Joseph Smith and Brigham Young: Religious Prophets or Malignant Narcissists?

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young: Religious Prophets or Malignant Narcissists? I just had occassion to finish reading John Krakauer’s enthralling book Under the Banner of Heaven,  which tells the story of Ron and Dan Lafferty, brothers and members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, who in 1984 carried out the brutal murder of [...]

My rendition of Xenu

As I said in my last posting, I would be creating a picture of Xenu. Mine was done in MS Paint, the program that never changes, no matter what version of Windows you have. I think it looks pretty good. I was inspired by the rich tradition of Scientolology…I mean Scientology. What do you think? [...]

Contest: Draw Xenu and you could win a cash prize

In 1987 the BBC, long interested in exploring the cult of Scientology (yes, it is a cult, thank you very much), produced a cartoon to detail what Xenu, the intergalactic leader Scientologists blame for creating this whole mess we’re in. The BBC’s rendition of Xenu resembled a human being, although other versions, including one by [...]

If Christians actually embraced Biblical fundamentalism, there'd be a lot of stone chucking

It’s an often quoted passage from an ancient Jewish text used to add justification to opposition to the homosexual lifestyle: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.” Leviticus 20:13 Seen in ancient times, [...]