Below from dark_christian .         I fail to comprehend why the liars are not in prison.   My understanding of "Freedom of Speech" is that it does not protect someone for yelling FIRE! in a crowded theater, or any other lies which endanger others.    So why the fuck are the Nutjobs spreading lies about Obamacare not sitting their asses in jail.    I think Sarah Palin would look...

'Christians' Wink at Torture by Ray McGovern "Anyone harboring doubts that the institutional Church is riding shotgun for the system, even regarding heinous sin like torture, should be chastened by the results of a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. [...] Those polled were white non-Hispanic Catholics, white Evangelicals, and white mainline Protestants. A majority (54 percent) of those who...

        Below nipped from dark_christian .  Looks to me I need to pull together some Jimmy Carter quotes and make a sign for the next time the Southern Baptists come to town. =============================================== One of the last famous moderate to liberal figures in the Southern Baptist Convention calls it quits because of the SBC's theological stance towards women. From Ms...

A few of you might have seen this in dark_christian : a new blog has appeared by two women who used to belong to a church group within the "Quiverfull" movement--which you can google on your own if you need to know more about it, but I caution you on visiting quiverfull.com itself, as it is probably triggering for anyone still living with the aftermath of fundamentalist brainwashing. You might...

Here's a journal written by two women who walked away from the psychochristian "Quiverfull" movement. If you've seen 18 And Counting on Discovery, you've seen the shiny side of it. What they downplay is how poorly it treats women. Girls are expected to wear pretty dresses, keep their heads down, their voices soft, shun sports and intellectual pursuits in favor of learning to sew and cook really...

dark_christian This is a community that has grown beyond the borders of Live Journal and become a resource for those involved in one of the most important issues of our time; the struggle to to define the role of Religion in the Political and Social Life of America. Though I personally have had a highly contentious relationship with both the community and a number of its Mods – this...

Here is the URL for the Religion News blog search for articles on Bob Larson. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/category/bob-larson Note this one; http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16758/minister-claims-10000-plus-exorcisms Dec. 7, 2006 he was claiming 10,000 exorcisms. Now its 6,000. Nice to know his facility costs $1.2 million. Where'd you get the money Bobbie? And are "pastors" Scott Butcon...

uncle_possum : Well, not plain and simple. These folks, as a group, are used to the idea of "proof texts" from the Bible--where as long as you can find a verse to quote, your statement must be true. Which may explain the story behind a recent paper submitted to Proteomics: the paper had an unusual abstract and title, "Mitochondria, the missing link between body and soul: Proteomic prospective...

The following is from dogemperor   on the  dark_christian  LJ community...am forwarding widely as requested.  Original post and commentary is here . __________________________________________________________________________________________ The comparisons between dominionists (especially of the Joel's Army variety) and Communist cells and Fifth Columnists may have rather...

To begin with, I've always been interested - and not in an admiring way - in the excesses, repressions and atrocities forced on humanity through religious (or as good as religious) beliefs.  Theocracies, autocracies, brainwashings, genocides, massacres and mutilations and imprisonments, from tribal-god warfare to the Mormon Church's television advertising on behalf of the rescinding of minority...