Archive for October, 2005

Indiana: The South Carolina of the Midwest

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Indiana has been displaying an inordinate amount of religious craziness given its latitude. I just read an article called “Puritan Politics” on nuvo.net. The Christian right is up to its elbows in the state government, and all heaven is breaking loose.
To put it briefly, if you’re gay, and you live in […]

God Bless America

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

I love America.
I am well aware that I will take some heat from extremist members of my audience for this, but I am a patriot. “But patriotism is just like religion,” you say. Whatever. Feel free to spew your anarchist agenda or paint us a verbal picture of your utopian […]

God is a Dick - Part XVI: Zephaniah

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Toward the end of the Old Testament, mixed in with the other “minor prophets,” is the seldom-noted book of Zephaniah. In these three chapters, Zephaniah serves as god’s scribe, directly recording his words about his plans for the world.

I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land, saith the LORD. I will consume […]

GOD or NOT Submissions Needed

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

The balance of submissions so far for the next edition of the GOD or NOT Carnival has been very heavy on the atheist side. While we definitely do still need more atheist submissions, this post is primarily meant for the few theists who visit the site.
The next edition will be on November 7 […]

Desert vs. Forest

Friday, October 14th, 2005

A few months ago, I read a fabulous article entitled “Are the Desert People Winning?” in Discover magazine. I then totally forgot to post about it. I remembered it today, so here it is. If you are a subscriber, it can be read on the Discover site. Since most of you […]