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Monthly Archives: May 2015

It was recently pointed out to me that this blog has a bit of an attitude. Someone whose work I respect mentioned that they are a Christian, yet they don’t shove their beliefs down the throats of others. They don’t flip out over the idea of a wedding cake for […]

Christians vs The Christian Right

May 29, 2015 in My Pagan Path / The Christian Cult by admin

Josh Duggar is having a bad week. Up till now, he had no doubt assumed his prior transgressions – molesting young girls, including his sisters – would stay swept under the rug. And that he could therefore continue his “ministry” with the Family Research Council, warning society of the dangers […]

Josh Duggar And The Role Of Sin Forgiveness

May 22, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged 19 kids and counting / Duggars / hypocrisy / right wing by admin

It can get a bit tricky to practice Pagan rituals when you are not fully “out of the broom closet” to your family. My kids (both teens who somewhat know what I’m into now) are the only ones here for the most part as the hubs (still a fundamentalist Christian […]

Creating My Ritual Space

May 21, 2015 in Garden Magic / My Pagan Path / Pagan Basics tagged gardening / healing / magic / paganism / ritual / spring by admin

On Saturday afternoon, May 2 a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit western Michigan. It was centered 8km south of Galesburg, outside of Kalamazoo. Earthquakes are fairly rare in Michigan, but not unheard of. In fact, this is only the second-strongest one ever recorded in that state. About 120 or so miles to […]

Earthquake In Michigan Caused By UPC Church Service

May 18, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / bogus miracles / preachers / Rev. Lee Stoneking / UPC by admin

I stumbled across a brilliant article on Patheos today. It’s a repost, but the first time I’m seeing it. The title is, “I Worship Satan And You Do Too.” I love this article because it perfectly explains the way Evangelicals think when it comes to … well anybody but their […]

No, I Do Not Worship Satan

May 18, 2015 in My Pagan Path by admin

I discovered this gem while researching for my article on Lee Stoneking lying to the United Nations. Seems his “miraculous healing” isn’t all that Stoneking likes to play loosie-truthies with. That story could (if you’re feeling really generous) be labeled a (gross, extreme, huge) exaggeration. This one, however… not so […]

Lee Stoneking Lies Again: Osama’s 40 Wives

May 15, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged fake / Lee Stoneking / lies / preachers / UPC by admin

In case you missed it, UPC superstar evangelist Lee Stoneking spoke to the UN toward the end of April. And totally exaggerated, misrepresented, and LIED about his infamous (inside the UPC) testimony about being miraculously healed from a heart attack. If you haven’t read it, please do. So I have a […]

Rev. Lee Stoneking Lies At The UN Part 2

May 15, 2015 in My UPC Experience tagged bogus miracles / dishonesty / fake / preachers / Rev. Lee Stoneking / UPC by admin

The fact that we were sitting together at lunch on Saturday could be considered a triumph of enduring friendship. We’d been friends since riding the same bus to junior high in 1980-something. I remember when he first came out, his first boyfriend. He was one of my very closest friends. […]

Why Are Conservative Christians So Terrified Of Gays And Their ...

May 14, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

Christianity is losing members, according to Pew Research. The foundation released polling data completed in 2014 that shows a 7.8 percentage point drop in the number of Americans identifying themselves as Christians since 2007. According to the survey, the sharpest decline was among mainline Protestants and Catholics – the denominations […]

Pew Research Says Christianity Declining In America. Wonder Why?

May 12, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin

It was the third day in a row, and my 3 year old son was tugging on my hand. “Please, Mommy!” he was saying. “Don’t sit in the chair today!” I looked into his big green eyes, so like my own. I loved him so very much. I desperately wanted to […]

Not Loving Stay At Home Motherhood Is Because Of Satan

May 8, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin

This image was in my facebook feed this morning from someone I used to go to church with: During the entire week of the actual rioting, these same people were posting memes about the difference between protesting and rioting, and how protesting was acceptable and rioting was not. Hypocritical much? […]

Christian Right Thinks Baltimore Protesters Are “Worthless”

May 8, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

We Pagans had Beltane last week. This week, the Christians have a holiday, well sort of. The National Day of Prayer was originally called for in 1952 when Congress passed a law saying one day a year should be set aside for prayer. In 1988 Ronald Reagan signed a law […]

Christian Hijacking Of National Day Of Prayer Is Unconstitutional

May 7, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin