Monthly Archives: March 2021

Republicans and Evangelicals: vaccine averse

A PEW study confirms what many of us could have guessed: Republicans and white evangelicals are least likely to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Black Protestants aren’t least likely toget a vaccine; white evangelicals are [ … ] A new Pew … Continue reading

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Bye-bye, Beth

It was the Southern Baptists who led me to awareness that Christianity is innately degrading, that the Pious will always, necessarily, as an innate theological bias, favor what degrades others — so I always get a thrill of pleasure when … Continue reading

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Ignorant screed of the day

A recent letter to the editor of Biblical Archaeology Review: Continue reading

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When cults collide

What do you know? There is a lot of overlap between the Jesus-cult and the QAnon-cult — and Holy Men ain’t likin’ it. The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, reported in February that more than a quarter of … Continue reading

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Letters to Madalyn, ctd

Senator Tommy Tuberville’s maiden speech exemplifies the reason I think a biography of Madalyn Murray O’Hair might be a worthwhile effort. Two groups that promote religious secularism are taking aim at Republican Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville’s inaugural Senate floor speech … Continue reading

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