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on Defining “Christian”

August 7th, 2008 · by xJane · 1 Comment

I’ve recently been listening to Atheists Talk (iTunes link), spurred in that direction by PZMyers, who was interviewed by them recently. And then I stuck around to hear their next show, in which they interviewed two Christians.
While it was interesting to listen to them sputter when unable to answer questions, and relieving that the conversation […]

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Tags: Atheism · Belief · Christianity · Dialog · Media and Design · Religion · Skeptic

Sunday Morning Video Lineup

August 3rd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

A vid take on MoF’s Sparks:
First up, Stuart Shepard, who I’d not heard of before today but is apparently a member of Focus on the Family’s activism arm, is encouraging everyone to encourage his God to rain on Obama’s acceptance speech. Which seems to me to be incredibly petty: pray for peace? pray for a […]

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the Intersection of Politics & Religion

August 1st, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments

My father was recently interviewed again (mp3 link, will start playing as soon as it loads; somewhat confusing page it is hosted on here), promoting his position regarding a proposed ballot initiative in the State of Washington which concerns what he would call “Assisted Suicide” or “Right to Life” but which I would call “Death […]

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Tags: Activism · Atheism · Belief · Charities · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Death · Dialog · Ethics · Getting over Religion · Humanism · Humanity · Law · News · Personal · Politics · Reason · Religion · Society

Obama’s (Secret) Prayer

July 27th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

During Obama’s recent visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, according to tradition, he wrote a prayer on a piece of paper and left it there. However, since he is under media scrutiny right now, it was stolen by a young seminary student (who should have known better!). While I disagree completely with its theft, […]

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Tags: Belief · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Dialog · Ethics · Gods · Judaism · Meditation & Prayer · News · Politics · Religion · Ritual · Spiritual Progressives

Spark: Training

July 22nd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

I’m sorry for all the sparks recently, but I couldn’t resist this one. Enjoy!

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Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Comics · Creativity. · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Gods · Humor · Pop Culture · Religion · Satire · Skeptic · Spiritual Progressives · Spirituality · Undead

Spark: Proselytizing Hits Home

July 15th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

Or, When Muslims Attack (with free copies of the Koran!).
Sorry I’ve been AWOL recently, I’m in the process of moving. I now have internet (yay!1!) but now need to unpack all the boxes of stuff. Then, I promise, real posts.

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Tags: Activism · Belief · Christianity · Classic · Dialog · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Humor · Islam · Links · Religion · Spark

Spark: Misogyny in Christianity vs. Islam

July 11th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Over at Screaming into the Void.

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Tags: Belief · Bible · Bible Study · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Dialog · Ethics · Feminism · Gender · Getting over Religion · Islam · Links · Religion · Sexuality · Spark · Women

Female Bishops!

July 8th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments

So…the Church of England has voted to allow female bishops. Which sounded awesome to me, despite the fact that those opposed to it have called those in favor of it “mean spirited” for disallowing “super bishops” (read: male bishops) for congregants that object to the authority of a female bishop. I’ll come back to that.
So […]

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Tags: Activism · Christianity · Current Events · Feminism · Gender · News · Politics · Religion · Spiritual Progressives · Women

Spark: Obama on Religion

June 11th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

via.

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Spark: Your immortal soul is in danger if you’re a Democrat

June 2nd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Random politician denied communion for supporting Obama.

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Tags: Activism · Christianity · Church and State · Politics · Religion · Spark