Category Archives: Joy of Religion

Jesuits Come Up With $166 Million to Pay Their Victims; Society of Jesus Members Sexually Assaulted Native American Schoolchildren from ‘40s through ‘70s.

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

Ah, them Jesuits. Known throughout their history for education and their fight song, Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (“For the Greater Glory of God,”) these criminals-in-cassocks have to come up with Very Big Bucks to pay for the many child rapists … Continue reading →

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No, really. What the hell IS hoki? Lenten Fish Fries in 2011

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Ah, Lent, when God said, “Hey, you live on Lake Erie. Would it kill you to support the fishing industry with fish fries every Friday? I’ll make it easy for you: LISTEN UP, EVERYBODY, THIS IS GOD. NO EATING MEAT … Continue reading →

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Tony Pilla Preachin’? Thanks, I’m Busy

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

How many agnostics attend the Oil Can Church, on the edge of University Circle, I don’t know.  But I go — and sit in the first pew — because the Vicar there, Kenneth Chalker, is a remarkable teacher, and lectures … Continue reading →

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Action by the ACLU

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

(This is copied directly from the ACLU website. The American Civil Liberties Union often finds itself in unpopular cases. Good thing the ACLU doesn’t care about any popularity contest; what the ACLU is bound and determined to do is protect … Continue reading →

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The Psalms

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Blessed are the garbage collectors, for they cleansed the world. Honored they shall be, above accountants, computer repair technicians, and most county employees. Blessed are the nurses, those women who seek to comfort us. Yea, for each, an Angel of … Continue reading →

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The Papists

Posted on June 7, 2010 by

There is a group and a person for whom I wish comfort. The group is the Catholics so shocked, shamed, and confused by the Papists’ encouragement of child rape by priests.  And Bishop Pilla being complicit in these horrible crimes. … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Stephen King if You Have the Catholic Church?

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

A Few Things the Church Might Reinstate, and Bring Back to Its Battered Heart Wretched Souls Such as Me My credentials for this piece? A runaway Catholic, who, on further reflection, misses some of the fun times. Here’s what I … Continue reading →

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