Category: Religion
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And you thought the pedophile priest scandal was bad
I hear the Episcopals are accepting new members. Welcome to the Jersey Shore Rosary Bead Necklace e-Store Online. We have every single Rosary bead that Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Mike The Situation, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi , Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Deena Nicole Cortese, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina “Jolie” Pivarnick . Our…
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The party of Bachmann
The takeover is complete in Minnesota, of all places. The most recent GOP nominee for governor, Tom Emmer, backed a “Tenther” bill that would require a two-thirds state legislative vote to ratify any federal legislation and supported a state constitutional ban on gay marriage. Emmer got into some trouble when it was found that he…
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Megachurch pastor takes on his own
Amen: Platt’s first target is the megachurch itself. Americans have built themselves multimillion-dollar worship palaces, he argues. These have become like corporations, competing for market share by offering social centers, child-care programs, first-class entertainment and comfortable, consumer Christianity. Jesus, Platt notes, made it hard on his followers. He created a minichurch, not a mega one.…
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Would Jesus fly coach?
Might as well milk this fifth anniversary thing with a Sunday-appropriate flashback, first posted on 8/28/05. For the record, Bishop Eddie Long remains a “respected” religious leader in the community. WWJD, Part II? Buy a Bentley! That’s what Bishop Eddie Long of Atlanta did with the proceeds from a charity, aptly named for himself. Seemingly…
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The Malcontent turns 5
What do Naomi Campbell and Pat Robertson have in common? Both lust for Liberian butcher Charles Taylor’s diamonds. Robertson’s relationship with Taylor was the subject of my first post, from Aug. 2005. “We’re undermining a Christian, Baptist president to bring in Muslim rebels to take over the country,” he said on his 700 Club show…
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Sharia law in Tennessee?
That’s Tenn. GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Ramsey’s defense for opposing a new Islamic Center in Murfreesboro, where such a facility already exists. As is the case with the so-called Ground Zero mosque, there’s been no evidence presented linking the Murfreesboro mosque to radical Islam. Now, I’m all about freedom of religion. I obey the first…
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