My online friend, former Jehovah’s Witness Brenda Lee, will be a guest on the Healthy Life Midlife Miracle radio program tomorrow at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. Make sure that you have Windows Media Player 9 installed, so that you can listen to it online. Brenda will discuss why she believes her mother willingly surrendered her life to a religious cult at the age of 41 and how her mother’s choice radically altered not only Brenda’s life but the life of…
I can’t get out this afternoon to pick up a copy of the New York Times. I get an email from a friend, saying that I just have to read Paul Krugman’s column. At the site, there is this teaser: OP-ED COLUMNIST For God’s Sake By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: April 13, 2007 The infiltration of the federal government by large numbers of people seeking to impose a religious agenda is one of the most important stories of the last six…
If I haven’t included your BAT post, please let me know! I invited some of my fave bloggers to participate in the blogswarm. Here are two that did. I’m not sure whether they’ve been listed, but I sure didn’t want to leave these great posts out! Hail Dubyas: Don’t miss the great cartoons at this site. “My own religious beliefs are delightfully confused, going from polytheist one day to Gnostic Christian the next and atheist the day after that. With…
This post will conclude the excerpting from all the posts, as of the list that was published after the weekend was done. There are two “unofficial” ones that I’ll post in a minute. It looks like more posts were added. However, since they were added somewhat randomly rather than “latest at the top” I have to admit that I don’t have the energy to sort through and figure out which ones they are. If there isn’t a selected bit from…
Yes, there really are more participants in the Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm. My own post is buried way back here. In my very subjective judgment, here are the best bits from each post. Drum roll, please … at number 106: 106) Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub: “They will most likely take a stand that there is no reason to “debate†intelligent design advocates, since the debate venue is stacked, the debate audience is stacked, and that intelligent design has not paid its…
Yet, still more of the juiciest bits from the Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm. My post is now buried way back here. And now, at number 91…. 91) Cause for Concern: “Is it right for our elected officials to use the Capital lawn as a spawning ground for Jesus Hallelujah? No, it is not. Free speech is protected, and on that angle, whatever they feel they need to talk about is fine. But using our time and our airwaves and our…