Transubfrubriation Ain't Got Shit On Voodoo!

Thanks to the power of prayer -- and a near-accident -- a St. Paul woman, Mary Nabila Muma, has withdrawn her federal lawsuit against her ex-husband. That's the one in which she said another woman was using voodoo to steal Marcellus Muma from her.

Hocus Pocus

Yes but no but Yes linked to a comic I hadn't, heretofore, seen, called
Jesus hates Zombies." (link omitted, intentionally, read on, bitches)

Nice.

Pushes a lot of my buttons.


But, preparing a post, digging deeper, I found some links to some YouTube vids of Zombie Christ and thought:

a. Not funny (enough)

and

b. Not post-worthy

The point in starting this side-blog was to underline unfortunate, ill-informed ideas put forth by those who maintain a religious bent, and to highlight insightful ways that those who think otherwise state their case.

The zombie Jesus stuff feels like Marilyn Manson style "aren't I shocking you" nonsense.

We can do better.

Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral caught fire today. News reports told us that (thankfully) the sacraments were removed safely.

That's what we should talk about here. Magic crackers. The ludicrous belief in transubstantiation.

Eyeball of the Beholder

From the Guardian:

Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. In an interview with this week's Radio Times about his latest documentary, on Charles Darwin and natural selection, the broadcaster said: "They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance."

Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give "credit" to God, Attenborough added: "They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."

Christian Parenting on the Edge

My 17 year old son has been very secretive with me lately, recently he has started to refuse to go to church with the family and tonight when I was going through his room I found a magazine with naked men in it. He obviously has a girlfriend that he is hiding from me that brought that magazine into my home and I am afraid they are having intercourse and I am greatly concerned that he is going to get her pregnant.

What should I do about this?

This Is Artistic Expression

"There is no pornography here, there's no sex, there are no virgins menstruating or feeling each other up."

Christian Fanfic

Athanatos Christian Ministries is proud to announce that their first annual Christian writing contest is now accepting submissions.

http://christianwritingcontest.com

ACM is looking for fictional short stories that reflect and represent the Christian world view. The purpose is to raise up a generation of Christian writers who can engage our culture within the arts and compete in the secular arena (ala CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Dorothy Sayers, GK Chesterton, etc).

Cash prizes amount to over $2,000. College and high school students are encouraged to submit their short stories (3,000 to 7,500 words).

Two levels of competition: "High School" and "19 and Up" (college students, adults, retirees all welcome!)

Winners receive a cash award and are published in the contest anthology which is then made available through outlets such as Amazon.com. EVERY person who submits a story gets a copy of this anthology AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

http://christianwritingcontest.com

Hosted by Athanatos Christian Ministries
http://www.athanatosministries.org

Sweet Jesus

Jeebus is with you always... clicky