Quote of the Day for 2016-08-14

"The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partnership, man is a slave."

— Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) Some Mistakes of Moses, chapter 3 (1879)

"Moment of Joy" cover by Jack Hunter for The New Yorker (July 8 & 15, 2013) after the Supreme Court ruled against DOMA and Proposition 8 (June 26, 2013)

Quote of the Day for 2015-12-22

"She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not to find God."

— Alice Walker (1944-    ) The Color Purple, "Dear Nettie," page 165

Joliet Jake (John Belushi) "sees the light" while Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) looks on, in The Blues Bothers (1980)

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-06

"He, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) Aids to Reflection, "Moral and Religious Aphorisms," Aphorism 25

Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker during a PTL broadcast (circa 1986)