Category Archives: Obnoxiousness
inhuman nature
On Beliefnet, Rod Dreher offers a study in contradictions, starting with the title: Atheism and our inhuman nature. If human nature has a tendency towards evil, then evil isn’t inhuman, is it? Then, as part of his argument for the necessity of religion, he cites atrocities in the Congo, then states: This is not a [...]
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15 seconds of super bowl vs. 75 employees for 1 year
Ahh, the choices we face in life. Imagine you are an executive with Focus on the Family. I know, I know, it’s unpleasant, but bear with me. Now, imagine you have a difficult choice to make: do you run a $3,000,000 advertisement for fifteen seconds during a football game, or do you hire back 75 [...]
what is it with that silsby woman?
Exactly: But don’t judge her just by the (for lack of a better word) smile. Listen to “Carol”, a former employee of Ms. Silsby: A woman, I will call her Carol*, contacted me after reading my article on OS earlier this week regarding the Baptists missionaries detained in Haiti. She reached out to me because [...]
pet peeve
News just featured an interview with a missionary who just got home from Haiti, relating her experience during the earthquake, as her building held up while others around her collapsed: “I could feel god’s presence, he was right there with me.” Huh. Well, he must have had a Special Purpose for you. What are you [...]
satan’s letter to pat robertson
Pure awesomeness from Lily Coyle of Minneapolis: Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has [...]
the temple of hume
Aasif Mandvi and Jon Stewart totally nail it on the issue of poor persecuted christians: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
what it’s all about
I am, by nature, a conciliatory sort of person. I want to be low-key, i want to please. When I post in the obnoxiousness category, I feel self-conscious, as if I have no business — and I worry that friends of mine with spiritual beliefs might be offended. But then I read something like this [...]
maybe if we said angels were causing global warming?
Food for thought from foriegnpolicy.com: Percentage of Americans who believe in angels: 55 Percentage of Americans who believe in evolution: 39 Percentage of Americans who believe in anthropogenic global warming: 36 Percentage of Americans who believe in ghosts: 34 Percentage of Americans who believe in UFOs: 34 Share
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