Archive for the 'Sociology' Category

Catholictown, USA

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Living in the 21st century United States is hard for rigid Catholic dogmatists. Our society must seem to them like an endless cavalcade of condoms and homosexuals. The very face of Satan, with his round spectacles and lightening-bolt scar, stares at them from each bookstore window and neighborhood cinema. Their daughters are […]

Dead Girls and Lost Boys: A Solution

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

Polygamy is illegal in the United States. Thank goodness the law has eliminated this problem as it has with other social bugaboos like illicit drugs and prostitution.
While it looks good on paper, the nation is still full of Mormon crack whores. Well, these three problems don’t usually occur with the same […]

Respecting Religious Beliefs

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

Kele had an interesting post, based on something he read at A Mississippi Atheist’s Perspective, about respecting religious beliefs just because they are religious beliefs. Of course, I agree with them both that while respecting the right to have religious beliefs is essential in a free society, there is no mandate to respect the […]

Why Am I Agreeing With Catholics?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Quick, somebody pinch me. I think I’m having a nightmare. I find myself agreeing with <<gasp>> the Catholic Church. I just read two articles in which I found some common ground with my former faith.
First, I found the article “Is It Really About Religion?” from the Portsmouth Herald. This […]

PR Overpowers TNT

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Americans are clearly not paying attention.
Today MSNBC reported the findings of a new survey by the Pew Research Center. This poll was conducted between July 7 and July 17, a time period during which British Muslims carried out 8 terrorist attacks in Britian. It showed that 55% of Americans have a […]