Religion

A few weeks ago, Stuart Shepard from Focus on the Family created this now-slightly-famous video in which he suggested that Christians should pray for rain during Barack Obama's acceptance speech: Well, Obama gave his speech, and it didn't rain. The problem with such a public and specific prayer request is that if nothing happens, Shepard's got some awkward explaining to do. I … [Read more...] about So I Guess There Was No Rain…

Check out this awesome video of Ann Coulter explaining how things would be better in this country if everyone was Christian. I'm especially impressed with how she explains the advantages of being a Christian to her Jewish host: Well, it's a lot easier, it's kind of a fast track. You have to obey...You have to obey, we have the fast track program...ours is more like Federal … [Read more...] about Ann Coulter Explains Why Christianity Is Better

Members of the religious right sometimes complain that Christians like themselves are losing their religious freedom. In my experience, those complaining loudest are all too often deploring the loss of "rights" such as the right to have government-paid teachers force children to recite prayers, or the right to force everyone else in the country to use the same definition of … [Read more...] about Whose Freedom of Religion?

So, I hear that Jerry Falwell died. I was in high school and my early college years during the heyday of the Moral Majority, a bunch of busybodies who seemed terribly worried that people were enjoying themselves in ways they did not approve. In particular, they seemed to dislike recreational sex, and they seemed to dislike popular culture—television, movies, and … [Read more...] about If You Fall Well That’s Okay

Happy Easter everyone. A bunch of bloggers have chosen this weekend to host a Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm, with everyone posting articles opposing the mixing of church and government. I'm against theocracy, but I just didn't have the energy to come up with anything to say about it. (Besides, scheduling it on the weekend of Christianity's most important holiday seemed a … [Read more...] about Blog Against Theocracy