matthewmcvickar + christianity   6

The Guardian: Insane Clown Posse: And God created controversy
"'I stuck her with my wang. She hit me in the balls. I grabbed her by her neck. And I bounced her off the walls. She said it was an accident and then apologised. But I still took my elbow and blackened both her eyes.' That's clearly a song about domestic violence. So your Christian message is... don't be like that man?" "Huh?" Violent J repeats, mystified.
icp  christianity  music  religion  america  interview 
october 2010 by matthewmcvickar
The Boston Globe: How Puritans became capitalists
"A historian traces the moment when Boston’s dour preachers embraced the market."
religion  capitalism  america  history  market  christianity  puritanism 
august 2010 by matthewmcvickar
Yahoo! India News: Beatles forgiven by Vatican for 'bigger than Jesus' comment
There's two big lessons here:
1. Fame makes people do and say crazy things, and other famous people tend to give an equally outrageous reaction to it.
2. Christianity is a joke.
christianity  culture  thebeatles  vatican 
april 2010 by matthewmcvickar
Matthew Parris: As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Interesting, though I do not totally agree. (Is Christianity not itself a tribe? An ideological one, at least, if not geographically contiguous.) There is the same food for thought here that I've been chewing on for years... it is a conundrum I cannot reconcile.
faith  religion  atheism  africa  christianity  charity  missions 
december 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
"God is all-powerful. Therefore, God can do anything, and regenerating a leg is trivial."
religion  atheism  christianity  god 
may 2007 by matthewmcvickar

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