Monthly Archives: June 2016

By and large, the non-Islamic Abrahamic religions have been defanged by the Enlightenment. Jerry Coyne A point I’ve made, like, a bazillion times. While it is true that Islam is the great sickness today, it is equally true that Judaism … Continue reading →

Naturally, Westboro Baptist intends to protest funerals in Orlando. If you can, be in #Orlando Sat. a.m. to peacefully counter the religious hatred of the Westboro Baptist Church. pic.twitter.com/YBq99mdLhF — Andrew Seidel (@AndrewLSeidel) June 17, 2016 Oh, boy — I … Continue reading →

This is the strangest detail yet: The gunman who committed the massacre at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando used multiple Facebook accounts to write posts and make searches about the Islamic State. “Now taste the Islamic state vengeance,” he … Continue reading →

The Southern Baptists elected Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist, to serve as its president. Gaines is the cartoon for every southern stereotype — heavyset, manipulative, heavy-handed, a shameless money-grubber. He engineered a huge cover-up of child sex abuse in … Continue reading →

If witless religious bigotry hadn’t just been a factor in the gratuitous slaughter of 49-people, the indignation within the SBC over passage of a resolution condemning display of the Confederate flag would be kind of funny. #SBC16 has repudiated Confederate … Continue reading →