Saturday, February 21, 2015

Commentary Tidbits

Chris Hedges at Truth Dig: Killing Ragheads for Jesus

Corner of Church and State: Education & age divide American religion

Los Angeles Times: Oklahoma Legislature votes to dumb down its kids

Presbyterian Record: Does a Church Setting Attract and Foster Narcissistic Behaviour?

Houston Press: Houston Chronicle Unknowingly Runs Faked Photo Provided by Dead-Raisin' Evangelical Ministry

Salon: The steep human cost of the Christian right’s hostility toward science

Human Rights Campaign: Nine Times the Duggar Family Stood Against LGBT Equality

The Daily Beast: My Church Told Me to Pray Away the Gay

The Advocate: My Home Is Alive With 'The Sounds of Sodomy?'

The Guardian: Could we please not forgive Sarah Palin? She is an unrepentant nightmare

Right Wing Watch: Klingenschmitt: Anti-Gay Bakers Are Blessing The Gay Community By 'Refusing To Participate In Their Acts Of Sodomy' 


4 comments:

  1. Fascinating piece from the Presbyterian Record. I would take it perhaps a step further and say that there is a natural affinity between a religious community and the narcissists who prey upon it.

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    1. Agi Tater -- The trust and adoration that religious communities show to their leaders would definitely appeal to narcissists.

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  2. I wasn't aware that baking a cake meant "participating in acts of sodomy". The recipes in his cookbook must be considerably more intriguing than I imagined.

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    1. Infidel -- What racy cookbooks does Klingerschmitt have on his shelf? It boggles the mind!

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