The nice little essay by Ludovic Kennedy called Put away childish things is printed in The Guardian (UK), and opens with the line “There is no God. So why do people cling to such absurd palliatives…” It’s a nice little read, but nothing new to those of you who are reading this blog. But can you imagine a US paper printing this?

The Pope has issued what many are saying will be his last encyclical letter, and he’s pissed about all those remarried Catholics getting to eat Christ’s body. No more divorced Christ-eaters, dammit. He reasserts the orthodox view of the Eucharist, saying that the wafer and wine are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ: “‘This is no metaphorical food,’ the pope wrote, saying he hoped to rekindle the ‘amazement’ of Catholics at the ‘real presence’ of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine.” Gotta clamp down on those folks who want to try to reinterpret magical mumbo-jumbo so as to make it into some kind of less-crazy metaphorical act. Good for him; I’m all for them holding on to their idiocy. Body of Christ? Can I have a drumstick?

Some of the tidbits in the coverage are sort of oddly fun, too. “The ailing pontiff, 82, used a new mobile throne to get around St. Peter’s Basilica,”; and the encyclical letter’s section on architecture is ‘fairly vague, but I think it will give support to people who want a Gothic-style church as opposed to having everyone sit around in a circle or something,’”

The Washington Post’s coverage is here: Pope Reaffirms Traditions on Communion

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Losing My Religion is kind of a cool site — a couple of recovered Xians who are trying “to be a resource for those embarking on the lonely road out of the Christian faith. We remember the isolation we felt when we first left, and the support we wish we’d had.” Why do they do the site? Because “on an almost daily basis, we see the damage Christian beliefs can do to personal lives, and society in general. Having been so committed to it in the past, we feel it our responsibility now to speak out about this thing that continues to grip the lives of so many.” Gotta like ‘em.

Here’s a cool coach: Godless Little League?

“Is Little League a church?” he asked. “No. When anybody goes to play Little League, have you ever heard or thought they�re going to play to trust God or worship God? It�s just a conflict of interest to be playing baseball on a public field, and to be pledging trust in God as a requirement.”

Nice job, Coach…

Surprising news (I thought) from Colorado: Senate Kills ‘In God We Trust’ Bill

DENVER — The Senate killed a bill Tuesday that would have allowed the national motto, “In God We Trust,” to be posted in public buildings and public school classrooms.

But here’s the best one: High marks on evolution instruction upset Fair

Fair wants science books in South Carolina public schools to have the following statement posted in them: “The cause or causes of life are not scientifically verifiable. Therefore, empirical science cannot provide data about the beginning of life.”

His argument is that no one can prove scientifically how life began, which makes the question a matter of faith, or philosophy. Darwin’s theory that life evolved slowly over millions of years, he argues, is not science.

No one was there for the dinosaurs, either, so that’s also a matter of faith, I guess…

A cute little story about a biological answer to catholicism: SARS Forces Catholics to Halt Confessions

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