Posts Tagged ‘religion’

There’s a Czechoslovakian man who believes aliens are trying to assassinate him. Meteorites have struck his house five times in the past several months, and because this defies the odds, he’s concluded it must be aliens.
Now, I can understand the thought popping into his head. I once heard a thunk in my car and thought [...]

I glanced at a table near the bathroom in the local Borders store and found an Illinois MUFON application staring back at me.
I was in the mood for a laugh, so I snapped one up. It turns out for twenty bucks, I too can join the search for little green men in flying saucers. I [...]

Take yourself back a few centuries. You’re the head of a primitive tribe of people, and a severe drought has taken hold. Your crops are dying, and now you’re facing a water shortage. What do you do? Why, you call the witch doctor, of course. You have him do a rain dance to appease the [...]

I’ve been bummed for the last couple of weeks leading up to Halloween. While I’m not a big holiday guy, I think Halloween is the last truly fun holiday left. Plus I’m a horror writer, so I’m kinda obligated. It may be watered down some and I’m still disappointed more kids don’t dress up as [...]

The mandatory moment of silence established in Illinois schools as part of the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act has now been formally challenged. I’ve already said my piece on the act, so I’ll only repeat that it was only a matter of time before this happened.
And the waste of time, money, and resources continues.
On [...]

Huckabee got busted again, this time claiming most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were clergymen. Best case scenario: 4 out of 56 of them were practicing or former preachers. Only 1 was an active minister. (Thanks for the link, Tim.)
This is the second time this week he’s demonstrated religion is going to [...]