Tag Archives: Scientology

Nailing Jello To A Wall

This post is drawn from a discussion on Facebook between me and some Christian acquaintances. I’ve altered the comments and responses only insofar as it was necessary to make it easy to read in a blog format. I’ve also removed … Continue reading

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Burning The Qur’an: What’s the difference?

Back in July, Terry Jones of the ironically misnamed Dove World Outreach Center, a non-denominational church in Gainesville, Florida, announced that he would hold a good old-fashioned book burning on the anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. He chose … Continue reading

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My Irony Meter is at Eleven

I just read this story on USAToday.com about how the Southern Baptists are all in a tizzy about the Scientologists proselytizing in their back yard. Of course, every quote set off my “irony meter.” The best is from Tal Davis, … Continue reading

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Laminin Cross: It’s In The Eye of the Beholder

Evangelist Louie Giglio thinks the laminin molecule looks like a cross, and that this is proof of Intelligent Design, specifically Intelligent Design on the part of one Jesus H. Christ. (The “H” stands for Howard, as in “Our Father, who … Continue reading

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Blasphemy Day

Today, 30 September, 2009 is Blasphemy Day. Celebrate by making hamburger out of a few sacred cows. In “Blasphemy: verbal offense against the sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie”, Leonard Williams Levy states that the last cluster of blasphemy cases … Continue reading

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