eschatology
E-Cards for the Left Behind
So suppose one day you wake up and all your Christian friends have mysteriously gone missing. It’s creepy, and everyone around you is trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Luckily, a few days later you check your email to find you have received the following letter: Dear Friend; This message has…
Smell You Later, Jesus
Sometimes odd things cheer me up. Sometimes I get into moods, OK? Maybe sometimes I get into certifiable mood disorders which may or may not be detailed in the DSM-IV? Maybe sometimes I get in the car in said moods and have odd accidents? Maybe for this reason my husband has named the worst of…
Christian Community Lifestyle, Eh?
This new radio PSA says I should have my documents safe in case “something happens” and it kinda freaks me out @
Elie Wiesel to Speak at Anti-Semitic Event
Activist Rachel Tabachnik writes: Tomorrow night (Sunday, Oct. 25) Elie Wiesel will be the keynote speaker at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church for Christians United For Israel’s Night to Honor Israel. This is a devastating development which is difficult to comprehend. Wiesel has spent his life combatting racism and fighting for human rights. Bruce Wilson and…
Spaceship Jesus Will Come Back and Whisk Us Away
The disastrous politics of Rapture, in an excerpt from Patience with God.
Will Mormons Preserve American Civilization?
Inspired by a hint from Mormon sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card, Josh Levin has a piece at Slate suggesting that Mormonism might be for American culture what the Catholic Church was for Rome: a time capsule. He gets excited, especially, about the Mormons’ capacity for resilience and self-reliance. As far as organizational practices go, a…
