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2015-03-14T08:07:11-06:00

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WATCH: Obama Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Segment

Last updated on: March 14, 2015 at 8:07 am By Frank Schaeffer

Idiot Tea Party heads explode-– watching the President do something they don’t ever do: laugh at himself. Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book –WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give love, create beauty and find peace Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2015/03/heres-how-the-roman-catholic-condemnation-of-homosexuality-can-and-must-change/#ixzz3UMvojpDE Available now on Amazon Follow Frank on Twitter www.twitter.com/frank_schaefferSee Frank’s paintings http://www.frankschaefferart.com/Follow Frank on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16Contact Frank at http://www.frankschaeffer.com/ Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2015/03/heres-how-the-roman-catholic-condemnation-of-homosexuality-can-and-must-change/#ixzz3UMveZoPn Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:47-06:00

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Here’s How the Roman Catholic Condemnation of Homosexuality Can and Must Change

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Gary Gutting is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. In this wonderful article I’ve excerpted (reprinted by permission from the New York Times) he brilliantly refutes the primary arguments against gay rights as derived from what’s known as the “natural-law tradition” of ethical thought. This article is a stunner. Please read and share. The Stone Unraveling the Church Ban on Gay Sex By Gary Gutting March 12, 2015 3:20 am March 12, 2015 3:20 am ... Read more

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2015-03-12T17:34:48-06:00

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Don’t Ever Thank God for Anything–Here’s Why! (New Jersey man cannot collect damages for his injuries after he was burned while praying)

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

The appeals court agreed with the lower court’s decision, saying “the danger posed by a plate of sizzling hot food was self-evident.”Only an idiot would pray to God by lowering his face into a frying pan. Man Can’t Sue Applebee’s For Burning Himself While Praying Over Fajitas By Travis Gettys / Raw Story March 7, 2015 New Jersey man cannot collect damages for his injuries after he was burned while praying over a hot fajita skillet at Applebee’s, an... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:49-06:00

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Turning Away From Organized Religion in Record Numbers– WHY?

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

As Lynn Stuart Parramore (AlterNet February 28, 2015) writes: “Last year, for the very first time, Protestants lost their majority status…But the GOP doesn’t seem to show many signs of reducing the outsized influence of white evangelicals… the GOP really can’t afford to tone it down, because while monied elites tend to be secular, selling free-market pillage to the people getting robbed is not a very effective strategy. So they still have to mask their agenda behind appeals to popular religion so the non-rich... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:49-06:00

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The 10 Worst SEX Tips (no pun) from the Christian Right

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

“It’s not just wrong to date a doubter of Jesus Christ; it’s a documented and diagnosable disease.” Really? Had to share this funny and too true SEX piece from Salon via Alternet (reprinted by permission). By Katie Halper, AlterNet 1. Dump the Infidel Dan Miser, author of Single Woman Seeking Perfect Man has a must-read column called “Five Red Flags for Christians Blinded by Romance.” The worst one of all is when “you’re dating an unbeliever,” or “dating someone who does not have a personal relationship... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:50-06:00

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Pro-Lifer Ready For Killing Kids for Religious Liberty and Jesus (Seriously)

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

And now this from h/t Rawstory. Prolife and prodeath, no kidding, as long as you’re killing a kid for religious liberty’s sake. Belief ‘Pro Life’ GOPer Says It’s Fine For Kids to Die in the Name of God Rep. Christy Perry says it violates parents’ rights if they’re required to treat their sick children. By Cliff Weathers / AlterNet February 24, 2015 In a deeply religious section of Idaho, a Republican state representative says that the state has no right to... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:50-06:00

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Shame on the Homophobic Moral Cowards at Destiny Image Who Just Ripped Off Brandan Robertson

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Brandan Robertson is my friend. He interviewed me several times at the Wild Goose Festival. The world of faith and hope is lucky to have this brilliant, kind lovey refugee from Moody Bible Institute. Now he’s been screwed by the evangelical homophobic cowards. To hell with them. They put marketing above honor. A Christian book publisher has scrapped an author’s book deal – after he came out as queer. Evangelical writer Brandan Robertson had signed a deal last year for Destiny... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:51-06:00

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If I Was Still an Evangelical, I’d Want to Be Tony Kriz (Blessed be Tony!)

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

No, I don’t write books about God like Tony does. And I’m persona non grata on the Evangelical circuit where Tony thrives… But I like Tony–lots– and I’m rooting for his new book and him too. Here’s an excerpt. Blessed Are Those Who Mourn An Excerpt from ALOOF: Figuring Out Life with a GOD Who HIDES By Tony Kriz We religious folks work very hard to try and conjure up God’s presence. We will do about anything we can to infuse enough... Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:51-06:00

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Watch and enjoy the lovely Jimmy Kimmel Compilation of Pat Robertson’s Recent Loonytunes Into One Loopy Video

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Watch and enjoy the lovely Jimmy Kimmel Compilation of Pat Robertson’s Recent Loonytunes Into One Loopy Video Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book —WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give love, create beauty and find peace Available now on Amazon Follow Frank on Twitter www.twitter.com/frank_schaefferSee Frank’s paintings http://www.frankschaefferart.com/Follow Frank on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16Contact Frank at http://www.frankschaeffer.com/ Read more

2015-03-12T17:34:52-06:00

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Proof Positive that Fundamentalist Home School Families Create a Private HELL and Must be Regulated

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Ever wonder what can go on inside the private totalitarian hell of unregulated fundamentalist home school families? Watch this YouTube video! How about wiping the very legal existence of a child off the map? Meet Alecia. She escaped her homeschool home at 18. Her parents allegedly never got her a birth certificate so Alecia has no ID and no way to prove her citizenship. Her parents, who allegedly never got her a birth certificate, SSN, refuse to help Alecia unless she agrees to... Read more

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