I'm a Southern girl. Born in the South, raised in the South, and have rarely lived anywhere BUT the South. I actually love the South. I'll die in the South. Being a Southern girl, I...
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1. Horus (3100 B.C.)
Horus...
I'll admit that I'm a bit baffled by the ritualistic ceremony called "The Purity Ball." Why are young girls having a ritual to get their fathers involved with celebrating their virginity and proclaiming themselves her...
Get those side-eyes ready, America. Not only do creationists not believe in evolution, there's an entire Christian group of science dissidents who not only refuse to believe dinosaurs ever existed.
The group's belief is that the...
In the days before Indiana Governor Mike Pence was to sign the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, several major companies threatened to pull their businesses, and by extension tax money and jobs, out...
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You are what you believe.
At the core of each of us is our belief system. It is around that belief system that a large part of our personal identity...
Fulfilling his campaign promise to make America white again, President Donald Trump signed off on some executive orders that may have prevented his own mother and wife, Melania, from entering the United States. He also showed his...
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Maat was an Egyptian Goddess. From Tour Egypt:
Ma'at, unlike...
For years, the religious right has talked about building a "culture of life" in this country--one in which abortion is a thing of the past. We already know how far they're willing to go. By...
Donald Trump, who has said he will mandate we all say Merry Christmas when he is elected President, sent out cards that say Happy Holidays.
Yes, you read that correctly. A woman in Midtown, New York City was wearing traditional Muslim garb, and someone set her on fire. The unnamed 36-year-old woman had her blouse set on fire.
On Sunday, we remembered...
More often than not, the Bible is used to condemn LGBT people. Using the Bible to further discrimination is not a new concept. Over the years, the Bible has been used to condone segregation, condone...
When it comes to publishing anything, your title (or headline) is everything. Maybe that's what some of these authors were thinking -- "let me grab readers with a really whack title!". Or maybe they were...
This is a manifesto from someone on the Christian Left. That someone happens to be me. My name is Kyle Neven — and I am Christian.
This is my truth.
I’m sorry if it hurts.
Truth often does.
And from...
I am a southern pastor and an educated professor who lives in rural Arkansas amidst folks who own guns and vote Republican. I hold college degrees, I preach in two churches, and I teach history...
This asshole is at it again. RWNJ Arizona hate-pastor Steven Anderson talked about the death of pop star George Michael.
He thinks George Michael is burning in hell right now for being a "pervert" and a...
We all hear of the uber-crazy stuff that high-profile fundamentalists Christians say. Stupid Christian quotes are?gleefully reported by the liberal media, and rightly so. For those of us who are SANE Christians, it's a reminder...
Senator Jason Rapert of Arkansas has proposed a bill stating that marriage should only cover unions between a man and a woman. The Senator said:
"It is not bigoted to say that marriage is between a man...
There are plenty of ridiculously dumb fundie pastors out there on YouTube. Any extremist with a webcam and a microphone can put out their disgusting rhetoric.
Say hello to Dave Daubenmire. This Trump-supporting pastor has his own...
As a left-leaning evangelical Christian, one of the most disheartening anecdotes of the election was the discovery that a whopping 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. To most of them, Trump's outrageous...
