Thursday, July 3, 2014

ON THE CREATION MUSEUM

Here’s how to understand the Creation Museum: Imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. And we’re not talking just your average load of horseshit; no, we’re talking colossal load of horsehit. An epic load of horseshit. The kind of load of horseshit that has accreted over decades and has developed its own sort of ecosystem,...

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Hilarious NSFW Video Calls Attention To The Very Real Problem Of Creepy Christian ‘Purity Balls’ (VIDEO)

You might have heard about a terrifying twist to the Christian teen abstinence movement — Purity Balls. They’ve been around for awhile; ABC has coverage detailing federal funding for religious abstinence programs dating from the Bush administration, and Purity Balls were partially the subject. Recently, they started to gain more attention, as a book has recently come out about the...

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

‘Persecuted’ Christians Demanding ‘Offensive’ Books Banned Across America

 I can’t imagine why, in a million years, this should surprise me. After all. the poor, persecuted religious right is all about enforcing their morality and anything they deem “unworthy” is clearly anti-Christian: Mountain View High school had originally included “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Creepy Conservative Christian Ritual – Girls Pledging Their Virginity To Their Fathers

Your father is your boyfriend? Ewwwwww. A new conservative religious ritual, the Purity Ball, is currently observed in 48 out of the 50 states. During this disturbing event, fathers present their daughters with a gold ring to symbolize the girls’ purity and pledge to remain virgins. The group’s interpretation of sexual...

Thursday, May 1, 2014

If a Student Says Homosexuality Is a Sin in School, Is It Bullying?

What right should students have to talk about God in homework, assemblies, club meetings, and graduation speeches? This is the question at stake in a new law in Tennessee and other states across the country. Governor Bill Haslam signed the Religious Viewpoints Anti-Discrimination Act, which affirms that religious students...