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Take that, Ms. Kitty.

If you recovering fundamentalists thought Rapture panic was bad when you were a kid, it’s even worse now: This RE curriculum stages a fake Rapture to strike the fear of God into parents and kids alike.

From the pen of Jonathan Falwell (Jerry’s son) in his “Fallwell Confidential” email newsletter this week:

We also hear people insinuating that Jesus would be driving a hybrid car if He were on the earth today. Or we hear that Jesus would be working to help the oppressed people of our world.

Moreover, I believe that even within the church today we often see depictions of Jesus that are simply unfounded.

The fact is that opinions of Jesus don’t really matter.

Apparently Matthew 23 and 25 don’t matter either. (Stupid Jesus with all his stupid opinions!)

(Hat tip to one of my fundy spies.)

It’s been said that the perfect is the enemy of the good. It’s also true that niceness is the enemy of compassion.

If I hear John “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Edwards tell any more sad stories about freckled little red-haired girls who lost their legs in meat packing plant accidents due to the corporate malfeasance of Snidely Whiplash, Inc., I’m going to find a way to vote against him twice. Even if Snidely Whiplash doesn’t provide health insurance.

I’m a bit ashamed of myself for blogging about, of all things, Britney. And it occurred to me that some of you readers might be rolling your eyes too.

So here’s how to filter your Chutney, for those of you reading via RSS. To get the whole shebang, subscribe to the general RSS feed. If you just want to read posts having to do with Unitarian Universalism—or posts I think deserve the attention of Unitarian Universalists—subscribe to this feed. (Think: Britney-free.)

And if you don’t want any of that Unitarian Universalist stuff, subscribe to this feed. (Think: All Britney, all the time.) There’s some overlap—all those both/and UU/Britney posts—but these feeds should help you get the Chutney you like.

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