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  • COMMENT: Canberra proves there is no God
    Indeed, it should be a source of pride for non-believing Australians that our national capital is itself proof that there is no supreme being. Were anybody watching over us there is no way they would allow such a place to exist.
  • Bangladesh: Islamists accused of burning Holy Qur'an
    Moulana Abul Khayer, an imam at a mosque in northern Dinajpur district, told Khabar that the protestors' actions would be grounds for execution under the very blasphemy law they are seeking.
  • Woman accused of using Bible as a weapon
    Evelyn Mills Moore, 57, of Kings Mountain struck the other woman "numerous times about her body with a closed fist and striking her with a Bible about her left arm,"
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DamNationAny country on Dubya's "evil axis" list.
 
DarwinismA belief system, as defined by some Christian fundamentalists, that encompasses everything from the origin of the Universe, the origin of the first living things, and the origin of species.  Bitterly renounced by said fundamentalists because it tries to explain the workings of the physical world without invoking the aid of undetectable magical beings.
 
DaVinci Code, The
  1. Actual definition. "The DaVinci Code" is a novel by Dan Brown that describes a conspiracy in the Catholic church. This conspiracy hides, among other things, knowledge of Jesus' descendants. The fact that the front cover says "a novel", indicating that it is a work of fiction even before the reader opens the book, is of no consequence to Christians, who have really gotten their panties in a wad over it.
  2. Christian definition. "The DaVinci Code" is a devil-inspired work of fiction that dares to suggest the blasphemy that there was more to our dear, sweet Jesus' life than what the Bible says. Amen. Dan Brown, praise God, will burn in Hell for his heresy.
 
DecalogueThe somewhat close to ten commandments.
 
Denominations, Christian
  1. Subsets of Christianity devoted to interpreting the perfect and infallible Bible.
  2. A  source for large quantities of entertainment.
 
Discernment
  1. The ability to perceive that which is not there.
  2. The ability to read into words that which has not  been said.
 
DiseaseA condition of sin or demonic posession (that is if you believe the Bible), fixable by ordering the person to be well, forgiving sin, casting out demons, and among other methods the creative use of spit.
 
Divine Intervention
  1. The perceived "hand of God" in human daily affairs, that, on close examination, is indistinguishable  from random events.
  2. The ability to survive an incredible tragedy, and  thank a god for it, while standing up to your knees in the bodies of others. (see also Selective  Intervention)
 
Dogma
  1. The rabid enforcement of religious rules.
  2. Very funny movie starring "Jay and Silent Bob, George Carlin, and Chris Rock.
  3. A wildly questionable idea that demands not to be  questioned.
 
Donation(See offering)
 
Doubting ThomasOne of Jesus's disciples. When he was told of Jesus's  return from the dead, he demonstrated an appropriate  degree of skepticism. Jesus said to him, "Blessed  is he that has not seen, but believes anyway".  In other words, believe anything you hear, no matter  how far-fetched. Then they wonder why people tend to  become less religious as they become more educated.
 
DropsevenThe use of the number seven in ancient and modern  texts relating to religion and protest politics.
 
Dubya
 


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