Before I carry on with my exploration of Miriam Van Scott’s Encyclopedia of Hell, I wanted to note that I just got my copy of her other book – the Encyclopedia of Heaven, from Abebooks. It’s dated 1999, so it’s a year later than her book on Hell. Yet it
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Politics and its Discontents: A Battery Recharger
Still trying to get my psychic energy back, I thought I would take this opportunity to post an interview of Neil Turok conducted a few months ago by Alan Gregg. Turok, the currrent head of the Perimiter Institute, delivered this year’s Massey Lectures on The Universe Within. While some of
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Reasons For A Boycott Of The Sochi Games
In light of John Baird’s recent comments regarding Russia’s recently-passed anti-gay laws which basically outlaw any “gay propaganda” (such as two people of the same sex holding hands), I’d like to spend a bit of time talking about why a boycott of the Sochi games, along with generally isolating Russia
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Putting the ‘t’ in Church
Took kids to the Trinity church in #Boston. My son (w/ #autism) asks: 'Why is there a giant 't' up there?' He says the best things sometimes— Kathleen O'Grady (@kathleenogrady) July 31, 2013 Kids say the darnedest things. .@snolen @kathleenogrady The t in Church stands for "torture". #Christ— Saskboy K.
Continue readingLeDaro: Millions of Brazilians show up to greet Pope Francis
This pope is quite an improvement on his predecessor. Here are millions of people who believe in the Pope and religion despite that Catholic Church has troubled past and those troubles are not over yet. Now these people feel happiness and satisfaction. It gives them some meaning and purpose in
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Hell 2.1, a small update
I left you in my exploration of the Encyclopedia of Hell pondering which version of the Faustus story was better: with or without his final redemption. Personally, I prefer without, because it offers greater dramatic opportunities. I also don’t like the notion of redemption: it seems like a “get out
Continue readingLeft Over: Tomb Much Death-Worship
Tomb Found At Richard III Burial Site To Be Opened LiveScience | By Megan GannonPosted: 07/23/2013 2:53 pm EDT Just great, another wealthy religious group spends millions on still another church/Disneyland while the poor in England get tossed from their housing, the social fabric is being eroded, and the government continues to
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Hell 2.0
I left you last time after finishing the letter D, in Miriam Van Scott’s Encyclopedia of Hell. I’m back in book form to take you through a few more entries in her exploration of the afterlife. But first a couple of additions to your reading material. First on the list
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice: Conversations I Wish I Had.
Oh you know what happens, the doorbell on Sunday morning, the feeling of dread when you open the door and find someone who is going to attempt to show you ‘the way’ and save your soul and all of the other assorted delusional religious nonsense that gets peddled before
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Rick Perry:Unfounding America’s Principles
The loons are in overdrive in the United States and as a general rule the farther south one goes the loonier it gets. Rick Perry is prime example of the the cringe inducing, bile forming sectarian yahoo’s that ooze out of the woodwork and somehow gain political power. Darkmatter2525 illustrates
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Hideous Hymns
Hymns suck. And I don’t just mean in moral or rational sense, though they definitely suck in those areas as well. I mean musically. They are absolutely wretched. As a fledgeling choral singer, I’m aware of some wonderfully fantastic religious based pieces that are beautiful to listen to and sing,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Lafleche Centennial, 100 Years of Awesome
June 29, 2013 I’ve been at the Lafleche 100 celebration on Canada Day long weekend. There were few people my age who I knew, and many of the oldest generation who I grew up with has passed away in the past decades. Cliff Day, who I remember from even the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Should Christian Women Wear a Bikini?
Have you ever started listening to video and almost immediately start to cringe? This, gentle readers, is precisely one of those happenings. Contained within are the soft headed feckless meanderings of some christian ministry that is ostensibly meant to “help” women by employing all (ok, many) of the viscous patriarchal
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pork Bullets. Or, Watch the Xenophobia run WILD!
My cynical atheist soul just went a few shades darker because of this. “The advertising pitch says it all: “Put some Ham in MoHAMed.” Jihawg Ammunition, based in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, has recently begun selling bullets laced with a pork coating, promising “patriot” gun owners that the bullets “will strike
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Review: The Life of Pi
We watched Life of Pi last night, a film that has garnered much critical acclaim and won four coveted Oscar awards (although it has not been without controversies). I had struggled somewhat with the book (for reasons given below), but … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Christian Martyr Loophole
If religion of was actually a ideology that was set up to respect and preserve life instead of increasing misery and pain we’d see over the course of history much more use of this particular “loophole”. Many thanks to Discern4 for producing the video. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christian, Martyr,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Photographing Old Saskatchewan
Churches in Saskatchewan are closing down, and being abandoned at an increasing rate it seems. Active churches in my hometown have dwindled from four during my childhood, to maybe one or two now. There’s an effort underway to document these buildings and the relics inside, before they are all vandalized
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: America a Christian Nation? – Not if you value factual evidence.
Serious sounding title eh? 🙂 Let’s look at a slightly more irreverent analysis by one of my favourite ytubers, Betty Bowers. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Betty Bowers, Christianity, Humour, Religion
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina Refuge #StopURdeportations
It’s been a year since a Regina Walmart illegally hired two foreign students, and triggered a drama with them confined to churches granting them sanctuary from the Harper Government’s punitive mean streak. For Immediate Release June 18, 2013 One Year Anniversary: University Students Still in Hiding This week marks one
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Not My Law! – Sanctimonious Christiains and Their Codswallop.
Awww! Isn’t religion cute all snuggled into the framework of society! Let’s play a game! The game is called “I’m right because GOD SAYS SO” – and festoon it into a train wreck of an blog post. This mangled piece of sputum drips of religiously condoned contempt for human beings
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