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Heresy Corner: Blasphemy: the last rites
"Few people seem to have noticed, but the law of blasphemy was repealed yesterday..."
blasphemy  law  politics  religion 
may 2008 by mottram
Lending A Compassionate Ear And Some Flipflops (from The Herald )  [404]
'Street Pastors' on the streets of Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. (They seem okay - more shoulder for pissed people to cry on than anything else.)
religion  news  scotland 
may 2008 by mottram
Cato-at-liberty » Fake IDs Save Lives in Iraq
"The major groups in Iraq are not distinguishable by physical traits, but they are by name. To avoid being killed, people are getting false identification cards."
iraq  politics  religion  identity  fake  id 
july 2006 by mottram
Purity Ball
"It is impossible to convey what I have seen in their sweet spirits, their delicate, forming souls, as their daddy takes them out for their first, big dance. Their whole being absorbs my loving attention"
creepy  weird  religion  virginity  pledge  US 
april 2006 by mottram
Shining Tree Of Life
A great history and analysis of Shaker design.
furniture  religion  design  shaker  newyorker 
february 2006 by mottram
NPR : There Is No God
I wish I was as articulate as Penn Jillette when explaining why I believe that there is no God.
god  atheism  religion  * 
november 2005 by mottram
muslim women talk about the headscarf | MetaFilter
Interesting MetaFilter thread about veils, headscarves, Muslim attire, etc.
religion  fashion  clothes  islam  hijab  burqua 
november 2005 by mottram
The Case For Intelligent Design: Spaghetti as the Creator
$80, 000 advance for Pastafarianism's first prophet to write a Bible.
pastafarian  FSM  funny  bible  religion  ID 
november 2005 by mottram
The American Taliban  [404]
"Quotes from the The American Taliban"
politics  religion  usa  quotes 
october 2005 by mottram
Messengers of Faith  [404]
Talking Moses action figure, he says: "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." Oops.
religion  fundamentalism  figures  funny 
october 2005 by mottram
Gelf Magazine: Touched by His Noodly Appendage
"An interview with the Prophet Bobby Henderson, the voice of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism."
fsm  religion  funny  humor 
september 2005 by mottram
Yahoo! Groups : bibleslash
Slash fiction inspired by the Bible. Crikey!
religion  sex  fiction  queer  fanfic  slash 
august 2005 by mottram
~stevenf: Cult of Newton  [404]
Study on the religiosity of the Newton community. The author got so involved he bought one himself - reading Newton evangelism has brought me close to buying one too...
newton  apple  religion  sociology 
august 2005 by mottram
The Jefferson Bible
Thomas Jefferson believed that the ethical system of Jesus was the finest the world has ever seen. In compiling what has come to be called "The Jefferson Bible," he sought to separate those ethical teachings from the religious dogma and other supernatural
religion  ethics  bible 
april 2005 by mottram
Gay row forces split with North American Anglicans
For crying out loud, I'm sure the Baby Jesus has bigger things on his mind than poofs and dykes.
religion  bigotry  homophobia  anglican 
february 2005 by mottram
Boing Boing: Christian Sir Mix-A-Lot spoof: Baby's Got Book
I like big Bibles I can not lie, You Christian brothers can't deny, When a girl walks in with a KJV, And a bookmark in proverbs, You get stoked
funny  religion 
february 2005 by mottram
7,000 Years of Religious Ritual Is Traced in Mexico | Metafilter
A wealth of interesting links, despite tedious and dim commentary from some members. (Er, I mean this post in particular.)
metafilter  religion  archeology  society 
january 2005 by mottram
Dogon
Sirius B predicting ancient culture-a-go-go!
aliens  creation  culture  myths  religion  tribes  weird 
december 2004 by mottram
What the hell is up with Boards of Canada?
References to Branch Davidians, Satan in the music of Boards of Canada. Doesn't make their music any more interesting.
backmasking  cults  funny  music  religion  satanism  weird 
december 2004 by mottram
Schools instructed to provide atheism lessons alongside RE  [404]
"Atheism and minority faiths such as Baha'i and Zoroastrianism should be taught alongside Christianity in schools, the first national guidelines on religious education say." I should think so too.
atheism  philosophy  religion  society 
october 2004 by mottram
Internet Sacred Text Archive Home
Hyperlinked religous reference goodness.
religion  text  web 
october 2004 by mottram
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