TEOTWAWKI – The End Of The World As We Know It – has been predicted ever since humans looked up in wonder at the sky and decided it was peopled with invisible beings. Beings who wanted to do us harm, it seems. And as quickly as we people the sky,
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Scripturient: Blog & Commentary: Revelations about Revelation
It’s got treachery, betrayal, politics, violence, skullduggery, sex, war, philosophy, politics, religion, an empire teetering on the brink of collapse, mystical visions, rebellion, emperors and slaves, angry priests accusing other priests, unrepentant martyrs going to their deaths in the arena, and the end of the world looming over it all. What more
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Easter Disservice – Contradictions you have Swallow.
I appreciate the hard work Matt Barsotti has done over at Jerico Brisance in putting together this lovely infographic, just in time for Easter Sunday. 🙂 Get the PDF here for clarity and future reference purposes. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christian Foolishness, Christianity, Easter, Helpful Infographics, The DWR Sunday Religious
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Another Sterling Example of Egregious Religious Behaviour
When you believe in magic you can just stow your moral and ethical compass in your back pocket and whistle while you do God’s work. “Estimates suggest that anywhere between 60 and 80 percent of migrant women and girls are raped on their journey as they travel across the southern
Continue readingLeft Over: Can’t Tolerate Bigotry…
Time to put the brakes on our slide to intolerance: Tim Harper A government which deals with only symptoms and refuses to look at root causes is part of the problem. By: Tim Harper National Affairs, Published on Sun Mar 01 2015 (with thanks to Montreal Simon’s blog for the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Christian States of America?
What if America became a theocracy? Apparently a survey of Republicans found 57 per cent in favour of making Christianity the official religion of the United States. Younger Republicans in the 18 – 45 age group were more favorable to the idea, with 63 percent of that cohort affirming that
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Literally Genesis 2
When christian’s ask you to go read teh bible, it should go something like this: Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christianity, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – If Jesus Returned – darkmatter2525
Darkmatter2525 is at it again, placing the Jebus back on earth – but of course in this new security conscious era things might not turn out for the best. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christianity, DarkMatter2525, Jesus, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disserivce
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Eloquence
‘Nuff said. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Christianity, DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Dear American Youth Pastor
Did you need another reason to be critical of christianity? Let’s take a look at what can happen when you preach hate and intolerance in your holy house of risible stupidity. You see, I’m all for the idea of having a meeting place in the community because people need to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Not Coffee You Dirty Sodomites!
Get out the duct tape! You’ll need it to keep your jaw from hitting the floor over how amazingly absurd this fine christian preacher is. Because people are protesting outside of his church they must be Sodomites and by extension the coffee that they are serving must be infused with
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Unity in Diversity
Polycarp of Smyrna Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, or LBP – not to be confused with U.S. President LBJ, dominant Japanese political party the LDP, or women’s wardrobe staple the LBD – once obscurely remarked that Canada needed to maintain a “unity in diversity”. (I’d’ve written “famously remarked”,
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Unelected and unknown education minister looms as first major blunder of Jim Prentice’s New Tory Government
Still on track? Jim Prentice’s New Tory Government experiences its first full day of governing. Below: Unelected Education Minister Gordon Dirks. The appointment of Gordon Dirks as unelected minister of education by Premier Jim Prentice on his first day in office has the potential to become the first serious political
Continue readingSister Simone for pope
What you may ask is a non-Catholic, indeed a non-Christian, doing recommending someone for pope. Well, it’s partly tongue-in-cheek, of course, even if American Sister Simone Campbell might very well make a better pope than anyone else around, including Francis himself. I am quite aware that the Catholic Church, immersed
Continue readingFrank’s 10 happiness tips
Pope Francis may still be immersed in a certain amount of traditional Catholic misogyny, but he is nonetheless a breath of fresh air for the church, and for that matter, Christianity. In a recent interview he offered 10 tips to achieve happiness. The tips are worth repeating not only because
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: China Moves to Nationalize Christianity
Yeah, I know, it sounds wacky but it’s true. China wants to nationalize as in “Sinicize” the Christian religion as it’s practiced in the Peoples Republic. “The construction of Chinese Christian theology should adapt to China’s national condition and integrate with Chinese culture,” Wang Zuoan, director of the State Administration
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Letter to The Star Re: When free speech becomes hate crime (Letters, June 23)
From among the throngs walking past, largely ignoring him, a street preacher standing with a mic and an amplifier in front of Old City Hall called me out leaving the opening ceremonies of World Pride taking place at Nathan Phillips Square last Friday. Punching his words from between what he
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Vancouver Sun Letter
If anyone would like my two cents on the controversy surrounding Trinity Western University, its proposed law school, and its homophobic “Community Covenant,” please see the letters section of today’s Vancouver Sun. My letter appears at the very bottom, under the heading “Trinity’s gay policy anti-Christian.” Filed under: Education, Gay
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Moving Away, Slowly and Painfully from Theism
The deconversion process does some pretty wacky things to people. We join Evidence and his tale of his journey away from the theism that held him prisoner for so long. Filed under: Atheism Tagged: Christianity, Deconversion, Theism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Moving Away, Slowly and Painfully from Theism
The deconversion process does some pretty wacky things to people. We join Evidence and his tale of his journey away from the theism that held him prisoner for so long. Filed under: Atheism Tagged: Christianity, Deconversion, Theism
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