Category Archives: Religion

Freedom of Offending

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions.” –Staffan de Mistura, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, who is wrong about that. It feels weird having to defend a bizarre, craven Christian-supremacist.

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Religion is Here to Stay (or Physicists Should Only Model Particle Behavior)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

In the 1950s and ’60s, social scientists predicted that organized religion would give way to secularism. Among the leading proponents of that theory was Peter Berger, well-known sociologist of religion, who in 1968 predicted that “people will become so bored … Continue reading →

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Radicalization and the Semantics of Peter King

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

When asked by CNN reporter Dana Bash if he was “obsessed” with Muslim radicalization, Peter King responded: “I’m very focused.”  The profile piece Bash was writing, called “Peter King—What makes him tick?” (published last week) was an opportunity for the … Continue reading →

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God Has a Constitutional Right to Hate Fags and the Congregation of the Westboro Baptist Church Has a Right to Say So

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

I have always strenuously supported the Right of every Man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he … Continue reading →

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Glee and God

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

I started watching Glee a few weeks ago, and thanks to the show’s catchy songs and slightly cheesy high school plots, I’ve discovered what much of the country has: that Glee is completely addictive. I knew I had to write about … Continue reading →

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On ‘Hypocrisy’ – Ruminations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

  Do I contradict myself?  Very well then I contradict myself.  (I am large, I contain multitudes.) – Walt Whitman, Song of Myself As Martin Luther King Day approaches, tributes and dedications far more eloquent than any I could produce will … Continue reading →

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Noah, AIA LEED

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

At the beginning of December, Answers in Genesis, or AIG, announced the construction of a Creationism based theme park called Ark Encounter.  This same group brought us the Creation Museum and supports a radically biblical approach to global warming and “has made … Continue reading →

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40% of Americans Believe The Earth Began About The Time Human Beings Domesticated The Cat

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

If one is disposed to enjoying life – for at least some of one’s meager duration – as a privilege and a pleasure, one might call it fortunate that 13.7 billion years ago the universe was banged into existence.   Considering … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Henry T. Casey

I was raised to be a good Christian girl. When I was a child, I would spend hours meticulously setting up our nativity scene. Even now, I get a small joy deciding which shepherd gets to stand closest to the … Continue reading →

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A Godless Socialist's Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Henry T. Casey

  A Brief Preface Somewhere between the years 6 BC and 6 AD (to use the Christian nomenclature) in Bethlehem (one of the only details of the story that avoids dispute) a child was born to a virgin (or a … Continue reading →

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