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2012-05-07T14:34:28-08:00

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Guest post: “A Good Week to Hate Christians”

Last updated on: May 7, 2012 at 2:34 pm By John Shore

I got this in today from reader Mike Moore: Hi John, As I’m sure you and your readers know, Amendment One is on the ballot this week in North Carolina. Today I don’t even want to get out of bed. Today is only dread. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-05-07T09:17:20-08:00

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From gay-hating fundie to righteously angry lesbian. Now what?

Last updated on: May 7, 2012 at 9:17 am By John Shore

Got this in: Hey John, I grew up in a Christian environment since I was little. I went to a Pentecostal fundie school from age four, and I graduated from it at age seventeen. I then went to a liberal all-girls college, and didn’t enjoy it because of my fundie upbringing. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2012-05-06T20:20:35-08:00

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In short: God’s no psycho.

Last updated on: May 6, 2012 at 8:20 pm By John Shore

If it’s psychotic for Joe Blow to murder people who reject him, then it’s psychotic for God to send to hell people who reject him. God’s justice is not founded upon dynamics or principles that have nothing to with our own understanding of justice. Fair is fair—and right is right, and evil is evil—in heaven and on earth. Read more

Christian Issues

2012-05-06T02:01:25-08:00

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“Pruning”: A Sermon by Pastor Bob

Last updated on: May 6, 2012 at 2:01 am By John Shore

One day he and I were out on Sid’s backyard and Sid was doing some pruning. Having pruned several branches Sid said to me, “let me show you a trick.” He bent down to the dirt and gathered a handful, which he then rubbed over the fresh cuts on the branches.I assumed this was a way to seal the new cuts and protect the tree. “No,” said Sid, with a glimmer. “That’s to protect me. This way, my wife can’t... Read more

Pastor Bob's Corner

2012-05-05T19:35:57-08:00

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Straight, gay, good, bad: we’re all just people out here

Last updated on: May 5, 2012 at 7:35 pm By John Shore

So, you know what’s weird for me, is this whole deal with me being “pro” LGBTQ people. I’m not pro LGBTQ people. I’m pro people. I’m barely even that, actually. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-05-04T09:16:48-08:00

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Hodgepodge-o-Rama!

Last updated on: May 4, 2012 at 9:16 am By John Shore

I put up too much stuff on my Facebook page (which, if you haven’t yet, you should go “like” right now: don’t you want my life to have definition and purpose?). It’s almost like I keep a whole other blog over there. So I’m going to start putting up here on my actual blog the sorts of things I usually toss up onto that page. Being such item-ettes as: (more…) Read more

Personal

2012-05-03T06:27:33-08:00

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To Christians Who Still Believe That Homosexuality is a Sin

Last updated on: May 3, 2012 at 6:27 am By John Shore

One December day, when I was seven years old, and alone in our house, I sneaked into my parents’ bedroom, hauled open their closet door, and found, fresh from the department store, just about every toy I had asked Santa to bring me that upcoming Christmas. Aghast and transfixed, I then knew the brutal truth: far from being way up in the North Pole, Santa Claus was in the closet. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-05-02T18:11:45-08:00

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Pastor Harris’ words put to pictures

Last updated on: May 2, 2012 at 6:11 pm By John Shore

Reader Kevin Matthews has put my pictures of Pastor Harris to the words Harris used in his atrocious tirade about how parents should beat the gay behavior out of their children. See Kevin’s handiwork here. Read more

Christian Issues

2012-05-02T00:21:40-08:00

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Photos show Pastor “Beat the Gay Away” was coddled as a child

Last updated on: May 2, 2012 at 12:21 am By John Shore

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. For these pictures, at least one of those words needs to be "Freud." Read more

Christian Issues

2012-04-29T13:20:05-08:00

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Dan Savage and the Truth

Last updated on: April 29, 2012 at 1:20 pm By John Shore

As you may already know, there is just now much controversy swirling around this video of Dan Savage (Savage Love; the It Gets Better Project). (more…) Read more

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