Why Evolution Is True. News and Views From A Two-Percenter. Christian Nightmares Too. Christian Nightmares Too: An Interview with a Gay Former Southern Baptist Pastor A few months ago, I got a nice email from Larry Pate, the man behind the blog Holy Fucking ShitBalls.
It included the following: As a seminary-educated, former Southern Baptist pastor, I’ve witnessed (and embarrassingly participated in) the scam known as organized religion from the inside out. Hence, I have no qualms about exposing it for what it is. Naturally, I had to find out more. Can you tell us a little about your background? I am the older son of two, born to working class parents near Asheville, North Carolina. Because I sensed from a young age that I was different (attracted my gender), and because I was uninterested in sports, more inclined to academics and arts, I was ill-fitted for the pressures of adolescence. After high school graduation, I entered a large state university two hours from my hometown where I lived in a dorm. What made you decide to go to seminary? When did you come out as gay? PracticalDoubt.com.
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. A blog about atheism, best served with friends over coffee. Mark Driscoll, the perennial bigoted fundamentalist snake in the dirt that he is, has either himself, or by proxy, put up a brief response to the Boston bombing.
This is the sort of insidious ignorance created by a death cult. “Make no mistake, we are at war: an insane rebellion against our Creator God is the root cause of this murderous action.” Religion has motivated countless murders and slaughters of innocents. If this is a religiously motivated act of terrorism, it will be due to some people’s belief in a creator god. The same one as Driscoll, in fact. “Sin makes no sense, is not rational, nor can be reasoned with.” Of course not. “He does so, not by acts of military might or zealous terror, but by swallowing the curse like a bitter pill.” Some pastors are ignorant liars. “He bears the full blast of God’s wrath against all the powers of hell aligned against us.”
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Sandwalk. JESUS NEEDS MONEY. On Knees for Jesus. Christian Nightmares. Christian Nightmares Oprah Winfrey and homophobic Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson can’t wait to see Heaven is for Real (For a related video, click here Posted 2 hours ago 10 notes Fox’s Sean Hannity interviews Todd and Colton Burpo about Heaven is for Real and it’s comedy gold (For a related video, click here Posted 21 hours ago 34 notes Manhunt on for Christian cult leader accused of sexually abusing underage ‘maidens’ he ruled ‘like a rock star’ for nearly a decade at isolated camp (For the story and video, click image or here; Found here; For a related video, click here Posted 23 hours ago 26 notes Just a photo of some little kids acting out the bloody crucifixion of Jesus (For more info, click image or here; Found at Stuff Christian Culture Likes; For a related post, click here Posted 1 day ago 71 notes Quiverfull movement leader Doug Phillips accused of using nanny as ‘a personal sex object’ (To read the story, click image or here; Found at Right Wing Watch; For a related post, click here.
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After all these years, it still surprises me that people have the same old fake psychic cold readers on their TV shows. From Orac, I learned last week that Dr. Phil was going to have John Edward and Char Marglois on his show January 10. Can the producers of this show not have heard of the lame cold reading tricks these people use to fool their marks? It’s not as if they couldn’t have contacted the JREF for a detailed explanation of how it’s done (along with the information that Edward and others refuse to be tested for Randi’s million dollar prize, under controlled conditions).
Still, this would be an opportunity to play Cold Reader Bingo – to see how many regular cold reader tricks are used in a short period of time. Against my better judgment, I decided to watch the show with a view to breaking down the techniques used. I’m going to focus on just three segments in the show: Three sisters who were on first Reading for Dr.
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