Reflections on Paganism: Five years out

...absence of anything but illogic and fear. In 1997, I gave up on Christianity. In 1998, I was introduced to a group of people that a friend .... It is one of the achievements that I am proud of, even today. My arm bears the mark that I gave myself (well, sort of.... only slightly more faith in my former Pagan beliefs as I do in Christianity. I have found that since I abandonned the idea of God that I...

Tomorrow (well, today), I have to give a paper on how awesome &, dare I say it, "bad-ass", medieval queens could be. There is apparently something ..., I have to hand in an essay on how important women were to the conversion of the dreaded pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. As it turns out, they were probably fairly important, but we can't really prove it because chroniclers were all sexist old men ...

The Holidays- Thanksgiving Part I

.... “I think that Yahweh can forgive me for my dabble in Christianity.” Quinn just stares at Rachel, not really sure how to show ...'s sentiments. She's not used to being proud of her Christianity. The feeling engulfs her, wrapping her in a warm hug through the ... his husband and daughter intensely working. “The only celebration we do today is watch 'Frosty the Snowman' at seven o'clock sharp. Tomorrow...

[church] prepare ye, prepare ye, the way of HaShem

...article in a newsletter about "progressive Christianity" and thought, "Oh!  Yes!  That!  ...hang out in, but yeah, 'progressive Christianity' is also an accurate term."  ...I first encountered the term "progressive Christianity" but that it makes intuitive sense...3 weeks with Borg and Crossan." Today, someone Replied All saying that ... stuff from Easter 2007 earlier today, and thinking about how "Christ is...

Literalists

... started back in early days of Hindu beliefs and today I finally reached Darwin, which caused me to think about today’s entry. Darwin’s theory of evolution came at a time when Western Christianity was evolving out of the Deist’s of the Enlightenment and Newtonian scientific proofs of God. American Christianity was already sinking into the literalist hell where many ...

Liberal infighting makes me hard

...we draw from Malcolm Turnbull's 48-to-35 victory in today's leadership stoush? - A significant number of Liberal backbenchers are probably... arrogance presumably decided it was better to eat some shit today than eat some shit every day for the next four ... 35 Liberal backbenchers think that racism, homophobia, mealy-mouthed false Christianity and oppressive labour laws were just great back in John ...

Sister Marie Is Back From Rome

...has my great thanks. 3. "The young Italian kids are full of hope and they seek authenticity in today's world," she said, "and that is a sign that they are not impassive or deferring hope. The ... vainly regret what is already past. This quotation is 5,000 years old, but it goes along with Christianity perfectly." Sister Marie finished her cup of tea, which is a sign that she has important work to do...

The Holidays- Thanksgiving Part I

.... “I think that Yahweh can forgive me for my dabble in Christianity.” Quinn just stares at Rachel, not really sure how to show ...'s sentiments. She's not used to being proud of her Christianity. The feeling engulfs her, wrapping her in a warm hug through the ... his husband and daughter intensely working. “The only celebration we do today is watch 'Frosty the Snowman' at seven o'clock sharp. Tomorrow...

Liberal Leadership Woes~!

... own the sole rights to have ceremonies!? The Australian Christian Lobby says the ceremonies are ''mimicking marriage''. *headfuckingdesk* Yeah, well can I say the ACL are a pathetic imitation of Christianity? All the compassionate, non-bigoted Christians must just about die of shame every time the ACL opens its big mouth ._. Anyway, once you get over that sheer idiocy of the A-G and ...

What Children Everywhere Learned from Santa This Year

...RECEIVE than the GIVE. 6. Loved is best expressed with TOYS-Today Tickle Me Elmow, in Adulthood, buy your wife jewelry and a ...and hope they believe you when it comes to important things like Christianity, Truth, the importance of marriage and human life, Creation vs. Evolution...-mas too! Aside from it coming from their religions instead of Christianity. What Does G*d Say- aside from "Let your YES be...