Pop culture with a hangover

Christians say the darndest things — and by that I mean dumbest

January 18, 2008
This is the goddamn funniest thing ever.  Whenever I see Christians talking this kind of talk, it really makes me want to start worshipping Satan.  Anything to annoy them. http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/top100.aspx?archive=1

The Star of Bethlehem and other dumb religious pseudo-science

December 22, 2007
I caught an episode of PBS’ Religion and Ethics this morning, and something in it really made me do a double-take. It was a perfect example of what nonreligious people like me always complain about: religious people giving all the credit for natural phenomena to deities, simply because they don’t understand how things work. [...]

Prayer candles and Spanish grammar

September 30, 2007
I was looking at one of those bilingual prayer candles that they sell at the supermarket, and I noticed something peculiar. While comparing the English prayer to the Spanish, I realized that they use the “tu” verb form when addressing God. Shouldn’t they really use “Usted”? If God himself doesn’t warrant an [...]

The title says it all

August 10, 2007

Mary Does Jesus: An Erotic Short Story

April 18, 2007
Jesus first spotted Mary the night of graduation from Hebrew school.  Jesus and a bunch of his friends decided to have a tailgate party, so they drove their mulecart down to the lake and propped open the back, where they proceeded to consume large quantities of “water.”Two of Jesus’ buddies, Peter and Luke, broke out [...]