Times When Belief Interferes With Sound Judgment

First up, a church sues former members for being critical of their beliefs.  Think they’re being a bit ballsy here?  Well, here are their reasons and you can be the judge: “We have not gone hastily to court,” O’Neal said in a statement released to msnbc.com. “For three and a half years this group has [...]

Republicans Kill Civil Unions in Colorado

Because when redefining ‘marriage’ to destroy ones ability to live happily with another human being isn’t enough, the next step is to take away any semblance of happiness from them.  And this is the real tragedy here.  It isn’t about making ‘marriage’ between a man and a woman, it is about systematically stripping away rights [...]

North Carolina Bans Gay Marriage…

North Carolina voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution which limits marriage to traditional one man-one woman marriages. With all of the state’s 100 counties reporting, the amendment won in a landslide, with 61 percent of the vote. via NBC Politics – North Carolina approves ban on same-sex marriage by wide [...]

Therefore Aliens…

io9 had an interesting article circulating today about alien abductees, their portraits (themselves and the images they have drawn of their encounters) and the stories they tell.  The stories seem to be very personal, but that is where my sympathy ends.  Clearly there is something wrong here; either a mental issue or a craving for [...]

The Ouija Board Said Do It: Also Known As Not Taking Responsibility For Your Actions

Another case where belief has driven someone to do something terrible. MCALLEN, Texas — A Texas teenager charged in the stabbing of his 14-year-old friend said a Ouija board told him to carry out the attack, police said on Friday. The 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing his friend with a [...]

Monday Morning and Already Two Cases Where Belief has Caused Depravity

I’ve said it before, belief can be beautiful but it can be deadly and depraved as well.  First, an insane (she has to be, no ifs or buts about it) woman cut her sons throat to release the demons (no seriously): MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A mother accused of slitting her 5-year-old’s throat early Saturday [...]

What are the Criticisms of the ‘Jonah’ Ossuary?

I thought I’d take a step back for a moment and make more clear the issues of the ‘Jonah’ ossuary.  It seems that many have taken my words and the words of others and turned them into something far different than I had intended.  Every once in a while the true argument is lost, awash [...]

A Possible Handle on Image 5 of the Amphora?

The other day while writing my post up using Rahmani’s catalog, I noticed something in image 5 from the Jesus Discovery website.  I went ahead and highlighted the image: It is faint, but it looks like it belongs to the rest if the iconography.  Now compare that to my posted images courtesy of Rahmani and [...]

Anecdotal Evidence Isn’t Really Evidence

It appears that Simcha, or those with him, really wants this completely CGI’d image of an actual amphora/unguentarium ossuary iconography–wrongly oriented even in their header below–to be a fish: I mean they really, really want this to be a fish.  Some members of the ‘Christian fish cohort’ (descriptors fail me today) have gone so far [...]

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