-
Recent Posts
Archives
- April 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- May 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
Categories
- Academy Award Nominees
- Academy Award Winners
- Art & Photography
- Based on a True Story
- Best Books of the Year
- Books
- Books Read in 2014
- Children
- Classics
- Classics and/or Literature
- Coming of Age Film
- Documentaries
- Dystopian
- et ordure
- Fantasy or Sci-Fi
- Films
- Films 2012
- Films Watched in 2014
- Foreign
- General Fiction
- Graphic Novels/Comics
- History
- Horror
- Horror
- Humorous
- LGBT
- LGBT Issues
- Literary or Genre Fiction
- Memoir or Biography
- mental chex mix
- Music
- Mysteries/Thrillers
- Mystery/Police Procedural
- Non Fiction and/or Commentary
- non-Review Crap
- Novella
- Paranormal
- Period Picture ("Costume Drama")
- Play
- Poetry
- Religion/Spirituality
- Romance
- Romance
- Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Science: from Anatomy to Zoology
- series
- Short Stories/Novella
- Spirituality/Religion
- Sports
- Television
- Television series
- Uncategorized
- Young Adult
Meta
Category Archives: Religion/Spirituality
Holy Bible – Best God Damned Version – Genesis, by Steve Ebling (2013)
Warning: If you are one who takes the Bible as being absolute Gospel (pardon the pun), this book will most likely offend you. However, if you are willing to embrace the various quirks and foibles of the Book of Genesis–and … Continue reading
Why Are You Atheists So ANGRY? 99 Things That Piss-Off the Godless, by Greta Christina
Why Are You Atheists So ANGRY? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless By Greta Christina Again, let me disclaim that I am neither atheist nor agnostic. I’m hardly a zealot either. I’ve found my own belief structure, and that … Continue reading
God is NOT Good: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens (2009)
This is the part where I tell you that I’m neither an atheist nor an agnostic. I was raised Protestant, dipped a toe in Catholicism, and came out with my own system of beliefs. They are just that: my own … Continue reading
The Eyes of an Atheist, by M.A. Neeper (2012)
First and foremost, I want to state that I am NOT an atheist. My beliefs are my own. One reason Twelve Steps programs have survived nearly eighty years is the prudent use of italics: …of God as we understood him. … Continue reading
Vatican Waltz, by Roland Merullo
(nb: I received a review copy from the publisher via NetGalley) Cynthia Piantedosi has always been different from her peers. In high school, when other girls were obsessed with boys and parties, Cynthia found her fulfillment in prayer. She was … Continue reading
My Life with Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll, by David Ellefson, w. Joel McIver, fwd by Alice Cooper
David Ellefson has had an incredible ride. He started as a pre-teen musical wannabe, practiced like crazy growing up on his parents’s farm, then moved to L.A. to try his luck. He’d studied jazz bass, and he’d practiced hard, so … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Memoir or Biography, Religion/Spirituality
Leave a comment
Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family, by Susan Katz Miller (2013)
(nb: I received an advance review copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss) You finally meet “the one,” that person you love more than anyone else you’ve ever met. You finish each other’s sentences, love the same food, … Continue reading
The Trial, by Reverend Rickey McDonald (2011)
(nb: I received a review copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss) Whenever I read certain books about spirituality and religion, and the book speaks to God doing something like sitting in judgment—say over Sodom and Gommorah—I always … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Religion/Spirituality
Leave a comment
The Monk and the Skeptic, by Frank Browning (2013)
Sex, Sin, and Salvation (nb: I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley) “The Monk and the Skeptic” is a collection of dialogues between the author—the skeptic—and a Dominican monk named Brother Peter. The two meet … Continue reading
Books and Movies and Stuff 
Illogical Atheism: A Comprehensive Response to the Contemporary Freethinker from a Lapsed Agnostic, by Bo Jinn
“Illogical Atheism” is not a book of evangelism and preaching. Rather, it serves as a repudiation of Atheist movements from Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and the late Christopher Hitchens–the modern Atheist triad–back through history. Author Bo Jinn does not attempt … Continue reading →