Tag Archives: Bible

Jesus is dead in America

Posted on June 5, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

Down I-85, south of the city I call home there is billboard with a picture of the face of “Jesus” or at least how the Southern Baptist think “Jesus” looks. I like to call the Southern Baptist “Jesus” suntanned Jesus, … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t know Jesus if he bit you in the ass

Posted on December 23, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Jesus was my son.  Buddha was my son.  Muhammad, Moses, you, the man who said there was no room at the inn was my son.” –  George Burns as God in Oh, God!  It’s Christmas, a time that as Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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Hey Evangelicals-post your Bible verses that justify YOUR treatment of the migrant children in detention centers

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

From NPR:  More than 200 migrant children detained in a remote Border Patrol station in southwest Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation have been moved after news of the conditions became public last week. “This morning, my office was … Continue reading →

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If his lips are moving…….

Posted on March 11, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was … Continue reading →

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The Evangelical Cancer

Posted on January 1, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

This interview would be funny if it weren’t so damn scary and sad. It certainly confirms my theory that life is simply to short to argue with any flavor of a Trump supporter. Jerry Falwell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing … Continue reading →

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White Evangelicals hate brown people. Jesus was brown, wasn’t he?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for … Continue reading →

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The mark of the beast-MAGA

Posted on November 17, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name … Continue reading →

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Fairy-tales and lies

Posted on September 26, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

It was the moment that I knew I could no longer believe in fairy-tales. For almost ten years I had participated in a men’s bible study every Friday morning. We met in a conservative church with a great cook. This … Continue reading →

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Birthright

Posted on June 15, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Trump LIE: “The Democrats are forcing the breakup of families at the Border with their horrible and cruel legislative agenda. Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go … Continue reading →

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