Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 20th, 2009
It can be tough to sell your house in today’s economy. Sure, you could put in new stainless steel appliances or repaint a bedroom or put in new carpet or do some landscaping. But those all sound like a lot of work. Instead, why not just bury a statue of Saint Joseph in your yard: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2009
Kids are naturally “spiritual.” They frequently have imaginary friends. They like to make animal sacrifices, often involving anthills and firecrackers or snakes and BB guns. They are typically pretty ignorant of science, and most often they don’t really understand causality either. They believe that a birthday cake can grant wishes if you blow out its [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2009
Roger Ebert is one of my favorite essayists. I don’t tend to agree with him on which movies are good (mostly because I only like movies if they are about wizards or vampires or both), but I tend to find his musings interesting. Unfortunately, this week his essay demonstrates a pretty fundamental confusion about atheism: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2009
I bet you thought demonic possession was something that only happened on “Days of Our Lives.” You probably thought that the people who historically were accused of being “possessed by demons” were merely misunderstood acid-trippers, off-their-meds schizophrenics, four-year-olds playing with imaginary friends, mimes, breakdancers, performance artists, heavy-metal musicians, manic-depressives, politicians, and Czech “slam” poets. Well, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2009
Hey, it’s L. Brent Bozell in the Wall Street Journal. He’s probably trying to restore “decency” to the entertainment industry again, like the time he got all upset about Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction, or the time his Right to Censor stable briefly made honest men of former pimp The Goodfather and former pornstar Val Venis. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2009
More than twenty percent of the girls in my daily emails from Match.com identify themselves as “spiritual but not religious.” If you are not a member of this group, you are probably right now thinking to yourself, “aren’t spiritual and religious the same thing?” Indeed they are; however, some religious people are ashamed of being [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2009
Did you know that the Catholics have their own country? It’s called “Vatican City” and it’s located near Italy and it’s ruled by the Pope and it’s a magical land where the only pharmacy won’t sell you wicked goods like condoms or Viagra or clip-on sunglasses. Its two largest industries are tourism and “contributions from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 13th, 2009
Next time you see a horse riding the bus, don’t be surprised. It’s probably just a seeing-eye animal for a blind woman who belongs to an ancient sect that believes that dogs are ritually unclean and whose parents won’t allow her to bring a seeing-eye dog in the house at the risk of angering their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 12th, 2009
I had better get my book to market before the anti-blasphemy movement makes it to this country: Ever since 2006, when Muslims worldwide rioted over newspaper cartoons picturing the prophet Muhammad, Western countries, too, have been prosecuting more individuals for criticizing religion. The “Free World,” it appears, may be losing faith in free speech. We [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2009
Easter is tomorrow! Sure, if you want to be a wuss you can hunt for eggs or go to church or swing by Marie Callander’s for their special all-you-can-eat brunch. But if you’re a real Christian, the kind who wants to use god’s supernatural powers to heal your mother of cancer, it’s nail-yourself-to-a-cross-time! I mean, [...]
