A Passion For The Christ
A lot of people are dressing up like Jesus nowadays, whether to protest, make a statement, or support your local sports team. Well, WWJD? Apparently about anything in this week's edition of Funny! Check it out. |
Do You Know God?
Go Forth and Multiply
LOAI discusses the opposition to family planning in this week's edition of Thoughts. From the Duggars to the Pope we're doing it like bunnies, fast and furious and without a thought to contraception.
This Flat Earth
This week's Sunday School lesson is a lesson in Geography straight from the pages of the Bible. Religion has inspired the obstanate likes of the modern Flat Earth Society, Bible Truthers so determined that science and good reason won't sway them. Just like King Ferdinand in the old Bugs Bunny cartoon says, "The Earth...she is flat!" |
Kevin Swanson
Kevin Swanson is the right wing radio host who refers to Abraham Lincoln as a godless communist for freeing the slaves, claims the movie‘Frozen’ is leading kids to homosexuality and bestiality, and that gay couples should be told to die on their wedding day. He warns parents of the Pink Mafia and lesbian Girl Scout cookies, but they put a microphone in front of him anyway. MORE ON KEVIN SWANSON IN ‘NEWS’ |
Douglas Adams
This month LOAI dedicates the page to the late great Douglas Adams, British humorist and fellow atheist. So as we honor the man who taught us how to hitchhike the universe and appreciate endangered wildlife, the blog features a number of his infamous quotes and a slide show. And always remember that 42 is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. |
Quote of the Month
This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt |
"What should we think about death?"
Depictions of Atheists in Pop Culture
LOAI takes a look at how atheists are depicted and viewed in popular culture. Did you know that atheists want to bring the downfall of civilization, cause wars, enslave your children? (I had no idea I was doing these things…). Take a look at some of the popular representations of the non-religious in this week’s FUNNY!. You'll be too scared to look at yourself in the mirror. |
Sunday School Lesson #5: The Case for Slavery
This week we're learning about slavery in the Bible. Is it forbidden? Is it a sin? The answer may (or may not) surprise you. Plus tips from Jesus on handling slaves. It's all in this week's Sunday School lesson. CLICK HERE |
10 Questions to Ask Evolutionists : A Response
LOAI takes up the challenge 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK EVOLUTIONISTS posted by a creationist blog. Everything from sex to the Big Bang (not the same thing it turns out) is addressed in this no holds barred contest of ideas. Let's go! |
LOAI's Guide to Christian Teen Books
This week LOAI offers a survey of Christian books for teens. Wondering if God has a special plan just for you? Boyfriend pressuring you to have premarital sex? Teacher telling you that evolution is not just some crackpot theory? Check out these books for makeup and staight up talk about growing up faithful. LINK TO SLIDESHOW |
The Real Shame of Biblical Illiteracy
This month LOAI explores Christian ignorance of their own Bible outside of pop culture reference and daily devotionals. From Celebrities to Politicians, people are yelling it from the mountain tops and getting it wrong. CLICK HERE TO READ |
The Bible 2.0: the Upgrade
Tea Party Revisions
Lone Star Education
The problems with the American educational system and the influence of the Religious Right are magnified in Texas. Despite their students being dead last in this year's national ranking, Texas initiatives are being exported across the country by fundamentalists afraid of basic knowledge. LOAI takes a brief look at Texas Education, coming soon to a school board near you. LINK TO FULL ARTICLE
The Church can't keep it's mind off sex
LOAI this week deals with the sex-obsessed and depravity of the Christian Church. We're donning our leather studded collars and pointy boots for a look at what goes on behind the big double doors of righteous indignation. CLICK HERE FOR SLIDE SHOW
Jesus picks a winner in the FIFA World Cup
And fans are stunned.... LINK TO NEWS
LOAI Sporting One For God
Are you an athlete who loves Jesus? I mean REALLY loves Jesus. Well, time to impress the masses with how your God's biggest fan. We take a look the weird, demonstrative and downright funny ways players are giving it up for the Big Coach in the Sky. CLICK FOR ARTICLE AND SLIDESHOW
James Randi takes on Oprah and Dr. Oz
This is the incredible (not a hyperbole) James Randi, professional skeptic, magician and most importantly fraud debuker, talking about what you see presented as fact on television. He's been taking down faith healers and spoon benders for years and is coming out with more. VIDEO LINK
An Atheist Prayer
I guess I kind of feel left out of the whole talking to God thing. Perhaps you do as well. So I put together a little something for me and my kind to put our hands together, get down on our knees and thank the Invisible Man in the sky. CLICK HERE FOR POST
Sunday School Lesson
This week we learn how God dealt with bad neighbors - he copied and emulated them. Our lesson examines the "jealous god" of the old testament. So comb your hair and put on your Sunday best. We're keeping up with the Joneses biblical style. FULL ARTICLE
Yes, this is a thing!
A recent sighting prompted me to explore the phenomenum of modern day cross bearing, those who shoulder their faith around town, state-to-state, across (pun intended) country, or around the world. These road warriors quit their jobs to panhandle Christ along our highways and byways. So get your shoulder to the pine and let's go trekking by clicking the link below.
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Christian Rock!
Time for LOAI's tribute to Christian Rock. We've donned out Stryper duds and teased our hair for some good clean Christian jams, always keeping our eyes closed and our hands to the skies. Click here for Full Throttle worship!
Why the Creation Museum Is So Excited About Ebenezer, Its New Dinosaur Skeleton
Ebenezer, a fossilized skeleton of an Allosaurus, sits at the center of a big new dinosaur exhibit at the Creation Museum. He is, in a way, a coup for the Young Earth Creationists who run the space: a "world class" specimen with a "wow factor" that the museum hopes will underline to its visitors that the dinosaurs roamed the Earth only 4,300 years ago. And they also hope that scientists — the kind who have dated fossils like it to the very un-Biblical number of hundreds of millions of years old — will be inspired to come and study the skeleton, making the Creation Museum the world's most unlikely research institution. READ FULL ATLANTIC ARTICLE
I Believe In The Flintstones
I believe in the Flintstones. I believe early man shaved with a clam, moved
about in stone cars powered by their feet, and listened to phonographs played
on bird beaks. Wives used wooly mammoth
trunks to vacuum fur carpets and wash stone dishes. I also believe that they spoke perfect
English, and for some reason the names they chose for themselves were
lithologically based. READ FULL POST HERE
LOAI Guide to Modern Baptism
Now that the weather's getting warmer, it's time to start thinking of dedicating yourself to the Lord. So put on your best suit or swim trunks...or favorite Harley t-shirt and grab the right Reverend Chlorine - let's all jump in for that old timey religion with the contemporary twist! HALLELUJAH!
The Ark: Could Noah's Tale Be True?
The new film "Noah" stars Russell Crowe as the man
chosen by God to collect pairs of Earth's animals on a massive ark to save them
from a global flood. The film, which opened March 28, is sizing up to be a
Biblical blockbuster, replete with star power and stunning special effects. But
how realistic is it? READ FULL LIVESCIENCE ARTICLE
'No-one has done more than Church' against sex abuse: Pope
- Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.
"The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility. No-one else has done more. Yet the Church is the only one to have been attacked," he said in an interview with Il Corriere della Sera daily published Wednesday. READ FULL ARTICLE
14 Wacky "Facts" Kids Will Learn in Louisiana's Voucher Schools
Thanks to a new law privatizing public education in
Louisiana, Bible-based curriculum can now indoctrinate young, pliant minds with
the good news of the Lord—all on the state taxpayers' dime.
Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program, considered the most sweeping in the country, Louisiana is poised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help poor and middle-class students from the state's notoriously terrible public schools receive a private education. While the governor's plan sounds great in the glittery parlance of the state's PR machine, the program is rife with accountability problems that actually haven't been solved by the new standards the Louisiana Department of Education adopted two weeks ago. READ FULL MOTHER JONES ARTICLE
Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program, considered the most sweeping in the country, Louisiana is poised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help poor and middle-class students from the state's notoriously terrible public schools receive a private education. While the governor's plan sounds great in the glittery parlance of the state's PR machine, the program is rife with accountability problems that actually haven't been solved by the new standards the Louisiana Department of Education adopted two weeks ago. READ FULL MOTHER JONES ARTICLE
Terrible Lie
The one lie that’s brought more misery to the human race
than any other is that the good and faithful go to Heaven and everyone else
goes to Hell. Some form of it exists in
most religions. Even those which adhere
to enlightenment and reincarnation you may come back as a leech or stink bug if
you misbehave in this life. READ FULL ARTICLE
I feel bad for the snake
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation" has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service in Kentucky. Jamie Coots was handling a rattlesnake at his Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro when he was bitten on the hand Saturday night. READ AP ARTICLE
Burden of Proof
“More importantly, the Bible believing creationist will be
careful to confine himself to speculations that are consistent with God’s
Word.” - Quote from an anti-evolution
website.
Those constantly questioning evolution, looking to poke a hole, keep science on its toes, providing a public service in keeping due diligence in the scientific community. The usual targets are the rapidly disappearing gaps in the fossil record or past overreaching by a single fossil hunter, corrected by peer evolutionary biologists, not creationists as they would have you believe. READ FULL POST
Those constantly questioning evolution, looking to poke a hole, keep science on its toes, providing a public service in keeping due diligence in the scientific community. The usual targets are the rapidly disappearing gaps in the fossil record or past overreaching by a single fossil hunter, corrected by peer evolutionary biologists, not creationists as they would have you believe. READ FULL POST
Pope 2.0
I guess we’re supposed to rejoice that the new pope finally seems
to get it, and be happy that the Catholic Church coming around after two
thousand years of inflicting unfettered misery on the world. The new guy to don the big pointy hat has every late night
show falling in love with him, and every magazine has contracted Francis Fever,
tracking each wonderful photo-op. Pope
Francis makes a new open statement almost daily now that it seems he’s alright
with the rest of us, except for that American nun’s group which wanted to help
the poor AND gay rights AND he retracted that statement about atheists being
good people – I guess we are not getting into Heaven after all (sigh!). READ FULL POST
Sunday School Lesson #2: Stoning from the Glass House
God's Money
Money’s all consuming possession touches almost every part of the world even those sacred institutions which profess to be above it. Despite Pope Francis being called a Marxist (even by some of his own), the Vatican Bank still veils itself in the secrecy and self-indulging that makes Wall Street salivate. Between that and the legal defense of boy diddling priests you would think parishioners might begin to get wise, but no. Such is the grip that this institution holds on its faithful. READ MORE
God's Toetappers
Just in time for Christmas, the weird and inexplicable albums of Christian music are featured in the Funny tab. CLICK HERE
Just Believe
Believe something we are told. A billboard touting religion, any religion,
going by my slowing Honda, implied that the key to personal fulfillment and
happiness is a belief in God. An idea that would have made Martin Luther’s head
explode. Faith is good for ya’, like pilates or low fat yogurt. Modern media’s
all inter-faith councils (those quirky clergymen, usually represented by a
Rabbi, Priest, and Pastor, that appear on the morning shows to explain the
spiritual vantage of world events) want us just to believe in God. Choosing a
creed becomes as easy as a trip to the mall. Does having a spiritual life
necessarily equal happiness? READ FULL POST HERE
going by my slowing Honda, implied that the key to personal fulfillment and
happiness is a belief in God. An idea that would have made Martin Luther’s head
explode. Faith is good for ya’, like pilates or low fat yogurt. Modern media’s
all inter-faith councils (those quirky clergymen, usually represented by a
Rabbi, Priest, and Pastor, that appear on the morning shows to explain the
spiritual vantage of world events) want us just to believe in God. Choosing a
creed becomes as easy as a trip to the mall. Does having a spiritual life
necessarily equal happiness? READ FULL POST HERE
Martyr: the Other White Meat
Martyrdom, that special holy ordination, is a club which requires suffering or death to get in, inspiration for acts of insanity. A martyr is the embodiment of true faith, a devotee, willing to lay down life and limb for God. In earlier days men and women dreamed of dying for the cause, going to the distant ends of the earth to get roasted for the cause. No wonder a psychological condition was named for the act called “martyr complex”, the mental state of feeling sorry for oneself through often self-inflicted or imagined suffering to fill an emotional void. Everybody works with a pain in the posterior sporting one of these. READ FULL POST
One More Thought on the Affordable Care Act and Religious Outrage
Despite the church’s hard stance on birth control and the stance taken against the Affordable Care Act, most Catholics in the U.S. are not morally opposed to contraceptives. Their leadership, also filing suit against free will and personal responsibility, for decades have confused preventing pregnancy with aborting a fetus (I refer you to Monty Python’s Every Sperm is Sacred). Birth control pills work in a number of ways including stopping ovulation or release of the egg to be fertilized. The pill also makes it harder for a sperm to fertilize the egg. If that does not work, the pill also stimulates hormones which make the womb inhospitable to a fertilized egg (aha! says the Bishop). READ FULL POST
Now With 25% More Jesus
They probably read it.
Costco recently roused the ire of Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach when he discovered a stack of Bibles with a 'Fiction' sticker at their Simi Valley, Calif. location. He told Todd Starnes of Fox News, "All the Bibles were labeled as fiction. It seemed bizarre to me." READ MORE