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The less “religious” you are the more Christian you are

Sunday, November 2, 2025

This post at Skepchick got me thinking about one of my bugaboos, the willingness of the press and most writers, no matter how liberal they might be, to call a certain brand of fascists that are common in this country “White Christian Nationalists”, a title that confers respectability on horrible people. They are not Christians, […]

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A lesson in the new constitutional law

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The fascists currently running this country have decreed that government employees are now free to proselytize their fellow employees and members of the public with whom they come in contact. You know, because of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The full memorandum issued by the Office of Personnel Management is available here. Among […]

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Religion Lesson

Thursday, December 16, 2021

I have mentioned before that I have an advanced degree in theology from Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, but it’s been a while since I passed on the fruits of the knowledge I acquired during those eight years of diligent study. This article (behind a paywall), from Free Inquiry Magazine, which I read in […]

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Theological Ruminations

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Oddly enough no one has asked me to weigh in on the Biden communion controversy, despite the fact that I’ve made known on several occasions that I have an advanced degree in theology, strictly of the Roman Catholic variety, from Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, late of Hartford, Connecticut. As has been reported, the […]

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Religion Lesson

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have an advanced degree in theology, courtesy of eight years of intensive religious instruction at Our Lady of Sorrows (real name) Grammar School in Hartford. Sorrowfully, Our Lady of Sorrows is no more, so generations of Hartford kids will go without the instruction that resulted in my […]

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Trumpers in the hands of an angry god

Saturday, September 5, 2020

As I’ve mentioned often, and also just recently, I have a degree in theology from Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, so I am totally qualified to speak on all matters of religion, and though I don’t actually believe in God anymore, I’m going to grant His existence for purposes of this post, for I […]

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Holy Hypocrites!

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

I sometimes wonder if there are any actually religious religious people out there. They appear to be nothing but grifters from top to bottom. Latest, but by no means principal exhibit, this guy: The officiant of a now-infamous wedding in Millinocket gave a defiant sermon during an indoor church service on Sunday, just a day […]

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Never thought of it like this

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Just ran across this meme at Pharyngula. I well remember while I was studying for my theology degree at Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School in Hartford, that certain actions of the Lord did not sit that well with us, such as the fact that unbaptized babies who died at birth were barred from Heaven […]

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The Lord has (apparently) spoken!

Monday, June 8, 2020

I seem to recall that folks like Pat Robertson were claiming that things like Hurricane Katrina were messages from god punishing us for being nice to gay people, which always seemed like a fairly cryptic way to send that message, considering that the people being punished were sort of randomly chosen. On the other hand, […]

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Heavy, Man!

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Any long time readers surely know that I’m a big fan of Randy Newman. I have, heretofore, wholly subscribed to his theory of the origins of the Judeo-Christian religions, as set forth by the devil as he addresses god, in Randy’s largely unappreciated Faust: Some fools in the desertWith nothing else to doSo scared of […]

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