Funny for the Day
2014-03-07
After a quick debate, I decided to file this under religion. I don’t always have to be scholarly.
Not Superman, says Pope
2014-03-05
Just days after I posted about the idolization of Pope Francis, Francis himself has stated: “To depict the pope as a sort of superman, a sort of star, seems offensive to me. The pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps tranquilly and has friends like everyone else, a normalContinue Reading
Pope Francis and the Internet
2014-03-01
From the moment the current pope took the name Francis, which I knew had to be a nod to St. Francis of Assisi (a rich man who turned to poverty and tended to humanity for the rest of his life), I figured things were about to get interesting. That’s aContinue Reading
Craiglist Killer Taps Into Satanic Panic Hype
2014-02-19
Back in November, Miranda and Elytte Barbour lured a man via Craigslist and then violently murdered them for no better reason than they wanted to kill someone as a couple. The Super Serial Killer Now Miranda, 19, is claiming that she has killed more than 22 (“When I hit 22,Continue Reading
Not at All Today in History: St. Valentine
2014-02-15
Oh, Valentine’s Day, how you don’t make any sense. Valentine’s Day comes from the Catholic Feast of St. Valentine, but even that holiday is problematic. There are at least three early saints with that name, and it’s not clear which one Feb. 14 was meant to celebrate. The Orthodox ChurchContinue Reading
The Myth of a Pagan Christmas
2013-12-21
Three times a year – Easter, Halloween, and Christmas – I find myself assaulted by claims of how Christian practices and beliefs were entirely cobbled together from pagan sources. There are filters I put on certain searches in order to limit my annoyance, but I still run into them. First,Continue Reading
Hilarious Hallelujahs
2013-12-08
To each his own, but I really appreciate people who value humorous and creative approaches to their religion. Clearly these monks took a vow of silence. How else are they supposed to also provide the choir? What a Choir of Silent Monks Does Will Make You Laugh Merry Christmas.
Satan and the Short Memory of Society
2013-11-21
People have a habit of presuming very old things are very unchanging things. Thus, however they see something today must be how it has always been. We do it to holidays all the time, but that’s a post for another day. Devil Horns Hand Sign On one side of theContinue Reading