Archive for the 'The Christian Right' Category

I don’t believe in the devil, but…

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

If you’re expecting a post about Pat Robertson’s call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, you’re going to be disappointed. There are already some very good posts about that here and here if that’s what you’re looking for. This post is something else entirely. This is a post by a man who […]

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 […]

The Gospel According to Mike Seaver

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

Summer offers few good television options. Thank godless for TV Land. After a bit of channel surfing the other night, we settled on an episode of Full House. I’m sure we’d both seen it at least twice, and it’s not even a very good show, but it was the only acceptable choice. […]

Day Breaks, Night Falls

Saturday, July 9th, 2005

July 1, 2005 is a date that will probably not be recorded in the history books. However, it may well turn out to have been a major turning point in American government. Sandra Day O’Connor, moderate Supreme Court Justice, frequent swing vote and protector of the establishment clause, announced her retirement, giving George […]

And the award for kookiest mainstream religion goes to…

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

…the Southern Baptists. Bobby Welch couldn’t be here tonight to accept this award, so I’ll be receiving it in his place.
The Southern Baptist Convention just concluded its annual meeting in Nashville, TN. The SBC is currently the second largest denomination in the United States (after the Roman Catholic Church) with 16.3 million members, […]