Because I am always, always, attuned to your spiritual needs ...
First up is a preview of the 1973 blockbuster sidebuster "The Jesus Trip." (Hat Tip: Christian Nightmares via Trash Trailers)
Grab those Bibles and head for the IncrediWorld Amazement Park! Indoctrinate kids into Young Earth Creationism! This thrilling cash cow is brought to you by gay-bashing evangelicals at Berean Baptist Church (via Darrell at Stuff Fundies Like).
For any little heathens who still doubt The Lord's power over them, below is a quaint cartoon about God ordering Abraham to murder his own son. (The Almighty is testing his faith, presumably.) The cartoon Isaac, unlike any normal child, says "Yes!" when Dad reveals his plans to kill him, and willingly lies down on the altar to be butchered. On the right, "shunning pastor" Mark Driscoll explains God's cruelty, and even works into his spiel a jab at women's reproductive choices. In Driscoll's version of events "Isaac is an adult boy. Son. He carries his own wood on his back." An adult boy?
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The late great Christopher Hitchens responds to the story of Abraham and Isaac (Rated "R") ...
(Painting of Abraham and Isaac by Caravaggio.)






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