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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

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

I don’t want to F the Ineffable.

July 6th, 2008 · by John · 12 Comments

I did some bad things during my stint as a Mormon missionary in Japan.  I’d like to repent of one of them right now.
Some of my Japanese friends confided deep, personal spiritual experiences with me.  In several cases I coopted their experiences for my own ends, and using my words, contorted them so that they […]

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Tags: Atheism · Belief · Getting over Religion · Gods · Humanism · Mormonism · Musings · Mysticism · Personal · Reason · Spirituality

LDS Church warns Young Men against Interracial Marriage

June 28th, 2008 · by John · 28 Comments

C. L. Hanson excerpts the following quote from the current Aaronic Priesthood manual over at the Latter Day Main street:
“We recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an absolute necessity, but preferred), and […]

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Tags: Getting over Religion · Mormonism

“Dying Wish”

June 21st, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments

on Fox. I don’t know how long that link will work…there’s a YouTube of it somewhere, too, I may imbed it below a fold later when I find it.
This is my father, busy exploiting his illness for his life-long pet project: “the right to life”. Which I’ve learned translates into “the denial of rights”, “inadequate […]

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Tags: Death · Ethics · Feminism · Getting over Religion · Humanity · Justice · Law · Links · Personal

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: Reflections on your beliefs

June 11th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

I checked out this survey on a prompt from Pharyngula. I recommend that you do the same. We may indeed be giving the creator of the survey food for thought, but what I found was that it was a good, concrete way to think about my own beliefs, hang-ups, and tendencies. I think it’s a […]

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Spark: Obama on Religion

June 11th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

via.

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