Tag Archives: religion
Pro-disestablishmentarianism!
Did you know Finland has one of the last state churches in the civilised world? In a country which allegedly promotes freedom of religion, the Evangelical Lutheral Church is the only church mentioned in the Constitution. It has a right to tax people (and even companies!) through the state and it receives tax breaks no [...]
Marcus Brigstocke’s take on religion
I know I’m hopelessly — like a couple of months — late to post these things, so I won’t even try to come up with a clever excuse. Just treat them as my private bookmarks.
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I’ve got proof, ’cause I believe
Roy Zimmerman is a genius. Via Retrospectacle:
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My added value? The lyrics are here.
Who needs Occam when you have Jesus’ razor?
Halfway There provides a wonderful commentary on the Research Challenge Contest ‘winners’. My favourite quote from one of the papers:
Many evolutionists are recognizing the problems with these theories that attempt to explain cells’ irreducible complexity. An infinitely intelligent Designer must have created these cells. That Creator and Designer is Jesus.
Let me paraphrase.
I don’t know how [...]
Peace, man
There’s a page discussing the Muslim greeting of “assalaamu alaykum” (peace be upon you). A snippet:
There are certain situations under which it is preferable not to offer salaam. These include; when a person is relieving himself, when one is having marital relationship, when someone is sleeping or when in the bathroom.
I can think of a [...]
One down, way too many to go
I forgot to mention this earlier:
An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus’ miracle of walking on water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa.
Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle, and he attempted it from a beach in Gabon’s capital of Libreville.
“He told churchgoers he’d had a revelation [...]
Father, two sons, and the holy ghost
Doesn’t that sound like an average family?
You know how at Christmas when Santa Claus is very busy, he has assistant Santas to help him. In the same way, Jesus will probably be rather busy during the Rapture, what with the sorting of people, so he might need some assistants. For the bloggers covering the event, [...]
Look it up. It’s right there.