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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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Tags: Activism · Art · Best · Christianity · Church and State · Classic · Creativity. · Current Events · Environment · Fantasy · Fiction · Gods · Humor · Media and Design · Meditation & Prayer · Nature · Politics · Pop Culture · Spark · Video

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: Religion and Death

July 12th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Religious majorities are not allowing minorities to be buried in their graveyards. Fine on the outside, until one realizes that there is often only one (religious) graveyard serving a community.

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Tags: Belief · Church and State · Death · Ghosts · Religion · Ritual

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

The Protection of Straight Marriage Act

July 3rd, 2008 · by John · 13 Comments

Or, the “God hates gays and wants to punish them act.”
It seems to me that all of these Marriage Protection initiatives (like so many political actions) is misnamed.  I want to do a more complete post later on, but here are some thoughts for the moment:

There are many in society who aren’t keen on marriage: […]

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Tags: Church and State · Homosexuality · Politics

More Fun Quotes for MoF

June 30th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

I’ve been collecting emails since the success of the last Fun Quotes post. Without further ado:
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
-James Kern Feibleman, philosopher and psychiatrist (1904-1987)

This is definitely something I’ve believed in for awhile. It’s just nice to hear someone with authority say it (in this case, the […]

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Tags: Activism · Atheism · Belief · Church and State · Creationism · Death · Dialog · Education · Ethics · Politics · Reason · Religion · Skeptic · Spirituality

Spark: Denominations and Gay Marriage.

June 23rd, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments

The LA Times has this handy guide to the various attitudes towards gay marriage from religious denominations.  It should come as no surprise that the Mormon and Catholic churches condemn gay marriages, and that the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalists support them.  In fact, both the Mormons and Catholics will be using […]

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Tags: Activism · Church and State · Current Events · Homosexuality · Politics

Random Notes on a Friday Night.

June 20th, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments

CatGirl and I are training up to LA tomorrow to see the Amy Sol exhibit at the ThinkSpace Gallery.  She’s one of our favorite contemporary artists–she inspires CatGirl’s art and my stories.  We’ve been waiting for this for months.  We’re also planning to hit the Farmer’s Market and Little Tokyo (including a possible lunch with […]

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Tags: Activism · Atheism · Charities · Church and State · Creativity. · Getting over Religion · Mormonism · Personal

Spark: Obama on Religion

June 11th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

via.

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Tags: Atheism · Belief · Christianity · Church and State · Dialog · Getting over Religion · Politics · Religion · Spark · Spiritual Progressives · Sunday Sermon · Video · Web 2.0