Tag Archives: Religion

One Nation, Under God

January 16, 2008 – 7:51 am

I was going to write something snarky about Huckabee’s comments on the Constitution, but Archy has already said everything I would have, and better: Mike Huckabee doesn’t like it when people question him about his religion. He assures us that he won’t try to force his religion on us if he becomes president. He wants [...]

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Freedom

December 11, 2007 – 10:22 am

There’s an interesting discussion at The Dawn Treader about the idea that freedom requires religion (and vice versa), as suggested by Mitt Romney recently. To paraphrase my argument and that of others, at first blush it’s a statement that makes you think ‘yes!’ or ‘no!’ depending on your leanings. But a little more thought shows [...]

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My Religion

October 12, 2007 – 10:02 am

If you’ve been wondering about my core beliefs:

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Uncomfortable Experiment

October 10, 2007 – 8:26 am

Continuing on from yesterday’s post in a small way, a conservative Christian minister has been found dead from apparent autoerotic misadventure. Here’s how his attire was described: Clothing: The decedent was received wearing two (2) wet suits, one scuba diving mask, one pair of diving gloves, one pair of slippers, one pair of rubber underwear, [...]

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Low-Level Smiting

September 26, 2007 – 10:39 am

Almost every day for over 3 weeks I’ve driven through the same set of temporary traffic lights due to some roadworks. That’s at least 36 trips through these lights. I would guess that there’s a 60% chance of hitting the light on red (50:50, minus the time when both sides are red to allow traffic [...]

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