Month: April 2016

From the Bar – a few Belgian ales and a movie

I have now been on this planet for 50 years.   I really wish I had been on some other planet during this time but alas technology has not cooperated. For my birthday, we went to have really good cheap french fries (cooked in beef fat) and expensive Belgian beers. This was an extra treat since … Continue reading From the Bar – a few Belgian ales and a movie →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers.”

because well, God just doesn't do anything except show up in toast and stains. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/15/gov-signs-guns-churches-bill/83079790/   Way to go Gov, show us that unshakeable faith!  Lightning rods and now guns??? "“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers.” →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – modern medicine would have helped – religious parents who harm and kill their kids (alas, again)

"Mariah Walton’s voice is quiet – her lungs have been wrecked by her illness, and her respirator doesn’t help. But her tone is resolute. “Yes, I would like to see my parents prosecuted.” Why? “They deserve it.” She pauses. “And it might stop others.” Mariah is 20 but she’s frail and permanently disabled. She has … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – modern medicine would have helped – religious parents who harm and kill their kids (alas, again) →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Here we go again in PA, TrueChristians hiding behind nationalism

In their ritual of showing off how virtuous they are, some PA representatives are trying to again force their version of their religion on others in HB 1640, aka "National Motto Display Act".  The sponsoring representative is Chris Dush (such a name, miserable to grow up with and certainly appropriate now).   The rest of the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Here we go again in PA, TrueChristians hiding behind nationalism →

David McDonnough: The Best/Worst Christian Apologist in America

More evidence that TrueChristians depend on nothing more than ignorance and lies to support their nonsense.   The author of Applied Faith, David McDonnough, is the living embodiment of why today the evangelical brand is toxic… and for that, I salute him. The product of an American Bible school masque… Source: David McDonnough: The Best/Worst … Continue reading David McDonnough: The Best/Worst Christian Apologist in America →