God Withdraws Support for Perry
Following a series of hapless debate performances and a campaign trail littered with innumerable (albeit hilarious) gaffes that left him woefully polling in the range of his presumed IQ, Texas…
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Foot in mouth syndrome: What is Harper’s real position on gay marriage?
Towards the end of last week, news emerged that the Harper Government was taking the position that thousands of same sex marriages in Canada may have never taken place because…
Religious Freedom and the 21st Century
This essay is cross-posted at Rev. Dave’s Bible Study, a side project where I’ve recently been expressing some frustrations on the subject of religion and politics. The Globe & Mail‘s…
Is Climate Change God’s Will?
The following is a reposting from last January: Recently a good friend of mine shared that, at a family gathering over the holidays, her son and daughter-in-law had remarked that…
Lahey sentenced — fire the bastard
We learned today that the disgraced Roman Catholic bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Raymond Lahey, was sentenced to time served for possession of child pornography on his laptop which he…
God’s 2012 Predictions
Relax. You can now safely ignore all of the kooky predictions and hapless guesswork of zany media pundits about how events will play out in 2012 because The Lord God…
Sun Media’s inappropriate obsession with Calgary Mayor’s religion needs to stop
Your blogger with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary-Fort MLA Wayne Cao, the best singer in the Legislature. Below: Sun columnist Ezra Levant. Demagoguery is not an accusation that stings…
Sometimes I Really Wonder
I think we all have friends, relatives or acquaintances that are caught up in Islamophobia and regularly send out e-mails warning that the Muslims are immigrating and breeding and going…
Book Review: Pulpit and Politics
Dennis Gruending is a former journalist and NDP MP who blogs about political and religious issues – which in theory should make for an ideal background for a book focusing…
Molly’sBlog 2011-12-31 15:59:00
RELIGION: PAPAL SINS: Amazingly enough I finished reading two books on a single day. There are two more rather technical books that I am still reading, but probably few would…
When the Religious Fight Each Other
Well let’s see…in Iraq the Sunni are bombing the Shia. In Nigeria, the Muslims are bombing the Christians. In Israel, secular Jews are battling the ultra-Orthodox. And in the Church…
More on the "Blessed" Season . . . .
As Rodney King would say: “Why can’t we all get along?” From the CBC and other sources today: Clergymen brawl at Bethlehem church Fight erupts at traditional site of Jesus’…
Perry doesn’t know how to shut his big mouth
Less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses. And Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has chosen to fan the flames. First, by associating with the most unscrupulous of televangelists…
bennie Speaks . . . .
But should anyone listen? From Global Post yesterday: Pope Benedict XVI urges faithful to see through “superficial glitter” of Christmas Pope Benedict XVI has urged worshipers to see through the…
On Lawrence Solomon’s God
I’ve finally discovered why National Post “columnist” Lawrence Solomon is such an avid climate change denialist: he’s also and more important, a morally stunted bigot. That’s the only conclusion that…
No-religion most successful "faith" in UK
“Give me the child and I will give you the man,” the Jesuits boast. Indoctrinate a child in a faith and he, or she, will carry that faith for life.…