A couple of Bible quotes make me think of the three little pigs. There they are, followed with an analysis of the theological meaning.
“Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of the sinners, and has not sat in the seat of [...]

How do organized religions feel about abortion, masturbation, teenage sex, homosexuals, contraceptives and divorce? Here’s a helpful reference chart! I believe the last symbol, ‘Condemned’, is a picture of hell fires. This chart first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in December 1994. It was compiled, according to them, “based on official reports and expert [...]

www.biblemap.org is an amazing website; a bible student’s dream come true, with cool widgets and history and trivia and facts – all built over a map of Israel and the middle East. You can select any part of the Bible by book and verse number, and all the geographical places mentioned in the text will [...]

I should’ve been a Patriarch. Although the characters of the Old Testament repulse me, for their lies, tricks, and general lack of character, I like the Old Testament: where else can you find stories about dishonest sex-maniacs like Jacob.
Ok – he got screwed by Laban into working for 7 years for the wrong daughter (Leah) [...]

How does this picture make you feel? In the background there is a burning fort and a bunch of people (I presume Israel, with its king) praying to their God for victory.
In the foreground, a very angry and zealous prophet takes a sword and chops down the prophets of Baal, who flee for their lives, [...]

In my work as a freelance editor, I often get religious papers. Right now I’m editing something that has a reference to the Virgin Mary – who was predestined to receive the honor of becoming ‘Mother of God’ because of her willingness to submit to the Will of God.
As with any paper I edit, I [...]

“The US Supreme Court Wednesday took up the issue of freedom of speech and religion in a case in which a small sect wants to place its own monument alongside one of the Ten Commandments in a public park in Utah,” reads the news headline that caught my attention.
Summum is a cult/organization, from Utah, that [...]

I’ve been thinking about life, death and abortion recently. Maybe because I’m home in Oregon and the weather is dark and dull and powerful, or maybe because there are a lot of little children in my family or my sister is pregnant or my mom keeps reminding me of how I should’ve died in childbirth [...]

Like I said in my last (and only other Obama post) I’m a cynic. I watched Zeitgeist and was pretty convinced that either the bankers or the aliens are secretly ruling everything. So I was surprised when Barack Hussein Obama got elected. My immediate reactions were these: That means… my cynicism is misplaced? The powers [...]

Somehow I managed to stumble across this amazing website, Marry Our Daughter, which allows “those following the Biblical tradition of arranging marriages for their daughters” to list their daughters for sale online. The brides are typically 15 or 16 years old, and fetch a bride price of between $30,000 and $100,000.
For example, right now you [...]