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Wikipedia has a short, entertaining article on 'Lawsuits against supernatural beings', which details court cases brought against the Christian god, Satan, and various Hindu deities. My favorite dates from 2008, in Nebraska, where Ernie Chambers, a state senator(!) sued God, seeking "a permanent...

Is anyone else a fan of Jeremiah 13: 1-11? That's the story of God mandating the prophet's underwear etiquette. It's such a strange (okay, dingbat) tale that I wonder how many preachers have used it as a Sunday reading. I'd guess that zero Sunday school teachers have used it, as kids giggle...

A video satirist named Vic Berger has assembled several videos taken from episodes of The Jim Bakker Show that aired in the past five years. They are addictive in their insanity. He has added music and limited sound effects and edited the episodes down to the wackiest minutes, but you'll be...

The second Trump regime has been so relentlessly nuts that I missed this item, back in February. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced a bill to designate June 14 as a federal holiday, combining The Asshole's birthday and Flag Day. It's called Trump's Birthday and Flag Day...

The text, from Genesis 30 and 31 (here condensed.) Laban said, What shall I pay you? and Jacob answered, I will work for no wages, and I will watch your flock, if you agree to my terms. Let me take every black lamb and every spotted or speckled young goat. That is all the recompense I will...

If you wish to never again hear, speak, or read the word cud, I'd like to initiate a more vital science/Bible debate. Did Jehovah fashion his first two humans with navels, or were they more Ken/Barbie in design? Most Bible authorities have sided with the pro-navel position, in that He created...

First, I know some users will say this should be posted in Political Humor. But I've premised this post on remarks made on the record by the 47th President, in the White House, which is about as official as things get. (Stepping out of character for one second -- it's dead serious when a U.S...

I didn't catch this news until today, but Garth Hudson died at age 87 two weeks ago (1/21/25). He had been the last surviving member of the original The Band, and, in common with every other member of that unique quintet, he was a master musician. I'm presuming that most users who open this...

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Because this is the last full day of the reign of Joe Biden, and because we are about to usher in a rebirth of America through the miracles of mass deportations and tariffs, I thought it would be useful to post some basic stats so that we can read them at some future date and laugh at how bad...

Her family announced her death yesterday, although she actually died three and a half weeks ago. This makes me wonder if they feared that there would be demonstrators at her funeral. I would hope that would be an unfounded fear, but who knows. Her peak of fame/infamy was the late 70s. Sample...

When Father Jean Meslier, the village priest in Etrepigny, France, died in 1729, his parishioners were soon in a state of consternation over an unimaginable scandal. Three (some say four) copies of a massive, handwritten manuscript were found in Father Meslier's house. The manuscript (in...

I recently stumbled onto old video clips on YouTube of the Strode family from 1970/80s talk shows. I vaguely remembered them. They went on Sally Jessy and Oprah, and probably a lot of others. They were notorious in their little town of Marion, North Carolina, for screaming and hollering their...

Having previously googled such topics as How to Cut a Brick and How to Fold a Tortilla, I googled How To Speak in Tongues. Google posted a long list of sources, many from online ministries, headed by an AI Overview (1). Here is the text of the overview: 1. Pray: "Lord Jesus, fill me with your...

Assuming he's telling the truth about this (I know, hacky joke there), what do you think he'll do as our Beloved Dictator from noon on Jan. 20 to noon on Jan. 21? How great can America become in one day?

Yes, woke is a joke, and by using the word one joins the ranks of Trump, DeSantis, Greene, et al. Using woke to disparage someone by extension signals your disgust with protests for social justice and -- god forbid -- identity politics. But look how much the Repubs communicate with the word...

The best-known example happens every year in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud, Philippines, and is described in its wikipedia article, San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites. Every year, at least 3 penitents are chosen to be nailed to a cross and left hanging there about 10 minutes, or until they...

Evidently he took stock of the gender gap he's facing (a 20% deficit when matched with Harris, in some polls.) He got busy over the weekend. There was a Truth Social post on Friday, followed by what he told a crowd in NC the next day: "So let's talk about our great women, all right? 'Cause...

I can't find any likely method of getting a message to the campaign, anything that would be heard. And we're obviously coming down to the final laps. So, what do my fellow Never Trumpers think should be stressed in campaign ads? My top choice -- and I'm a broken record on this theme, but for...

I googled some Bible gravesites today. I found out that Adam and Eve are buried in Sri Lanka, but also near Hebron, Israel, at the Cave of the Patriarchs (which is also where Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are buried.) And Eve is also buried in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Which...