Church teaches interracial marriage is plan of devil

The Christian right-wing dominate much of society. But should they? Appleby Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas teaches that African Americans have the color of skin that they do because the son of Noah, Ham, had sex with his drunk father. This story is of course a myth, and...

Young girl dies, visits Hell & Heaven with Jesus, comes back

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/02/young-girl-dies-visits-hell-heaven-with.html A young girl dies, visits Hell and Heaven with Jesus and comes back to tell the story to warn other's.  How can she make this stuff up? I do not find the Christian theology very...

Atheists persecuted throughout the world and no government cares

We live in a society where unmarried people who live together, are still prosecuted for co-habitation. It is a relic of our Puritan/religious past. A past that saw women forced to wear Scarlet A letters on their shirts, yes, that just wasn't a book. The International Humanist...

TN rep. believes gays are "the biggest bullies" in the world

President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...

TN rep. believes gays are "the biggest bullies" in the world

President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...

Jesus spent 40 days in the Desert. I only spent 21, but here's wh

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/jesus-spent-40-days-in-desert-i-only.html Jesus spent 40 days in the Desert. I only spent 21, but here's what began to happen I was in the woods, on 5 acres bordering several National forests, Northern Wisconsin was the place. ...

Why is it offensive to question a historical Jesus?

I was listening to conservative talk radio and the host, not a Christian conservative but a Jewish conservative, asked his guest a question on the topic of Jesus. The question drew the response that Jesus never existed. At all. The guest was David Silverman, president of...

Impulse response and discovering human structure

and part 2: three simple ideas that can improve civilization and your quality of life Strike a bell and listen to its characteristic frequency.. This is about as simple an example of 'impulse response' as I can identify in common terms.. There is a core notion extremely...

How is a statue of Jesus in a park, free of religion? It's not!

There is a statue of Jesus in a national park in Montana. Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg denied there was any religious aspect to the statue at all. At all. In fact, he said there wasn't even a hint of a religious aspect to a statue of Jesus. He said it was a war...

WHICH BRAND OF CHRISTIANITY IS BETTER?

Before I came to the conclusion that organized religion was actually quite unorganized, I made an honest effort to find a brand of Christianity that best represented my beliefs... read...

Are there any arguments against same sex marriage? Let's explore

 These are 12 reasons to oppose same sex marriage. They are of course, a parody, but I cannot tell the difference, in terms of intellectual merit, between them and actual "arguments" against marriage equality. It is after all, kind of hard to do a satire of drivel,...