Know your enemy
My mother is my enemy. She does not know it, but she is. ~Paul-Muad'Dib Atreides My mother is a fundie. So was I, before I woke up. I thought I'd share some thoughts on what that means, personally...
View ArticleHuckabee's Biology Lesson (with poll)
This is my first diary. I am doing it out of frustration and would rather be (pick one: running, diving, flying, skiing, climbing, reading) on my Sunday. But there I was in front of my TV at 10 am....
View ArticleA God for All Reasons
Last night I woke up to find a glow-in-the-dark hand writing on my bedroom wall. This is what it had to say:
View ArticleA Huckabee Sampler: More Batshit Than You Realized
Even some people here are charmed by Mike Huckabee. And why not? He chats amiably with pundits like Tim Russert, humorously discussing his squirrel-eating college days. He's appeared on Colbert Report,...
View ArticleThe Transformation & You (Part I - Paradigm)
The observation has been made that the most apt comparision of Sen. Barack Obama's leadership may not be to that of FDR, or JFK, or the Reagan Revolution, but toTeddy Roosevelt, at the dawn of the 20th...
View ArticleYour Sunday Atheist: Contraception Edition (w/poll)
Welcome to the 2nd installment of YOUR SUNDAY ATHEIST. This week we will discuss a few different items in the news with a common theme. Click on the headlines below to read the entire articles that are...
View ArticleSee (Palin’s) Top 10 Non-Denom Bible Beliefs
Sarah Palin describes herself as a "bible-believing Christian" and says she attends "a non-denominational bible church". What does this really mean? What do members of these churches believe? Read on.
View ArticleWhat it means to be Pentecostal
With the Sarah Palin selection, and the news reports that she was raised Pentecostal and still attends an Assembly of God church occasionally, I have been posting some comments to answer questions...
View Article"They broke me" -war hero surrenders to fundamentalists
In a vain appeal, former POW John McCain begged the Republican Convention to End ‘the constant partisan rancor’ and cease the vitriolic attacks on Democrats, liberals and the media that have been the...
View ArticlePalin says Iraq war is about oil supply?
Ok i have been going through interviews of Palin and i think i am on to something. I do not have the skills to trim this clip down so please just click to the EIGHT MINUTE MARK and listen to what she...
View ArticleDeeper than the deeper issue at hand
For anyone that missed it the first time around, please read LithiumCola’s The Deeper Issue At Hand. It was written 3 weeks ago and it has stayed in my mind as I watch countless Palin and "I can’t talk...
View ArticlePalin's "Shining City on a Hill" a Code to Christian Right
This diary will not be as substantive as I would like, but I couldn't find this referenced in any other diaries or stories and I wanted to get it out there. Having stayed up way too late last night...
View ArticlePhD & Former Fundamentalist Rips Palin
An Open Letter to Sarah Palin: Dear Sarah, As a former fundamentalist, I'd like to call you on what you are doing. The media has found you "opaque" about your religion. Why? You have not been...
View ArticleWherein my religious friend finds Hope
I've mentioned my African-American Conservative/Republican Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christian friend in the comments a number of times before, but the email I got from him today was worthy of a diary...
View ArticleThe Pro-Life Contradiction
I can't wrap my head around so many people being against a woman's right to choose because they believe in a "culture of life" while at the same time they are against expanding healthcare and providing...
View ArticleVideo: Tracy Kerlee Is Why America is Broken
PBS' NOW interviews the Kerlees - a working-class couple in Virginia. While Sean Kerlee is your typical white, blue-collar union worker, his wife, Tracy, IS the face face of the modern Republican Party.
View ArticleThat's it, I give up. I just give up.
Do you remember Their Reality Has Lapped Our Satire? How about Their Reality Has Lapped Our Satire, Again? Or even Their Reality Has Lapped Our Satire, Three? Well, it's now lapped it for a fourth...
View ArticleAre Wingnut christian? Fundies Getting Religion, Finally??
Just caught this little interesting tidbit. Bob Jones U. Apologizes For Racism Could guilty consciouses and understanding of 'S*I*N!' finally be breaking into the christian? rights understanding of the...
View ArticleK-12 Education Challenge
Here is a K-12 Education Challenge for moderates and liberals. Right now the jingoistic social studies, anti-science religionists, dominate the elected State Board of Education here in Texas.
View ArticleThe Paradox of Religious Truth
Having spent way too much time of my life engaging in debate over the civil rights of the homosexual community, I have come to the conclusion that it has all been a pointless exercise. One can put...
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