The Cult of Fools – “Lindell: Knocking on your door to ask if you are dead” – Oct 10, 2021
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Does Gay Conversion Therapy actually work?
Back in the days when I attended a pentecostal group as a teen, there was a guy who was deemed to have a bit of a problem, he was attracted to other guys. The church leaders kept it all lowkey and “assisted” by engaging the services of a gay conversion specialist. The net effect is … Read more
Official Tennessee COVID response: No Masks, just Prayer and Fasting
The title above sounds like satire. Sadly it is ever so real. The Republican Governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, has announced this … That whooshing sound was the concept of a wall of separation between church and state flying off over the horizon. If he is going to do this there there are a couple … Read more
The Cult of Fools – “Texas: Reproductive rights – only for Virus, not Women” – Oct 03, 2021
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Claim: Drowned Child was resurrected from the dead
Once, when I was a teenager, I attended a Pentecostal group. I recall one meeting where at one point events took a rather unexpected turn. Pastor Nick had been running a rather normal meeting, when suddenly an elderly visitor had a bit of a turn. He went very pale, passed out, and slumped in his … Read more
The Scientific Answer: Is Smacking Children good or bad?
“Spare the rod & spoil the child” is a popular phrase to justify spanking. If we instead turn to scientific studies, then what will we find?