On Cultural Inertia™
“Culture keeps us in chains.” I wrote that in my journal in junior college ’73 or ’74,… so pushin’ 40 years ago. Hard to believe at times. And I feel Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Christianity
The Arrogance of Religious Thought™ cont.
What are they so pissed off about? Conservatives. In any religion. Let’s concentrate on the big two; Xianity and Islam. We’re stuck with them through nothing but historical accident. In Continue Reading →
HE at least existed, didnt HE?
I’ve repeated it for years. So have many of us, and even evidently the scholars: If the stories of Jesus in the NT are increasingly embellished contradictory legends mostly found Continue Reading →
The True Meaning of Xmas: Santa’s Mixed Bag
I had a similar comment made almost offhandedly to me on FB: “… enjoy your Christmas, however or whatever you non-believers do…” It was made by a very nice Xian Continue Reading →
Duck, Die-nasty
“Sufferin’ Succotash, what did I say wrong?” I chose this image of Daffy Duck because he appears confused, maybe not apologetic, but more like “What’s all the flap about?” And Continue Reading →
The Dynamic Duo of Delusion: Comfort and Ham
Go to a bookstore, any bookstore, even one in a rather conservative Xian area like Paducah, KY where the Xian literature and Bibles and Bible accessories take up 3-4 full Continue Reading →
The Arrogance of Religious Thought: The “Power of Prayer”, part 1.
If you’re a Xian, offering balls of sweets to an elephant headed god before you buy a house or a car would seem the height of absurdity. But if you Continue Reading →
Don’t get me started
This post is dedicated to the “star” of Expelled who got me started: angry enough at his speaking appearance 2 years ago on campus to write my first editorial reproduced Continue Reading →
D.O.N.E. “Defenders of the New Enlightenment”
WE are D.O.N.E. with Religion. But why? “Why all the fuss, what’s all this religion bashing about?” Many of my very liberal Xian friends and colleagues ask this question. WHY? Continue Reading →
Creationism
“Bill, why do you bash religion? Did one of the Nuns at St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School break a ruler over your knuckles once too often? Are you angry at Continue Reading →