Tag: god
member name: Ian Thorpe
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March 14, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
This is a story I posted on Boggart Blog three years ago, before I was at Gather. I exhume it now because a) its funny; b) the phenomenon is happening again I hear.
Wild life experts around . . .
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April 13, 2008 12:11 PM EDT --
Why are there so many flavours of Gather Thought Police. And why do these people have in common that irritating trait of hitting the keyboard before they switch on their brain.
Today someone called . . .
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August 09, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
After a lifetime of denouncing all things religious, it seems I may be due for a rethink.
Having heard rumours over several weeks to the effect that rent-boy-bothering evangelical preacher Ted Haggard . . .
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April 11, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
Thinking Outside The Bubble
Readers who prefer a larger typeface with more whitespace between lines may like to read this article at Greenteeth Multi Media The link opens the page in . . .
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March 21, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
Peccavimus
(we have sinned)
The world spins endlessly around
its dying sun in endless space.
Seers and science seek a sign;
are we alone or might we be
mutations of an older race
planted . . .
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August 04, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
An American Evangelical "Rhinestone" Pastor was on tour in Britain a few weeks ago, his mission is to save our stools. Joel Osteen, leader of the independent Lakewood Church (independent, that . . .
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December 14, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
I am always gobsmacked at how each Doomsday Cult can manage to be crazier than the last. The latest, the name of which I forget for the moment, led by a self appointed Messiah called Michael . . .
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December 17, 2007 12:21 PM EST --
This is not Blasphemous, honestly. (Did someone say "Well there's a first for you Ian?" Infamy!)
To help get into the spirit of Christmas I want to tell you about a series . . .
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January 22, 2008 12:32 PM EST --
Rethinking My Beliefs
As readers know I am not at all a religious person. The belief system I find closest to my view of life is Druidism. Now Druids have suffered a lot from the negative spin put . . .
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February 21, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
One of the big news items of last week was the story of the baby about eighteen months old in Tennessee who was carried into the air by a tornado but safely deposited in a nearby field to be found by . . .
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February 24, 2008 12:35 PM EST --
A TRIBUTE to and written in the style of the late great Spike Milligan probably the funniest man who ever lived, this story is based on a two minute monologue Spike performs on a 40 year . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Part 1 of 2 on the question that has kept scientists arguing for years - mostly because it belongs in the realm of philosophy. Lots of humour is this take on the topic.
Readers who prefer an eye . . .
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March 18, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
What's the difference between a Christian and a stockbroker?
The stockbroker knows he's lying
Jesus died on the cross for your sins.
So why beat yourself up with guilt? Enjoy your . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:41 PM EDT --
A LARGE PRINT version of this is available at Greenteeth Multi Media Follow the link to open the pager in a new window. A button is provided to close the Greenteeth window and return you . . .
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May 07, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
When it is late but you are not sleepy, that is the time a documentary about a bunch of religious nutters is very welcome.
Last night was such a time for me and luckily Channel 4 obliged with a program . . .
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July 29, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
Plenty of religious zealots have been styled "The Hound Of God" for their unrelenting pursuit of "heretics." With that in mind I wrote this piece of Doggerel to chronicle the efforts . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
Part 3 of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control
Readers who prefer LARGER . . .
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April 02, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Part 4 and conclusion of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control Part 3 . . .
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March 28, 2006 12:28 PM EST --
Once again I begin by saying that I have no problem with most religions, I only take issue with those that try to insist their belief system is the absolute truth and nobody must ever question it. . . .
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February 05, 2008 12:03 PM EST --
Some time ago my dear friend Sandy Knauer drew my attention to a quasi-religious organisation named Quiverfull. Sandy wanted me to have a shot at writing a satirical article ridiculing these idiots whose . . .
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