Does God Hate Catholics?
It’s a question I’ve asked before (perhaps most notably here).
I’ve also asked slightly different versions of the same question before (perhaps most notably here and here).
I have yet to receive a good answer from a Catholic or any other variety of Christian.
Instead, events this year have only further sharpened my questions.
Consider:
Archbishop Of Port-au-Prince Monsignor Serge [...]
Who Would Jesus Fire?
Apparently some people here in Ohio find that question easier to answer than others do….
Director Took Religion Too Far, Fired State Workers Say (Mark Niquette & Jim Siegel/The Columbus Dispatch; March 4)
The director of a little-known legislative council helping to oversee the state’s agency for injured workers often asked her three-member staff to pray and [...]
Sean Gets A Spanking
And was it a well-deserved spanking?
Judge for yourself:
Hannity Falsely Claims Obama Administration Gives Special Treatment To Atheists (MediaMatters.org; Feb 27)
Commenting on a White House staff-level meeting with leaders of atheist groups, Sean Hannity claimed that religious groups “have not received this treatment from the Obama White House.” In fact, President Obama himself has met [...]
Religion & Art
Regular readers might know that one of my pet peeves is the way theists tend to attribute so much of what’s good to gOd and religion while excusing gOd and religion from any responsibility for anything bad.
To quote Oumkheyr once again, “I really believe that France is scared of Muslims, which is the motivation for [...]
Should The Burqa Be Banned?
France Moves Toward Partial Burqa Ban (CNN; Jan 26)
PARIS: French lawmakers Tuesday recommended a partial ban on any veils that cover the face — including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.
The ban on the “voile integrale” — which literally means “total veil” — would apply in public places like hospitals and [...]
Another Cult Scandal
French Sect Victims “Ate Dog Food, Drank Toilet Water” (David Darmanin/Malta Today; Feb 7)
VALETTA, Malta: Victims of the French cult leader Alain Schmitt, who is appealing an extradition order to France, have spoken out on their horrifying experience at the hands of the Minh Vacma sect leader.
Schmitt and his Belgian fiancée Laurence Liegeois were arrested [...]
Finally, A Place At The Table For Non-Theists
Secular Coalition For America To Meet With White House Officials On National Policy (The Secular Coalition For America; Feb 25)
Marking the first time in history a presidential administration has met for a policy briefing with the American nontheist community, on February 26 the Secular Coalition for America will engage with White House officials on issues [...]
Trouble All Around The World
Canadian Woman Charged With Stealing $91,000 From Her Church (The Leader-Post; Feb 4)
REGINA, Saskatchewan: A Gravelbourg woman has been charged with defrauding her church of over $91,000.
Paulette Dumont, 64, is alleged to have written 63 crooked cheques while holding a position of trust within Gravelbourg’s Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church.
The swindle is alleged to [...]
Trouble In God’s Country
Report Highlights Religious Tensions In Israel (Ron Friedman/The Jerusalem Post; Feb 23)
TEL AVIV, Israel: A new report released by Hiddush, a religious freedom advocacy group, describes 2009 as “the worst year of the decade” in terms of religious freedom and equality. The report, published on Monday, points toward an escalation in religion-state conflict, violence in [...]
Trouble In The Philippines
Scandal Among Monks Tests Cebu Diocese (Ferliza C. Contratista/Manila Standard Today; Feb 8)
CEBU, Philippines: Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal turned 79 on Saturday – even as a controversy over which religious order should manage a popular shrine in a monastery in Sibonga continued to hound his archdiocese.
The Marian Monks Eucharistic Adoration are running the shrine, [...]
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