JESUS. IS. DEAD.

He trusted in God to deliver him. He even claimed to be the Son of God— look at him now— crucified between two thieves.

THE DANGERS OF DEMOCRACY Part I

George Bush the candidate warned us that he decried nation-building. After invading Iraq, the justifications for doing so devolved from looking for weapons of mass destruction to spreading democracy, even if we had to kill a million or so people to “gitter done.” But the world did not heave a collective sigh of relief. People smarter than George Bush have …

John McCain Is STILL A Prisoner of War

And he wants you to be a prisoner of war, too. Potential “Prisoner of War President” John McCain intends to flog Bush’s War for fifty or a hundred years or more. . . (well, not him personally; he’ll be lucky to live through one full term no matter how long his mother keeps puttering around the rest home). But his …

Can You Say Apocalypse?

The fetish word of authority is a fear-inspiring doctrine, the most terrible of all tyrants which enslave men. A doctrinal fetish will lead people to betray themselves into the clutches of bigotry, fanaticism, superstition, intolerance, and the most atrocious of barbarous cruelties. —The Urantia Papers IT’S A QUAINT BUT POPULAR NOTION for some Americans to say they hate the idea …

A Selective Look at Breaking News. . .

Mmmmm. Let’s see.   • Oliver North is still a free man, as is Bush Senior, and Junior. • Several thousand little ones are making their way through warm canals, headed for the light of their first day. • Billions upon billions of waves are breaking their way onshore. • New fires are being set in the Amazon.   • …

I WANT A SAVIOR FOR PRESIDENT

True Religion Is The Top Requirement. Lois: “The world doesn’t need a savior.” Superman: “Everyday I hear people crying for one.”   Savior Obama? A SAVIOR IS A PERSON who saves someone or something— especially a country or a cause— from danger. Such a person may come to be regarded with the veneration of a religious figure, like the Savior …

Chill Saturday. . .

BE Here. Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much, better.