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The Synergy of “Meaningless” Christian Legislation
Are you unconvinced that there’s a concerted effort by Christians to legislate Christianity? Don’t think it’s being done on a national scale in individual states? I’m going to try to challenge that notion today. First, let’s think about this in principle. If you were going to do something underhanded and blatantly unconstitutional — like legislate … Continue reading
NC fights to keep illegal sectarian prayers
Today’s example of the Christian Agenda: Commissioners from a North Carolina county entered an appeals court Thursday to protect their right to mention Jesus’ name in prayers said before public meetings. (LINK) It’s getting tedious to say the same thing over and over, but it needs to be done. There is an organized, Republican approved effort in … Continue reading
Praying for Gas Prices?
Members of a central Georgia church plan to gather at gas pumps to pray for lower prices. The Beacon of Light Christian Center is planning the Saturday prayer gathering at gas pumps outside a Kroger grocery store in Dublin. Well, it is Georgia. We’ve already had a governor doing rain dances and half our science teachers proudly … Continue reading
Prayer for the Nation
“In this hour I would ask of the Lord God only this: that, as in the past, so in the years to come He would give His blessing to our work and our action, to our judgment and our resolution, that He will safeguard us from all false pride and from all cowardly servility, that … Continue reading
Tim Minchin Converts to Christianity
I really like this new song by Tim Minchin, and I think he’s done a good job of highlighting one of the absurdities of “faith healings.” A few months ago, I posted a response to a reader’s question about healing. I hit all the necessary high points to offer a reasonable person’s explanation of seemingly … Continue reading
Things Going Wrong? No They Aren’t!
Today, I thought it might be fun to browse through some Christian blogs and see if I could find something interesting to write about. The Logical Christian seemed like a good place to start, and sure enough, I wasn’t disappointed. Stanley Wong’s post from last week is entitled: Listen Listen to the Good News When … Continue reading
The Power of Prayer
Recently, I was asked by a reader to opine on the causes of “faith healings.” In a nutshell, my answer went like this: Faith healings are nothing more than placebo effects combined with false attribution errors and confirmation bias. As it was not especially pertinent to the question, I didn’t go into much depth on … Continue reading
Praying Pilot Kills 16 Passengers
PALERMO (Reuters) – A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot. There isn’t really a lot to say about this. The pilot of the Hudson River crash acted. … Continue reading
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