Plinky asked, "Do you consider yourself religious?" Not at all. I was always more spiritual than religious, but I was raised in a very religious family in which I was forced to participate in their Southern Baptist church. I started…
The Geek Who Understands You
Plinky asked, "Do you consider yourself religious?" Not at all. I was always more spiritual than religious, but I was raised in a very religious family in which I was forced to participate in their Southern Baptist church. I started…
Leah tagged me on Facebook to write 25 random things about myself, then Sam tagged me to come up with 16 random tidbits. I’m not good at these things, but I’ll give it a try. I didn’t go to kindergarten…
Police: Man Shot Churchgoers Over Liberal Views Knoxville, Tennessee—An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its support of liberal social policies,…
Note: This entry went in a totally different direction than where I thought I was headed! It got very long and wandered around a lot. I got into something that’s really been eating at me for a long time, though,…
When two of the best blogs I read talk about the same article, it’s worth my time to go read it. For some reason, it reminded me of d2leddy and wordcandlemage (side note: the two of you would probably enjoy…
Iran executes two gay teenagers Warning: There are photographs embedded in the linked article, including two of the boys with nooses around their necks just before their execution. The Iranian government is trying to claim that the boys raped another…
United Church of Christ backs same-sex marriage
Thanks to mrpsyklops, I was reading How To Argue With A Conservative Christian. There are some very good points there. My addition: never bother debating belief. Beliefs are not thoughts or theories. They are seldom based on rational thought. You…
Liberal Bible-Thumping I’m a few books behind on his works, but I think I’ll try to get this one soon.
I don’t remember if I posted this before or not, but I left it in a comment in ginamariewade‘s journal and remembered that y’all might enjoy the story. A former Girl Scout co-leader and her very Jewish family happened to…
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