Most people will concede that, at its core, Christmas is a Christian holiday. At least historically, right? On the other hand, it has also been massively secularized, to the point where it can be celebrated faithfully even by the non-religious. The disparity between these two characteristics of the same holiday can throw people off, particularly…
Category: Religion
The President As Christ
12 And The Media answered and said again unto them, “What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the President of the United States?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him!” 14 Then The Media said unto them, “Why, what evil hath he done?” And they cried out the more exceedingly, “Crucify…
Gun Debates Mean Not Having to Confront That God Is Dead
Note: this used to be a much larger essay that also looked at multiple sources on gun violence and data analysis thereon. That info has been moved to a separate article here. Recently, there was a high-profile mass shooting in my country of America. The specifics aren’t all that essential to my thoughts. It’s functionally…
You Could Wake Up Kim Davis Tomorrow
Christian martyr or Christian bigot? That is the dichotomy with which we are presented vis a vis a formerly faceless small-town bureaucrat turned celebrity. The presidential election is a mere 14 months away, so the media is striking while the iron is hot to polarize the nation which has considerably less polarity than we’re all…
When You Wish Upon Ishtar, Or, Easter is a Christian Holiday
After its inception on Reddit, this image-macro has been making its rounds on the internet as an indictment to Christians as being grossly ignorant of their own cultural history. However, almost everything stated in the picture is completely wrong. Let’s be fair, though; at a glance it may all seem pretty plausible to certain people….
There Are Two Kinds of Atheists
I came across this article in a group that concerns itself with American evangelical Christian culture. I didn’t find it the least bit offensive, and while I think it’s way too brief and coming from a position of significant naiveté, I have no ill will against the author. She seems perfectly pleasant. My biggest gripe…
The Agnostics Who Freelance For ISIS
Preliminary reports have listed a suspect for the supposed “mastermind” of the attacks on Paris. Were it a recent Syrian immigrant, the analysis could fit on a single Tweet. As a friend of a friend humorously summarized it on Facebook: “Marine Le Pen should buy an hour of air time on French TV, smoke a…
Commentary on: Why Aren’t More Intellectuals Believers?
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/why-aren%E2%80%99t-more-intellectuals-believers “my new atheist friend, Tyler” Now that is an ambiguous description. “Tyler used to believe in God.” BUT THEN HE TOOK AN ARROW TO THE KNEE “so when we began discussing his recent de-conversion, I paid attention.” Because most of the time, Tyler is boring. “We considered the aforementioned story from 2 Kings.” No…
Reality TV Star Makes “Graphic Anti-Atheist” Comments, Misunderstood by Media, Atheists
This is going to be less about religion than I’m probably leading you to believe. A Christian (you know the one I’m talking about, don’t make this trend any more than it is, please) who is only being given media attention because he had a TV show (i.e. media attention) is being given more media…
Lee Strobel , Author of “A Case for Christ” and Other Books
I mentioned this author in a conversation the other day. I’ve read (and re-read) his books, so here’s a brief review. He has a fairly successful series of apologetics books called The Case for Christ, The Case for a Creator, The Case for Faith, and The Case for the Real Jesus, respective to their dates…