So in his honor, a verse that speculates on what really goes on in the college of cardinals as they go about the business of selecting a new guy to wear the funny hat: We struggle in vain to distinguish a MassFrom your typical Zombie behaviorAs they guzzle down red by the bottle or glassAnd …
Category Archive: Religion
Feb 08 2013
My Favorite Sins
Putting off problems to worry ‘bout later Spending my days as an internet hater Gorging on chicken with crispy fried skins These are a few of my favorite sins Fighting temptation with no hope of winning Glad that just thoughts, and not actions, are sinning Not what I do, but what’s buried within These are …
Feb 03 2013
“These Are Tough Days”
When the file release they had fought Caught them doing things nobody ought They said “These are tough days” Cos in so many ways It’s a terrible thing… getting caught. At Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral downtown, Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik asked parishioners Sunday “to pray fervently” for the victims of the clergy child abuse …
Jan 27 2013
Documentary: Bible Quiz
Via the Beeb, a story of the Bible Quiz culture–the director, raised Christian, left the faith in college. The documentary is her attempt at understanding the culture she left behind, and at sharing that understanding with her new, secular culture. Brief video trailer here. Others here.
Jan 13 2013
Science Can’t Explain It!
The science of biology has things it can’t explain Though it’s “Science has the answers!” as the boast. You can search the latest journals, but you’ll find you search in vain For the transubstantiation of the host! The biologists won’t touch it; it’s a truth they’ll never find— They refuse to even look for their …
Jan 04 2013
Greece And The Mortality Of Gods
Wait, Greece is saying it’s a crime to insult religion? But… but the whole country is a shining example of the fleeting existence of gods, and the evolutionary change of religious culture, as images of Zeus Apollonius are repurposed as Jesus, as the Parthenon becomes a church, becomes an ammo dump, becomes a ruin, becomes …
Jan 01 2013
Not Really Christian
Now, I know he reads the bible, and I know he goes to church He denounces sinful nature from his high and mighty perch He says gays and their supporters will be going straight to hell But he isn’t really Christian—I can tell. He’s a stern and forceful father, with a father’s iron hand He …
Dec 10 2012
God Is Not An Endangered Species
There’s freedom of religion, which we all acknowledge, but— While true freedom seems a rare thing… of religion, there’s a glut. The New York Times today has an Op-Ed piece by Frank Bruni that is well worth reading, entitled “The God Glut”. We have God on our dollars, God in our pledge of allegiance, God …
Nov 14 2012
It Was The Church
I was going to write a long diatribe… but honestly, the simple story is more moving than any framing I could possibly give it. I am late to the table when it comes to this story. But, frankly, to let that stop me from saying something would be wrong. People should be stopping each other …
Oct 31 2012
The Mitt Romney Mega Prayer!
The facts are clear; you must admit The time has come to pray for Mitt The time has come, if you believe, To pray all day—election eve And if it works—as well it may— We cannot lose, if we just stay At home, and pray and pray and pray From dawn to dusk, election day. …
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