Archive for November, 2008
Why I Choose Reality
My good friend Adam Lee, also known as Ebonmuse, who runs one of the most popular and enduring atheist sites Daylight Atheism, wrote ...
Dalai Lama Slams Sex in Post-Hoc Rationalization
Sex invariably spells trouble, says Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, on Friday said sex spelt fleeting satisfaction and trouble later, while ...
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, 'Clairvoyant'
The above tagline (without the single quotes, of course) used to be one of the ways Elizabeth Clare Prophet was billed when appearing on ...
Prophets Discuss CUT's Failed War Prophecy
Following is a story that ran in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle print edition last Sunday, but did not make it online. Jessica pretty much nailed it, and quoted all ...
CUT Leaders Deny 1990 Nuclear War Prediction
More revisionist propaganda from CUT leaders in a new AP article: In March 1990, thousands of church members who had descended on the Yellowstone area entered the shelters to ...
Church Shooting May Be 'Honor Killing'
Church Shooting May Be 'Honor Killing' ...
CUT Doctrine More Complicated, Absurd than Christianity
Every time I reflect back on the absurdities I used to believe as a minister of The Summit Lighthouse and Church Universal & Triumphant ...
They Can Dish It Out, But They Can't Take It
Controversial 'Imagine No Religion' billboard removed in Rancho Cucamonga A billboard with the message "Imagine No Religion" is no more. Sign company General Outdoor removed the sign by ...
Prop. 8 Protest - A Beautiful Sight
I love the energy at this anti-Prop. 8 protest in San Diego. This bad law is SO getting tossed. You can't write discrimination into the state constitution without a supermajority ...
Happiness In Slavery
Following is a review posted at amazon.com of Alex Reichardt's book All For the Love of God: Life with Mark Prophet, A Modern-Day ...
The Futurist Predictions
Top ten forecasts from The Futurist magazine, worth a read: 1. Everything you say and do will be recorded by 2030. By the late 2010s, ubiquitous, ...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 6
Mark Prophet celebrates his last Christmas with staff in 1972. Florence Scott can be seen far right.
by Peter Arnone...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 5
Mark, Elizabeth, and Sean Prophet with members in Ghana, West Africa c. 1972 by Peter Arnone Continued from Part 4 Wine, Meatballs, and ...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 4
Mark Prophet with staff at Thanksgiving dinner c. late 1960s by Peter Arnone Continued from Part 3 Mistreatment of the elderly and ...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 3
Mark and Elizabeth Prophet pose with Mother Teresa c. 1970 by Peter Arnone Continued from Part 2 The Staff Meetings ...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 2
Mark and Elizabeth Prophet leading a service at La Tourelle (Colorado Springs) Early 1970s by Peter Arnone Continued from Part 1 Favoritism and Punishment: ...
Mark Prophet, The Man and the Myth: Part 1
Mark Prophet with followers c. 1965 I have recently read Alex Reichardt's flamboyantly fictional account of his years with Mark Prophet All For ...
A New Dawn
After living through the last eight wasted years in America--writing in outrage for seven of them--it's hard to overstate the elation I share with ...
Bias on bias
One-two punch for an election-eve finish. A veteran journalist has decided it's time for him to weigh in on media bias. It seemed the 2008 election had become enough of ...