What's new is old and what's old is new. Changing the very structure of how democracy works by a group of fanatics seeking to take over elective offices in order to proselytize their outre beliefs is not a new...
"He ain't no drag. Papa's got a brand new bag." -- James Brown Jim Bakker is in a quandary. Actually, it's more of a conundrum. Very simply, there's no damn money coming in, he's in his 80's, nobody is buying...
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” (Brazilian theologian Dom Helder Camara.) In browsing my newsfeed this morning I was startled...
The word "Christian" has taken a real beating in the past several years. I mean it has been pulverized. It's now become synonymous with evangelical wingnut and that is so sad. Many people, myself included, identified as Christians in...
I wonder if assignment editors at Fox News take a look at all the stories of the day and ask themselves, "what would be the opposite of common sense and decency here?" and then go on to frame their...
I saw a blurb about this in the news recently but it quickly faded from view.  However, when I got online this morning this article was on my homepage news feed so maybe in the lull before Trump's GA...
Jerry Falwell, Jr. has submitted his resignation to Liberty University. https://twitter.com/JonathanMerritt/status/1297993486449487873 The Falwell Jr. scandal has been breaking for a few days. It's no wonder that Falwell was partying with his wife's assistant on the yacht. Wife Becki apparently was running...
If I were a "good Christian" since it's Sunday morning I'd be in church. However I'm not a "good Christian." Or member of any other religion. I'm agnostic. I have a reverence for the Sun and the Moon and...
I was inspired to republish one of my very earliest articles, from January 2, 2017, because of what happened tonight in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  I had only been a blogger for three months when I wrote this. At the time...
Granted, we all live in worlds of our own creation, but the evangelicals take it to a new level. There are sects within that sect that believe that a war in heaven is taking place and of course what's...

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