In what has to be a first in American legal history, a Maryland court this week accepted a stipulation as part of a plea agreement that charges against Ria Ramkissoon for the starvation of her son would be dropped once he was resurrected.
Ramkissoon is a member of a religious group, called 1 Mind Ministries, that [...]
Philosophy and Faith
Charges Dropped on Resurrection
April 1, 2009
Religulous Review
March 9, 2009
“The plain fact is, religion must die for mankind to live.”
These are the words that herald the beginning of the end.
The end, that is, of Bill Maher’s Religulous, a 101-minute exploration of the absurdities and the terrors of religion as filtered through Maher’s unique lens.
Maher, who was raised Catholic (by a Catholic father and Jewish [...]
Was Jesus a Racist?
March 4, 2009
The Anglican Church of Canada has recently published their 2009 Lenten Meditations, and one meditation in particular is causing a small furor.
Referencing Matthew 15:21-28, the author says:
This not a story for people who need to think that Jesus always had it together, because it looks like we’ve caught him being mean to a lady because [...]