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Category Archives: Religion
On the Other Side
On the Other SideOn the other side, the sun always shines No minutes, no hour, there’s no such thing as time Where the streets are paved with gold and you never grow old on the other side On the other side, everybody sings there’s miles and miles of flowers and lots of pretty things Where
Amazing Grace
A classic. Everyone should know this song.
Religion Humor
Dawkins. Watch.
The pope condemns atheists for Hitler’s deeds? Hitler was a catholic, and a beloved one.
Trek Fish
The perfect fish response!
RIP Kodachrome
The last roll of Kodachrome has been processed. The King is Dead! Long Live the King!
Men in Dresses
This is freakin nuts. No wonder there’s so much deviance in the Church – they’re all cross-dressers. Besides, the guy in the middle looks exactly like Tim Conway.
Bible Riots
The city of Philadelphia was torn by riots – thirty died, churches were burnt… watch this great video!
Holy Hokey Pokey Batman
Weirdness at church…
A bad idea
James Winkler thinks the idea ‘money = free speech’ is a bad idea. I very much agree.
Eric Schwartz, Aug 21
If you haven’t seen this you should. It’s hilarious. He’s a musical satirist and he’s coming to CO on Aug 21st – he’ll be at the Aspen Meadows House Concerts in Nederland. Eric Schwartz’ website
Absurd Signs
Great web app to make your own absurd signs – help lampoon the Westboro loons! Absurd Sign Generator at ‘GodHatesSigns.com
Withholding
The Word from Winkler – News and Views from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. – Word from Winkler Withholding food By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals.
Rocky’s 95
Rocky Mountain National Park celebrated it’s 95th anniversary today. Marilyn and I loved the Park. I still do. Here’s some photos from her memorial event there
Valkyrie
Fascinating Wikipedia entry. Great photo from same entry.
Religion and women
Great post at the Agonist – go read.
Rough God Goes Riding
by Van Morrisson Oh the mud splattered victims Have to pay out all along the ancient highway Torn between half truth and victimisation Fighting back with counter attacks It’s when that rough god goes riding When the rough god goes gliding And then rough god goes riding Riding on in I was flabbergasted by the
Venn Diagram of the Day
Got a good giggle out of this.
Fold up temple
This is the most amazing Lego work I’ve seen in a long time.
Replication animation
Coolest thing I’ve seen in years. The actual replication process for DNA. Note how one strand has to be copied in reverse in short loops. Truly lovely animation that makes me more and more certain this world did not happen by accident.
SF Day Three
Started off with Grace Cathedral Walked the Labyrinth – what a wonderful experience that is. I highly recommend it. Then it was off to the Golden Gate – all fogged in but we still managed to get some good shots – especially from the Marin Headlands. Then we went to the Sea Mammal Rescue Center
All Is One
This post is dedicated to Diana Forest, who keeps reminding me that we’re all part of the same thing. ‘Drops in the ocean’ I saw this storefront and immediately thought of you. All is one. Burn brightly my loved ones. I’m off to another day of sightseeing and fun. Pictures from day 1 are loaded
Spirit
Exploded 128
exploded 128 – go now.
Hammering
From Doug’s Dynamic Drivel, another take on ‘my diety’s better than yours’ LOL!!!!
Aubade
From Doug’s Dynamic Drivel, a Philip Larkin poem. Quite good actually.
Religious Right Orgs
A list you’ll want to keep handy during this election season
Feds Train Clergy To “Quell Dissent” During Martial Law
This video is a shocking KSLA news report which confirms that so-called “Clergy Response Teams” are being trained to by our federal government to “quell dissent” in the event of a declaration of martial law.
Cultural Warfare
From AmericaBlog: God’s Warriors and the homegrown ‘Battle Cry’ by Pam Spaulding · 8/18/2007 01:30:00 AM ET CNN’s upcoming Christiane Amanpour documentary on religious extremism in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, “God’s Warriors,” airs starting on Tuesday. Right here in the U.S. we have an example of one of those warriors, Ron Luce, whose call to
That Old-Time Religion
From the AP Minister Charged With Indecent Exposure July 31, 2007 – 5:53pm JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) – The minister of a Baptist church has been charged with indecent exposure and driving under the influence, and police officers say he propositioned them.
Just Fein
Diane Feinstein amazes me.
Longmont Wakes Up
Fascinating. After months of nearly-no-coverage, the Times Call’s online presence (http://www.timescall.com/) suddenly has a poll up about LifeBridge Christian Church’s Annex. Golly. It’s right on the front page – go vote and leave a comment. Here’s the results as of 3:11pm MT (waves at Bob) :
Purposeful Misinterpretation
Was looking into Muslim history and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Muslim_history So the hatred between the sects has existed for literally *centuries* – I seriously doubt we’ll be the ones to end it. It reminds me very much of the difference between Quakers and White Supremists, both overt followers of Jesus’ teachings, yet with wildly-different aims.
Distilled Love
Here’s a lovely selection of inspirational sayings brought to you by a man following in the footsteps of Jesus… we think. (you may reconsider after reading) From here. Oh, and before some bible-wavin wingnut starts up with that old lie “…he never said any such thing!” here’s a recording of him saying it – and
Dobsbury
(Submitted to Longmont Times-Call today) Focus on the Family recently sent out a mailing sure to drive Op-Ed page managers completely bonkers – a think-by-numbers letter-generator designed to attack the creator of Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau.
Coincidence?
   Coincidence? You be the judge.
Childish Bullying
Such thuggery in the service of the Holy Church. Who would Jesus threaten?
Stop the Annex
You as citizens have a right to vote on the Union Annex being backed by the LifeBridge Church. http://stopunionannex.blogspot.com/ There’s an online petition, please sign it and pass it on to your friends.
Unholy Union
Infomation from Council – plans of development Google Earth Placemark for development Here’s an overview showing where it is and how big it is. It’s easily as large as one of the old neighborhoods in Longmont – ie HUGE.
God is Love
Jim Winkler of the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church once again points the way to what I believe true Christians should strive for: Love.
Life Imitates Joe
In a recent post I related how my cousin Joe had suggested a way of dealing with the violence in Iraq.
CIA Sees No Clear Sign of Iran Nuclear Weapons Drive
The CIA reported in a classified assessment this fall that it has found no evidence that Iran is pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program parallel to its declared energy research, The New Yorker reported today (see GSN, Nov. 15).
Obsession
Submitted by Joe Walsh: “Believe it or not… you decide” http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/12min.htm
Time for Peace – by James Winkler
From: Word From Winkler – Sept 8, 2006 Time for Peace by Jim Winkler (James Winkler writes a regular column for The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society and makes me grateful that I belong to the Methodist faith -mdw) The United States lost this terrible war in Iraq long ago. Those of