Participation
- Erick Rhoan on Justice Injustice: I did. When you get items like “tony constable” (Jones) and “when the lady of the...
- adam on Anesthetized from Life: “Specifically, that nobody would have written such a ridiculous story if it weren’t true.”...
- Peter on Anesthetized from Life: The alleged virtues of faith were the capstone of the Easter sermon at Northwest, which gave the thing a...
- Calladus on Anesthetized from Life: I was disappointed to learn that the coffee and donuts at New Covenant Church in Fresno were not...
- Erick Rhoan on Anesthetized from Life: You were at church?
- Heath on Anesthetized from Life: “How do we know that Jesus was resurrected? Because the story makes no sense! And this makes our lives...
- Annie on Anesthetized from Life: Well said. I agree. I spent Easter morning riding around on my scooter enjoying the beautiful reality of...
- Peter on Constructive Talk about Values: Your applause is unwanted and unneeded. The point of this post and the last is that the way...
- EFletch on Constructive Talk about Values: “One of the great evils of religion is the way it tends to set values through power...
Archive
Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Problem of Legislative Prayer
Here’s a question from one of the letters published in The Fresno Bee today: How have we gotten to this point that a prayer mentioning Christ is unconstitutional? The question was prompted by a recent challenge to the Fresno City … Continue reading
Jess King of Somewhere Near Lindsey California
And if you thought the vile comments from Christians that I reproduced in my last two posts (“A Gallery of Local Hatred and Unreasoned Animosity” and “Unreason Veiled in Sentimentality is No Improvement“) weren’t offensive enough, my brother unfortunately managed … Continue reading
Unreason Veiled in Sentimentality is No Improvement
The same article I referred to in my last post—about unconstitutional prayers at Fresno City Council meetings—has also engendered a different kind of response. This one is not so obviously vicious, but it is equally unreasoned and just as disquieting. From … Continue reading
A Gallery of Local Hatred and Unreasoned Animosity
The Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics recently prompted the Freedom From Religion Foundation to send a warning letter to Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin about unconstitutional prayers at City Council meetings. I am not a member of CVAAS, but … Continue reading