Elizabeth at The Joy of Knitting writes:

Oh, Elizabeth. Where to begin. I’ll start. You’re hurting the franchise. Read your damn Book. You are not showing “mutual respect, love, compassion, understanding, and integrity” with this post. You are showing quite the opposite. Save your prayers. Women like me would prefer you spend time on the hungry, the homeless, and the vulnerable. We? …

Sister Dolly Parton? Preach it!

Dolly Parton went on Larry King recently to reiterate that Christians aren’t put here to judge — really any one, but particularly members of the LGBTQ community.

Dammit, I hate it when an atheist knows us better than we now ourselves.

And thanks, Sharon, for letting me steal this offa you on Facebook.

Good God…

Some asylum seekers who are Christians are rejected if they can’t recite the Ten Commandments. Here’s weird: Christians do not, as a rule, follow the Ten Commandments (the language at that link is a little ignorant, but you’ll get the gist). So asking Christians to recite the Ten Commandments would be akin to asking a Jew to …

Yuck it up, Christians

Robyn Pennacchia at Wonkette has “The Twelve Ways (LIKE APOSTLES!!!!) We Are Persecuting Christians in the U.S. of A.” OK. I laughed. Do I need to turn in my Super Secret Christian Decoder Ring?

Check out this religion data

Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life has a treasure trove of information right here. For example, check out the dwindling numbers (and, one would assume, influence of) Christians in the U.S.

Welcome to Lent

For you non-practioners, here’s a little more on the start of a Christian holy season, which extends all the way to Easter. Typically, Christians who observe Lent choose to give up something important to them for the duration. If I observed Lent, I think I’d try to give up saying mean things about people. I don’t …

The God gap

So in today’s Iowa caucus (more on that here), Anne Pluta at the New York Times is watching the so-called “God gap,” or religiosity as opposed to religious affiliation. According to some research, people who are more observant (particularly among Christians) tend to vote Republican. Fascinating, yes?

What would you call Christians these days?

A pastor named Brian Zahnd went on Twitter last night and said that the concept of “evangelical” has been turned into something ugly, and though I don’t usually get into a lot of conversations on The Twitters, I agreed with him. So the conversation progressed: If “evangelical” now carries with it the stench of ugly, what should …

Greater love…

A Kenyan Muslim who shielded Christians from an attack by members of the terrorist group al-Shabaab in December has died of his wounds. In an interview before he died, Salah Farah said this: “They told us if you are a Muslim, we are safe. There were some people who were not Muslim. They hid their heads,” he said. …