out of heaven. And he overthrew all those cities, and all the surrounding region, and...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
When people thinka jazz, it's always some guy in a suit gettin' intense in some smoky hole. Not true. Jazz, by the very nature of (what I'm lead to believe) it is freeform and heavy. Some say, 'listen to what...
A Stitch in Haste (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
"Did you see my boy Barack today?"...
Magic Statistics (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
In-depth research by a team of academics from two American universities confirms the obvious. In a number of settings, researchers found that consumers who think about the pros and cons before making decisions reported that they were more likely to exercise and consume healthy foods. They had lower rates of alcohol abuse, procrastination, and overspending. They [...]
MATTER MAGAZINE (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
The developers of a Christian-themed amusement park in rural Tennessee say they want to make it "sustainable and carbon-friendly." SafeHarbor Holding says the the 275-acre, $200 million facility will power all of its fire and brimstone attractions using geothermal heat pumps. In addition, green space will be preserved around the area, parking lots will be permeable rather than paved, and inside the...
FIDE-O (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
The following was published on the front page of Press Enterprise newspaper in Riverside County, California. Local Southern Baptists cool the fire and brimstone . It was written by David Olson who can be reached at at 951-368-9462 or dolson@PE.com The article begins with a "hook": The Rev. Matt Brown surfs, has long blond hair and has used curse words in sermons to make a point. Some members of his...
The Ladies... love the Olympics (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
This weekend more or less marked the first 1/3 of the baseball season. The Cubs and the Rays are the only teams at .600 or better. Which makes me want to scream, “Old testament … real wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! [...]
BlondeSense (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
More Pastor Disaster Stories from the Empty Suit’s Campaign of Hope (Photo credits to David Cowles) “This is not a decision I come to whitely…” Barack Obama on CBS Evening News explaining his church resignation 5/31/08 Barack Obama is going through pastors lately like an old South Side slumlord goes through $331,000 in bad checks for Vegas gambling markers and kickback schemes. And why is
