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September 2016

September 01, 2016

So That’s What those Prophecies Mean

How will the world end? It will be issued in by the "Trump of God."...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

Cast out of the Synagogue/USA: History, Rhetoric, and Reality

I participated in a fascinating conversation about the Gospel of John as a group of...

July 15, 2016

This Isn’t What We Meant When We Said “Pence Must Go”

A friend posted this as her status update on Facebook, and it seemed to me...

July 12, 2016

The Politics of the Cross

Allan Bevere wrote the following in a recent blog post: No amount of interpretive gymnastics...

July 04, 2016

Doctor Who vs. the Brexit

Via The Daily Kos. Given that it connects Doctor Who and current events, I had to...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

Make America Great Britain Again

I wanted to share the above anyway, just for laughs. But I think it makes...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Don’t Miss the Moment

Yesterday I had the chance to meet face to face with Tim "Spike" Davis, whose...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Make the Galaxy Great Again

I Googled the phrase "Make the Galaxy Great Again" to see if there was anything...

February 27, 2016

Conservative Evangelicals: Yesterday and Today

February 18, 2016

What Isn’t Religion?

I had a hard time even figuring out what to call this post. My friend and...

February 03, 2016

Jesus as American Presidential Candidate

Jimmy Kimmel got a man dressed like Jesus to read actual quotes from candidates in this...

December 2015

December 26, 2015

The Force Won’t Fix This

Someone should create a Republican Obi-Wan Twitter account, if they haven't already... HT Hemant Mehta

December 10, 2015

Darth Trump (Make the Galaxy Great Again)

Make of this what you will...but if you are so inclined, it might actually be...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion

Doctor Who has rarely addressed current events as directly as in "The Zygon Invasion," at...

July 2015

July 18, 2015

The Criterion of Damage Control

In a conversation about mythicism I had recently, some points came up that I want...

July 05, 2015

The Pope, the God, and the GOP

The cartoon above by Mike Lukovich offers an amusing take on a famous painting. It...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

Politicized Christianity’s Pact With The Devil

Having recently shared some thoughts on the separation of church and state, and the politicization...

May 07, 2015

Obama’s Texas Invasion Plans Revealed

Greg Carey made this image and shared it on Twitter, and a lot of people have found...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Supreme Court Deliberates Same-Sex Marriage

The Supreme Court of the United States heard a case today about marriage equality, on...

April 24, 2015

Honest Political Ad

This ad for Gil Fulbright for Senate is very funny and poignant. I've been having...

April 11, 2015

President Obama’s Apology

I saw an image today on Facebook (included here on the right), indicating that there...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

The Confused Person’s Guide to Middle East Conflicts

Karl Sharro created the diagram above to clarify the geopolitical relationships in the Middle East,...

March 24, 2015

Right to Refuse Service

Indiana passed a so-called religious freedom bill, which actually protects the right of businesses to...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Banning God from Schools and T-Shirts

It is interesting that an atheist could apparently see that the theology on the t-shirt...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Wanting a Religious State

From Could Be Worse's 2-Panel Tales

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Crossfire, Indeed!

Via Anthony Le Donne

October 08, 2014

Using Jesus to Get Votes

I spotted some conservative organization's voters' guides in the room where a very conservative member of my church...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

Corporations, Conscience, and Conversion

A couple of cartoons on issues of corporations and freedom of religion, via Daily Kos.

February 2014

February 21, 2014

Where We Focus Our Efforts

The United States lags behind other countries in many respects, despite being wealthier, and in...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

It’s All Here in the Bible

I wish I'd come across this political cartoon by Kevin Moore about Obama as the...

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