Same Sex Unions in Ancient Christianity

Ancient Christian art and written documents show that not only were same sex unions tolerated in the ancient Church, they were celebrated. It fact, it looks as though the rigorous anti-gay rhetoric did not begin until the 14th century.
A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St. Catherine’sMonastery on Mt. Sinai in Israel. It [...]

Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the unconquered sun), your chance to get all your sun worship out of the way for the year.
December 25th marks the fist day the sun starts to measurably ascend in the sky. Celebrations around the time of the winter solstice have been popular for centuries, though the festival [...]

7 in Jewish Lore

The Hebrew bible (Old Testament) is filled with all kinds of special numbers: 500, 40, 70, 3, 12, etc. These numbers are used whenever a number is needed to fill in a hole in the story, especially in places of great significance, like the number of the days of creation or the age of David [...]

Cattle Mutilation: UFOs? Why Not Angels?

UFO’s? Thankfully this rancher doesn’t think so.
“Four calves, all killed overnight. Their innards gone. Tongues sliced out. Udders carefully removed. Facial skin sliced and gone. Eyes cored away. Not a single track surrounding the carcasses, which were found in pastures locked behind two gates and a mile from any road. Not a drop of blood [...]

Holy Cow

A Connecticut dairy farm witnessed a miracle: a cow born with a cross on it’s head. Yep. God chose to manipulate the forces of nature to perform miracle; give us a sign.He didn’t choose to heal amputees, or cure the world’s sick children for this miracle. Nope. God, in his infinite wisdom,decided the best way [...]

Norse God Odin as Santa Claus?

That jolly old elf Santa Claus may have gotten his name from Sinterklaas, a Dutch derivation for  Saint Nicholas of Myra, but his wizened appearance, as well as a few of the customs and characteristics associated with Santa seems to stem from Norse traditions.
Phyllis Siefker, in her book Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: [...]

Iron Jesus

Until this week, Mary Jo Coady had never given her iron a second thought. Then she saw a likeness of Jesus staring back from its not-quite stainless steel bottom.
Well,  it’s not that great of a Jesus. I’ve seen better. But, at least it’s not the “Virgin” Mary. Those get a little old.
She simply thought others [...]

Old Pope Played Teenage Goth

Sources have revealed that the “Old Pope”, Karol Wojtyla, aka John Paul the 2nd, would, at least on occasion, flagellate himself as a form of penance. This old school method of penance was officially banned by the Catholic Church in the 14th century and is usually kept pretty hush within the church, but the Opes [...]

Jesus Christ, It’s a Fake Already

A Vatican “researcher” has “discovered” writing on the Shroud of Turin and believes that it proves it to be authentic … meaning that it’s the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, aka, God (yes, God’s death shroud).

Well, when I look at it, I see ovaries. But, it’s still a fake. And not even a mildly intruding [...]

Frank Schaeffer Responds to Psalms 109 Threat

Frank Schaeffer responds to the bat-shit crazy religious right’s fucking ludicrous crack pot threats. Schaeffer was born into this movement and has thankfully overcome the brain washing and is now speaking against it.