Vatican Sex Abuse Doc: Keep It Secret

An oldie but a goodie? A 1962 Vatican document, sealed by the Pope and marked confidential, instructing bishops around the world to keep sex abuse cases internal to the church, asking victims to take a vow of secrecy, and threatening excommunication of anyone that speaks out. Not real moral, is it?
Guardian Article
PDF of entire document

Should “under God” be in the Pledge?

Should the phrase “under God” be in the Pledge of Allegiance?
Go vote

Great Zombie Jesus!

This is cute.

Let’s Have a Little Respect, Here

To Blog About Jim Jones, Or Not … That Is the Question

It is the 30th anniversary of the infamous Jonestown massacre. On November 18, 1978, 918 people died in a religious centered community in Guyana. When I was younger the incident shocked me. It seemed like a freak event.

Honestly, I can’t really say that I’m really all that shocked at the Jonestown incident anymore. It doesn’t [...]

Health Care for ALL!

Here’s an excellent and informative article about our current state of health care in the US. We really need to know where we are at if we are ever going to make any improvements. Points made:

We DON’T have the best health care in the world
We are already paying for our own insurance
Private insurance has really [...]

Turns out, Keeping God Out of Gov’t is a Social Necessity

According to this study, societies are much better off when religion is kept at bay. Societies with strong religious beliefs and practices have much higher rates of murder, suicide, abortion, and sexual promiscuity.
This isn’t surprising to me at all. There often seems to be a correlation between strong religious behavior and a refusal to take [...]

Kansas pastor defends Mulsim President sign

Why would anyone follow this guy?
If he feels just fine lying on signs, why would he tell the truth on the pulpit?
He may not feel Obama is a christian (he apparently has a very narrow view of Christianity that would probably wind up excluded quit a few Christian sects), but he [...]

Nova: The Bible’s Buried Secrets

PBS played a documentary on the Hebrew bible on Tuesday night from the stance of “what the archeology really says”. Not too bad. Not great, but pretty good. I would say that it takes a kid gloves approach to critical analysis of the OT and it panders to religion a bit too much (in an [...]

Finally, A Message From Up Above

Colorado Springs,long known by some as the The Protestant Vatican, will be seeing some signs that are not from god.
On Monday, billboards that say, “Don’t Believe in God You are not alone” will wind up peppering the Colorado landscape, one in Colorado Springs, and ten in the Denver area. Inspired by the recent bus sign [...]