Now that I’m an ex-Christian, sometimes it feels like the veil has come off, and I’m able to see things more clearly than before. One of those things is just when America became ex-Christian itself. When I was a Christian, I used to think that America’s ex-Christian phase kicked off […]
I once had a friend who watched religious programming heavily – particularly the preaching ministries on Daystar or whatever other Christian channels were available. I used to listen to the radio versions of some of these shows long ago. They’re pretty educational at first, but after a while, they’re just […]
I saw something disturbing in the news today. No, nothing Donald Trump tweeted. Rather, the Parker Brothers game “Monopoly” is retiring one of its signature game pieces: The thimble. It was ousted by popular vote, so this was hardly an authoritarian or fascist move by Parker Brothers – sorry, I […]
We all want to believe in karma — i.e., “What goes around comes around”. Every religion that exists contains some expression of our desire that good be rewarded and evil be punished. Eastern religions generally subscribe to reincarnation, while Western religions look forward to an eventual resurrection, but both paradigms are built […]
(This is the last in a 3-part review of the pilot episode of FOX’s “Lucifer“. Here are where you can find Part 1 and Part 2.) Warning: SPOILERS beyond this point! A few minutes into the premiere episode of “Lucifer”, we have a meeting of angels — one being Lucifer (Tom Ellis) […]
Before I proceed with my review of the premiere of FOX’s newest show “Lucifer“, I have to make you aware of something that I hope you will all find quite shocking: Every now and then, I oops. Case in point, I wrote this in Part 1 of this series: So […]
As a longtime comics reader, I tend to watch anything comics-related that gets translated into movies or television. Not everything, mind you — I do have some amount of taste. I passed by “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” and both “Hellboy” movies, so it’s safe to say I don’t just […]
Since the recent Planned Parenthood attack (which may not have even been an attack on them specifically — still waiting to hear details on that), of course the cries of double standards are coming out of the woodwork: “How can you blame Islam for the murders committed by Islamic terrorists […]