Category: Religion
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sure to be john oxendine’s favorite book
Blessed by the Lord above: The Conservative Bible is the product of the Conservative Bible Project. This is uniquely built on two bedrock principles: * online translating using the collaborative wiki software improves the final result if guided by good rules * the rules guiding this translation are to use and be informed by conservative…
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georgia is to haiti as vermont is to switzerland
A study of the most religious countries and states shows the U.S. in the middle and Georgia near the top.
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waiting for mary gross’ take
I’m frankly surprised we haven’t seen more fringe right figures play the Antichrist card. Who knew “SNL”-alum Victoria Jackson ran with that crowd? Apparently her dumb blonde routine was no shtick: I don’t want a political label, but Obama bears traits that resemble the anti- Christ and I’m scared to death that un- educated people…
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no god, no guns and lots and lots of gays
Fundamentalist fearmongerer James Dobson previews life under an Obama administration: • Boy Scouts disband after refusing to allow homosexual scoutmasters to sleep in the same tent as young boys • First-graders get “compulsory training in varieties of gender identity,” and parents can no longer opt out of school-based sex ed for their kids • Churches…
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all the rage
John McCain can’t be held responsible for every bigoted kook who shows up at his rallies, though guilt by association goes both ways. I would hope he’s at least concerned about some of the support he’s attracting. One thing he can control: those sharing the dais. The McCain we thought we knew would have condemned…
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memo to future politicians: stop attending church
First Barack Obama, now Sarah Palin (though to be fair, there’s a major difference between the comments of a guest speaker and those delivered by one’s pastor). Regardless, both candidates would’ve been better off staying in bed watching “Lost in Space” reruns.
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