Category Archives: Religion

BizarroBlog: Jerky

BizarroBlog: Jerky

South Carolina being sued over Holy number plates that carry the image of a cross – Telegraph

South Carolina being sued over Holy number plates that carry the image of a cross

Vote NO on 1

Vote NO on 1 TN || A Fair Tennessee Votes No
Two people love each other. Why shouldn’t they have the opportunity to get married?

Taxing Situation

Churches Putting Town Out of Business – Los Angeles Times – They are not the words one expects to hear from a politician or a Southerner, and Leonard Scarcella is both: “Our city has an excessive number of churches.”
Scarcella is mayor of this Houston-area community, which has 51 churches and other religious institutions packed into [...]

Snip Snip Here But Why?

Circumcision ‘could cut HIV risk’
Interesting, but the article says nothing about “why”. Just says that circumcision cuts the risk of HIV without giving any supporting data, other than talking about computer models. If this was completely true, wouldn’t the HIV infection rate be higher in Europe than in America?

Lycra or Hell?

Women bishops and gays ? That’s the church for me – Comment – Times Online
And, yes, I know it’s not exactly the same for gays, as there is some scripture in the Old Testament (though not in Christ’s teachings) that forbids homosexuality. Yet there is some pretty rum stuff in the Old Testament, Leviticus in [...]

Lovely Discoveries 

or “Things that rocked on the last night of Riverbend.”
Wondering up to the museum stage and just discovering a band. Oteil Burbridge & The Peacemakers were awesome and just a new band I happened to walk into. Very “free” band, make me want to do something similar.
Standing at the front of the stage for Derek [...]

Off Focus

6/7/2006 – Gay Marriage Ban Was Just Pandering Legislation – Opinion – Chattanoogan.com – Important legislation under this current group of senators include English as a national language, gay marriage, Terry Schiavo (one person), and burning the American flag. All of it is useless, pandering legislation that does nothing for the country and the betterment [...]

Famous Modern Pagans

Famous Modern Pagans
With some of the names listed, I had kinda a “duh” moment. But it was rather eye opening.

Mapping Spirituality

American Ethnic Geography
As you can see by the map, I’m dealing with a lot of fucking Baptists.
It’s not easy being anything other than a Baptist in the south. I remember being 16 and going to this huge Baptist church in Flintstone, GA. They had this Wednesday-only event for Teens called, SWAT. I can’t remember what [...]