Tag Archives: Christianity

Speaking on behalf of Christ, Santorum warns of Obama’s plans to feast on the blood of euthanized seniors

By Mark | February 20, 2012

I heard a comedian by the name of John Fugelsang do a pretty brilliant bit the other day on the incredible disconnect between the teachings of Jesus and the actions of those who invoke his name in the pursuit of political power. It’s nothing we haven’t discussed here before, but I enjoyed Fugelsang’s perspective, given […]

Posted in Observations, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged abortion, American Heartland Forum, assisted suicide, beastiality, Bible, charity, crazy things people think that Obama wants to do, euthanasia bracelets, euthanasia of seniors, fear mongering, Focus on the Family, gay marriage, health care, homeschooling, hypocrisy, Iran, James Dobson, Jesus, John Fugelsang, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama is the Antichrist, Obamacare, religion, Santorum, tea party, terrifying the elderly, The Netherlands, theocracy, what would Jesus think | 39 Comments

My tenuous and ugly connection to our new Miss America

By Mark | January 22, 2012

The other day, I caught part of an interview with our recently crowned Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler. I wouldn’t normally watch something like that, but she was talking about how she wanted to use her new celebrity to draw attention to the plight of children with incarcerated parents, and I guess I found that compelling. […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged Callista Gingrich, Circles of Support, family values, God, hypocrisy, Jeff Kaeppeler, Kenosha, Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America, Newt Gingrich, Ponzi scheme, sanctimonious pieces of shit, Wisconsin | 32 Comments

Stewart and Colbert on the debt ceiling “compromise”

By Mark | August 2, 2011

Here, for those of you without basic cable, is what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had to say about the so-called compromise. The Daily Show – Dealageddon! – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering CompromiseGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political […]

Posted in Economics, Media, Politics | Also tagged charity, Christian nation, Daily Show, debt ceiling, give to the poor, Jesus, Jon Stewart, national debt, Stephen Colbert, what would Jesus think | 8 Comments

How Christian were our Founding Fathers?

By Mark | February 11, 2010

It’s a question that we’ve discussed here many times over the past half-dozen years – how Christian were the founding fathers? And this weekend’s New York Times magazine goes into a great deal of depth on the subject, while exploring the current battle being waged within the Texas School Board on the rewriting of American […]

Posted in Church and State, Education, History, Religious Extremism | Also tagged a wall of separation, a wall of separation between Church & State, American Academy of Religion, American revolution, American Society of Church History, asshole Republicans of Texas, asshole Republicans of Texas who are rewriting American history books, Christian nation, Christians under attack, Connecticut Baptists, Cynthia Dunbar, Enlightenment, European Christian tradition, First Amendment, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, George Washington, Grand Architect, Great Awakening, James Kracht, Justice Hugo Black, Martin Marty, Mayflower Compact, misunderstanding American history, Randall Balmer, rationalism, religion, Richard Brookhiser, secularism, Texas school board, the secularist agenda, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia House of Burgesses | 13 Comments

Conservative Bible promises new, better Jesus

By Mark | October 6, 2009

I didn’t see it coming, but now, in retrospect, I guess it was inevitable… It seems as though conservatives, after years of agonizing over the complete disconnect between the way their savior lived his life, and the way they choose to live their own, have taken it upon themselves to make a big change. No, […]