Category Archives: Dumb Ideas about Religion
Put Down Your Swag and Follow Me
As a follower of Christ how much should I care about my image? I certainly know I shouldn’t spend too much thought or money on clothes. Christ made that pretty clear. Thrift stores help with this. I get to spend my money on important things, like student loans, while maintaining swag. In fact when a student says, “Where did you get that knit tie?” and I say, “From the thrift store,” it builds my ethos and ego.
As Dumb as the Market Demands: How to Make a Crappy Argument
If there is one thing I can teach my kids before I die it will be Never use a post hoc logical fallacy. A post hoc logical fallacy declares that correlation implies causation. Our example today is provided by Bryan Fischer, Director of Issue Analysis, American Family Association. In a post titled “Homosexuality, Hitler and ‘Don’t Ask Don’t [...]
It Turns Out Religion has no place in Religion
Despite all of my education I haven’t been able to break out of my old-fashioned religious beliefs. I know. It is embarrassing. It might also be harming society like Christopher Hitchens claims in God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. That’s pretty bad. Since I really want to be a good liberal American this is something [...]
Are You Christian or American?
Stanley Hauerwas has a fascinating insight into the word “we“: I always say I represent the “Tonto principle of Christian ethics.” When Tonto and the Lone Ranger found themselves surrounded by 20,000 Sioux, the Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “This looks pretty tough. What do you think we ought to do?” Tonto replied, [...]
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Note: Scholars BELIEVE this blog post was posted in September of 2012, but evidence suggests it comes from an August of 2012 Bokonon text. Scholars believe that this article can be attributed to Alfred Louis Cedeno or perhaps pseudo-Cedeno. Everyone is getting gospels published these days: Thomas, Mary, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and now Jesus wife. I think I’ll jump into the arena. I am going to model mine after Jesus’ wife because she got this cool write up by Harvard Magazine.
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Note: Scholars BELIEVE this blog post was posted in September of 2012, but evidence suggests it comes from an August of 2012 Bokonon text. Scholars believe that this article can be attributed to Alfred Louis Cedeno or perhaps pseudo-Cedeno. Everyone is getting gospels published these days: Thomas, Mary, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and now Jesus wife. [...]
