The Virgin Mary Is Everywhere!
The latest sighting of the Virgin Mary is in a piece of wood in Rhode Island. Here’s the video report from television station WLNE, via ABC News. Here’s a screen capture of this piece of wood: The guy...
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Roman Catholic bishops in the US have become more militant than ever, over the last several years. (My own guess is that this is a push-back campaign in the wake of the pedophilia scandal.) At any...
View ArticleWar On Christmas 2011, Part 2
Cue the sanctimonious rage, the accusations that Christmas is being outlawed in in one US state, the wild-eyed delusional claims of Christian persecution. And what, you may ask, sparked the furor that...
View ArticleWar On Christmas 2012, Part Four
Bill O’Reilly is commander-in-chief in the so-called “war on Christmas.” His crying and bellyaching about the poor, put-upon Christians who’re insidiously being thwarted in their efforts to force all...
View ArticleThe Virgin Mary Shows Up Again In Rhode Island
Once again we have yet another example of a Virgin Mary sighting. And once again, people line up to gawk at this claimed apparition. This time, as reported by The Providence Journal, it’s atop a church...
View ArticleAnother Supposed “Miracle” In Rhode Island
Yet another miracle has the Ocean State all agog. This time it’s inside a church in Newport. The Providence Journal, among a number of media outlets, reports uncritically on a stain on the wall beneath...
View ArticleThe Virgin Mary Is Everywhere!
The latest sighting of the Virgin Mary is in a piece of wood in Rhode Island. Here’s the video report from television station WLNE, via ABC News. Here’s a screen capture of this piece of wood: The guy...
View ArticleThe Bishop Vs. A Kennedy
Roman Catholic bishops in the US have become more militant than ever, over the last several years. (My own guess is that this is a push-back campaign in the wake of the pedophilia scandal.) At any...
View ArticleWar On Christmas 2011, Part 2
Cue the sanctimonious rage, the accusations that Christmas is being outlawed in in one US state, the wild-eyed delusional claims of Christian persecution. And what, you may ask, sparked the furor that...
View ArticleWar On Christmas 2012, Part Four
Bill O’Reilly is commander-in-chief in the so-called “war on Christmas.” His crying and bellyaching about the poor, put-upon Christians who’re insidiously being thwarted in their efforts to force all...
View ArticleThe Virgin Mary Shows Up Again In Rhode Island
Once again we have yet another example of a Virgin Mary sighting. And once again, people line up to gawk at this claimed apparition. This time, as reported by The Providence Journal, it’s atop a church...
View ArticleAnother Supposed “Miracle” In Rhode Island
Yet another miracle has the Ocean State all agog. This time it’s inside a church in Newport. The Providence Journal, among a number of media outlets, reports uncritically on a stain on the wall beneath...
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