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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

We’ve Started Something

February 16th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments

First, there was John’s dabbling in mapping lolCats onto traditional religious images. Then, the folks over at Cracked gave us some awesome lolReligion interspersed in their 10 Things Christians and Atheists Can Agree On (scroll down for the lolDog in need of a Catholic exorcism). But it didn’t stop there, oh no! Someone linked John […]

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Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Gods · Humor · Links · Media and Design · Meme · Pop Culture · Religion · Satire · lolCats

A Story for Valentine’s Day

February 13th, 2008 · by John · 12 Comments

19 years ago, Jana and I met. We danced. I asked her out. I washed her hair. We fell in love.
18 years ago, we kissed. Then we kissed a lot more. I left for my mission in Japan. We didn’t promise to wait for each other.
17 years ago, […]

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Tags: Personal · Satire

Ten Common Misconceptions about Atheists

January 30th, 2008 · by John · 79 Comments

10. We eat babies.
No, but we think about it sometimes. Mmmmm, baby…
9. Without God, we’re a miserable, weepy lot.
Look at all the happy atheists:

They’re thinking about the deliciousness of babies. Yum! (Richard Dawkins, Ellen Johnson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
8. Without God, we lead gluttonous, hedonistic lives, throwing orgies all the time.
In addition to […]

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School Board Removes Christian Classic from Library Shelves

December 12th, 2007 · by John · 17 Comments

The school board in Oregon’s Onionville School District has ordered librarians to pull The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from its library shelves following a petition by parents concerned about the religious content of the children’s classic. Teachers have been told not to use the book in their curriculum pending a complete review […]

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Tags: Christianity · Church and State · Religion · Satire · Science Fiction and Fantasy