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Why evangelicalism fails
Internet Monk has a great series going on how evangelicalism pushes its own out the door. It’s very hard hitting, and I highly recommend it. I hope to find time to write some about it.
Part I: Disillusionment with the Biblical Worldview
Part II: Disillusionment with God-Proving Religious Experience
Part III: Disillusionment with Christian Community
Part IV: Abandoning [...]
Should UUs say “Yahweh?”
US Roman Catholic bishops have been ordered to quit saying “Yahweh,” one of the common pronuncations of the Hebrew name of God. (”Jehovah” is another common pronunciation of the vowel-less Hebrew name.)
Should UUs follow suit?
I say “Yahweh” fairly often, or at least as often as it comes up. When I talk about him, it’s usually [...]
Does Sarah Palin speak in tongues?
Digg it, diggers.
So CNN put up a compare and contrast list between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. It listed his religion as Catholic and hers as Christian.
WTF?
Putting aside the implication that Catholics are somehow different from, I can only assume, real Christians, I looked Palin up to see exactly what flavor of Christian she is.
Wikipedia [...]
Addkison meant it
I was grateful to see Meg Barnhouse’s article in UUWorld this morning. I’ve been sitting on an angry blog post for several days now, and she has said many things about the Knoxville shotting that I wanted to say, but far more gracefully.
Addkison meant to kill UUs. He knows who we are and [...]
Universalist evangelicals stepping out of the closet
Another article about the fragmentation and decline of the evangelical movement and the arguments about how to fix it. This is the first one I’ve read that showcases universalists (besides Carlton Pearson) speaking up for themselves.
Some of them believe that instead of calling their reading of the Bible “the truth,” they need to admit [...]
Reverence and snark
From Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue by Paul Woodruff:
In our time we hear more praise of irreverence than we do of reverence, especially in the media. That is because we naturally delight in mockery and we love making fun of solemn things. It is not because, in our heart of hearts, we despise [...]
Jesus vs. the IRS
Clergy beware!
Gorilla Jesus: The greatest story ever told
Fafblog is back!
“But the ape authorities rejected the message of Gorilla Jesus, cause their hearts were hard and their minds were closed and they couldn’t tell what he was sayin cause they were all just a buncha gorillas,” says Giblets.
“And so they tried an convicted Gorilla Jesus of heresy an witchcraft an they sentenced him [...]
GA report: In light of the fact that
In light of the fact that Chutney heard that two out of three new ministerial candidates are women, Chutney is hereby and forthwith awarding him/herself the following awards:
2008 General Assembly Most Congenial Award
2008 General Assembly Most Valuable Player Award
2008 General Assembly Least Unmasculine Award
Chutney is registered at Crate & Barrel.
GA pop quiz: Whose booth is this?
Okay, if you’re at GA, no cheating. This one’s for the folks who couldn’t make it.
Here’s the question: Whose GA vendor booth displayed this image across the back of their space? Bonus points for rampant speculation.
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