“J.F.K.’s speech was to reassure Americans that he wasn’t a religious fanatic…Mitt’s was to tell evangelical Christians, ‘I’m a religious fanatic just like you.
- Jon Krakauer, quoted in the New York Times.
If you haven’t already had the opportunity, I’d recommend Krakauer’s excellent and frightening book Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, [...]

“Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.”
–Mitt Romney, speaking today, Thursday December 6th.
Mitt Romney, shut the fuck up.
Seriously.
Combining ideas like ‘freedom’ and ‘religion,’ and making [...]

It seems to me that every time we hear of a flood or earthquake or terrorist attack, the blame lay on the ’sinners.’ “It’s because people are gay/ voting Democrat/ listening to rock music/ fornicating without permission from the church.” God hates everyone that we do.
Well, lightning struck a statue of [...]