Jason Rapert anti gay
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...
March in Arkansas can go either way: still below freezing and snowing, or already 80 degrees and humid. Driving down the two lane highway on the edge of the Ouachita Forest that March day was...
If you talk to any preacher or scholar of biblical studies, they will tell you that the Bible contains no contradictions. They say really dumb things like this: I could not estimate how many times I...
Pope Francis has pointed out to a group of reporters that people who carry out violent atrocities are just as likely to be members of his own Catholic church as followers of Islam. He said: “I...
// // In the near future, Reverend Christopher Benek plans to expand his congregation in a most unusual way: he intends to convert robots and machines with artificial intelligence (AI) to Christianity. In case you're...
Having been born and raised in Georgia, I can attest to the fact that folks in this part of the country take their religion very seriously. Too seriously at times, in my opinion. And this...
bible homosexuality
"There's no reason why faithful Christians can't support their gay brothers and sisters. It's time." Matthew Vines is the author of?God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships?and he founded The...
Dan Johnson At Heart Of Fire Church
On Wednesday, the body of controversial Republican state Rep. Dan Johnson was discovered near Mount Washington. The Kentucky legislator died from apparent suicide by a semi-automatic handgun. His death happened a day after Johnson denied...
There is an epidemic of self-righteousness in America today, and it's spreading like wildfire with no end in sight. Every day, no matter if it's local news, cable news, talk radio, or social media you're...
mormon
Russell Marion Nelson Sr., president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, to impart "the white Lord's wisdom" upon about 2000 of God's less fortunate dark-skinned children. Many East...
The folks over at The New Civil Rights Movement pulled together this splendid collection of pics of 2016 GOP hopefuls hanging out with confessed child molester Josh Duggar. From The New Civil Rights Movement: This report isn't...
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...
Romans 14:19       So let’s strive for the things that bring peace and the things that build each other up. As I sit here in my safe home far away in Arkansas, and I watch...
Foreign Policy
Numbers suck. Take 171,175 for example. That's the total number of civilians that have been killed as a direct consequence of the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq. Or how about 6 trillion, the anticipated dollar cost of said war...
purity ring virginity
I've been a Christian for a little over three years and I have firsthand experience with the kind of torturous insecurity that develops when one adopts the mindset most Christians have today. Before I became...
In the 24 hours or since a federal judge declared Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis in contempt for her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses, we've heard a great deal of hyperbolic and ridiculous...
UN Secretary General On Jerusalem
In an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to officially move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This action drew condemnation from the United Nations (U.N.), European Union (E.U.)...
These are just a few things that were?posted on the Liberal America Facebook page, misspellings and other grammatical errors included, in response to the recent article?"You're an Atheist!!!" "John 3-16 Jeremiah 29-11"? "Sorry, but if you don't...
Steve Strang posing with a copy of Jonathan Cahn's book, "The Harbinger" (image courtesy Strang's Twitter)
By any standard, Donald Trump enters 2018 on very shaky ground. As of Friday night, his average approval rating, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight, stands at 39.1 percent. While his numbers have ticked up slightly since...
religious intolerance
By now, everyone has heard about the infamous Duggar scandal. The controversy revolving around the Duggars doesn't show signs of stopping anytime soon. Developments with the Duggar scandal have been getting progressively worse. Whether it's...