Happy Blasphemy Day (there is no Todd!)

Today (9/30/09) is Blasphemy Day! What to do, what to do …
It sounds fun but, it can be pretty hard to do. Blasphemy is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. One individual’s actions or speech could be completely pious in their eyes, yet still be considered blasphemous by someone else. So, in a [...]

Pope Should Reclaim His Religious Past

Pope Joseph Ratzinger, aka Benedict XVI, is urging Czechs to “reclaim their Christian heritage“.
Visiting the Czech Republic 20 years after a Velvet Revolution overthrew the nation’s communist regime, Pope Benedict XVI called on one of the world’s most secular societies to reclaim its Christian heritage as the basis for “true freedom.”
Well, I would also like [...]

Swinging The Ol’ Chicken Around

I’ve always enjoyed reading about religion, but somehow this ritual has escaped my eye. Chicken swinging:
“Hecht holds the bird, waves it three times above his head, and says the prayer of Kapparot (or Kapparos, depending on heritage). He prays that his sins will be transferred to the bird and he will escape the divine punishment [...]

God of the Week: Dionysus

God of the Week: 9/28/09: Dionysus

Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine and celebration and was given credit for liberating people from the toils of daily life. He was the son of the chief god Zeus and the mortal woman Semele.
Like other gods of vegetation Dionysus was believed to have died a violent death, [...]

Glenn Beck and “White Culture”

I’m not sure what he was talking about, Katie Couric isn’t sure, and, as it turns out, Glenn Beck doesn’t know what he was talking about either. He believes Barak Obama hates “white culture”. When asks what he means by “white culture” he plays games, squirms in his chair, and looks a bit like Micheal [...]

Evolution of the Giant Tortoises – Richard Dawkins

Was Census Worker’s Death Anti-government Statement?

In a story that is getting more disturbing as it unfolds, a census worker was found hanged in a forest with the word “FED” written on his chest. Is the anti-government movement turning violent?

Funny Church Camp Video

After the first kid just barely lands on the mat, no one get the divine mandate move the mat back a few feet.

TEA Party Leader, Living the High Life

From Bill Moyer’s Journal:

God of the Week: Dagon

God of the Week 9/21/09: Dagon
Dagon was a Semetic god of agriculture. The oldest records of Dagon date back to 2500 BCE.
He took of the form of a half man half fish figure and was the head of a pantheon of more than 200 gods in the ancient NW Levant. In the preface of the [...]