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May 2020

May 17, 2020

I’ll Believe in Demons When Pigs Fly

I'll start this post with another tidbit from my Sunday school class from a while...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Doctor Who: The Witchfinders

Episode 8 of Jodie Whittaker‘s first season as the Doctor, “The Witchfinders,” revisits many familiar...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Jesus’ Conversation Paraphrased

Phil Ledgerwood paraphrased the conversation between Jesus and those who accused him of casting out...

June 23, 2018

Satan against Satan

I have long found myself puzzled by the statement attributed to Jesus in the New...

March 2018

March 17, 2018

Banished from the Heavenly Boardroom

When this was shared on Facebook, the following question was posed in a comment: Did...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

Religious Imagery in Wall-E

Reddit is exactly the kind of place where one would expect a discussion to take place about...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Do You Renounce Satan?

From Bill Bramhall in the New York Daily News. It is symptomatic of the transformation of...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Childhood’s End

I really enjoyed watching the three-episode SyFy miniseries Childhood's End, based on the novel by...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Not Afraid To Say What People Are Thinking

January 02, 2016

He Gave His Life

I am pretty sure that this image is just a Star Wars fan trolling Christians....

January 01, 2016

The Average Faces of Jesus and Satan

I had the two images above forwarded to me by a blog reader. They represent...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Satan’s Ethical Code vs. God’s?

It has been funny to see what atheists have had to say about the Seven Tenets posted...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Christians and Halloween

"Halloween is a Satanic holiday" is the most ridiculous, absolute lamest excuse that stingy people...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

Inspirational Bible Quote

If you don't get it, look up Luke chapter 4 and read the context. This nicely...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Proof That Obama is Satan

Barack Obama is nearing the end of his second term as president. Once his term...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Pyramids of Mars is one of the great classic examples of the ancient aliens trope...

January 13, 2015

Satin Tempted Job

I didn't have a lot of howlers in student assignments this past semester. But there was...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

Please Do Not Bring Believers To This Movie

David Hayward offers a funny parody of one of the actual official ads for the...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Antievolutionism is a Tool of Satan

I came across a post I wrote a while back, and thought I would share...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

The God Beyond God

A variety of traditions, including Christian mysticism and modern existentialist theology, have spoken of the...

December 14, 2013

How Was It?

I saw this picture a few days ago. It was apparently supposed to be "Breakfast...

November 2013

November 24, 2013

Just Like Santa and the Tooth Fairy

Two boys are exiting Sunday school class. One of them asks the other, "Do you...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

Jesus was NOT a Zombie

Jeremy Smith wants to make sure that, if you are a nerd who is inclined...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Robert Plant sings “Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down”

HT Robin Parry  

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Do Young-Earth Creationists Worship the Devil?

Young-earth creationists claim that the being who made the Earth and humankind is neither trustworthy...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Antievolutionism is a Tool of Satan

Someone drew attention to this image which they spotted on a Facebook page, "Evolution's Family...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Before Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, What Did Fundamentalists Object To?

Trains. Now you know.  

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Auto-Correct Christmas

Via Facebook  

September 2012

September 15, 2012

Satan’s Screed or the Apostles’ Creed?

A commenter wrote the following on a recent post: I personally think the Apostle's Creed...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

Is Jesus Satan?

Now that I have your attention, I should presumably next reassure you by saying "NO!"...

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