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Atheists and Christians Compete to Give More

…the Christians, with an apparently late-in-the-game representation by the site’s Muslim community. According to Religion News Service: It all started Dec. 8 when Margaret Crymes, a 26-year-old member of Reddit’s Christian group from Fullerton, Calif., suggested to the community that it raise money for the Christian relief group World Vision. “If every member of r/Christianity donates just $4.45, we can build a health clinic in an impoverished are…

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E-vangelism: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Blog-Ranking

…ediated colonization? Remarkably, some names and tags of social networking sites point clearly to the significance of cyber-missionary work and building God’s kingdom here on earth and online. The site ChristianNation.com is advertised as the “alternative to Myspace and Facebook,” while 5loaves.net is named to remind believers of the story of Christ feeding the thousands with five loaves and two fishes, and to represent the exponential multiplicat…

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Scope Bacon, Twttr Hoaxes & Joel Osteen’s Big Reveal

…announcement. The announcement even featured an attempt to discredit other sites to make the story seem more believable. It was the combination of all of these sites and sources, and the real news outlets that then picked the story up as newsworthy and continued to spread it—the self-justifying, logical circularity of “news” and an (at least initial) inability for users to distinguish between credible news outlets and non-credible ones—that contri…

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Bachmann’s “Dangerous” Summit

…ping equip Christians to know and understand the TRUTH.” “Caution,” the website warned in 2004, “the information contained on this web site may cause you to become dangerous!” The internet archive shows an amateurish site dedicated largely to attacks on evolution and encouraging students to question their teachers according to their “Christian worldview.” It touted “learning tools” on secular humanism, cosmic humanism, Marxist/Leninist ideology, e…

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Trump’s Bibles and Sneakers Campaigns Tell an Old Story About the Role of Race in Christian Nationalism

…ker vendor. Unlike the GBUSA website, The Never Surrender High-Top Sneaker site doesn’t make grand claims about patriotism and values. Moreover, there’s no formal advertising campaign, and the site is much less polished. In addition, unlike its counterpart, it lacks photos of families, celebrities, and politicians proudly brandishing the product. “The Never Surrender” sneaker page is busy, tacky, and cluttered with multi-angle images of the gold f…

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It’s Not Just About Ground Zero

…ghtly. There is no hiding here behind the idea of opposition to a specific site such as Ground Zero, or the need to be sensitive to the raw emotions of 9/11 families. Here is the underlying, perverted “logic” revealed in all its horrific glory. Like the woman in California, Fischer pretends to honor the principle while abandoning it: “Because of this subversive ideology, Muslims cannot claim religious freedom protections under the First Amendment….

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Gay by the Grace of God

…aights become gay. According to film producer Max Mitchell, creator of the site, “Jesus Christ has the power to end heterosexuals’ misery and make them happy well-adjusted gays.” The site promises to help release people “from the shackles of straight life,” and provides testimonies from those who “Prayed and Got Laid.” Mary Bermanoff, of Dearborn, another ex-straight, says she’s never been so happy. “I truly am born again. Who knew Jesus could mak…

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A Bill Passes, Westboro Baptists Shrug

…d after a funeral and within 300 feet of the entrance or exit of a funeral site and within 500 feet of the border of a funeral site. As with the Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act, which was signed into law by George W. Bush in 2006, this law aims to prevent pickets by members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, which links military deaths to America’s tolerance of homosexuality.  According to Westboro Baptists, America toler…

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“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage

…hing terrible had taken place was the significant police presence. As we visited Ferguson Market and Liquor, the corner store Michael Brown visited before heading to his encounter with Wilson on Canfield Drive, there were at least six Ferguson police officers with accompanying cruisers guarding the entrance to the liquor store that had become a hotspot for protests in the wake of Brown’s murder. “The story of Ferguson didn’t start on Canfield Driv…

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Travolta Airlifts Scientology, Supplies, to Haiti

…ters and other recovery workers the opportunity to partake in the “purification rundown” developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Despite intense criticism of this detox program from the medical facility, this program remains in operation. New York City was by no means the only disaster site targeted for clearing by the Church of Scientology. Whenever one finds a disaster that makes the international news (like the tsunami in Indonesia), o…

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