People who know me know that I am a completely hopeless romantic. My favorite movie is Love Actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the Collin Firth - Jennifer Ehle version of Pride and Prejudice, but I cry every single time I watch it when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett finally get together. …
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the God Squad Pod
I started following Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Twitter years ago and immediately became an enthusiastic reader of her tweets. Later, in an essay entitled “Crimes Against Humanity” in Theological Musings: Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian Volume 1, I quoted a piece Rabbi Ruttenberg wrote about reproductive freedom from a Jewish theological perspective in my …
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Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday
It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …
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Dr. Kevin M. Young on the God Squad Pod
Dr. Kevin M. Young was a pastor in distress as doubts plagued him. A spiritual retreat at a Cistercian monastery in in New York helped change all that as he engaged ancient faith practices from The Way. That experience is detailed in Dr. Young's fantastic book Reconstruct Your Faith: Ancient Ways to Make Your Relationship …
Jesus or I.C.E.?
Stephen Miller’s rabid hatred of immigrants who aren’t “white” is playing out on America’s streets with devastating effect. DHS goon squads from I.C.E. and the Border Patrol have been given license to racially profile people as they wreak havoc in cities across the country. Regardless of the legal status of many immigrants, they have been …
Highlights from the God Squad Pod
On this week's episode the Fundamentalist F*ckwittery is brought to you by Sheriff Chad Bianco. He's running for California Governor as a Republican. Bianco is a Christofascist Trump supporting election denier. We also talk about breaking news stories. Full audio episode: GSP Episode 71 https://youtu.be/lhx23AdLlXA https://youtu.be/gGHqpj56GVo https://youtu.be/LkXf64-dkm8 https://youtu.be/02rxVxWMx4A https://youtu.be/cNgZAe8QmIc
Rabbi Seth Goldstein on the God Squad Pod
Rabbi Seth Goldstein sat down with the God Squad Pod to talk about the history and spiritual significance of the Festival of Lights. Follow Rabbi Goldstein on IG @rabbi_360 and download the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/069-celebrating-hanukkah-with-rabbi-seth-goldstein/id1754574318?i=1000741005751 https://youtu.be/UvWQkE8kxfo https://youtu.be/wkmlmK69660 https://youtu.be/0A4rNmAWkyw
Dear Peter Thiel…
You've been in the news a lot lately because you have some sort of monomania regarding the antichrist. As a theologian, I may be able to help you understand some things in order to assuage your seeming fears. I can't tell you precisely who the antichrist "is" because there is no 21st century person who …
Rep Ismail Smith-Wade-El on the God Squad Pod
PA State Rep for the 49th district, Rep. Izzy, sat down with the God Squad Pod's co-hosts Dillon Naber Cruz and Desimber Rose to talk about the Catholic Church's teachings about immigration. Full Episode (audio only) Rep Izzy on the God Squad Pod https://youtu.be/EJpA2b3HTTU?si=4PIw69EtTFEVFErh https://youtu.be/2NGP8wKKyhE?si=YGxN-ZMxhvWkBA5c https://youtu.be/YPnkNFoeb50?si=qOS66Vk6ulQcM_xp https://youtu.be/rb_WjL_ma1A?si=VjnrZXsJTsCHeCbL
A Note on Anti-Christian Actions and Christian Persecution
Evangelical Christians in America have for decades been crying "Persecution!" whenever they don't get their way in the political sphere or in waging their perpetual culture wars against anything and anyone they don't like. For these Christians anything that doesn't amount Christian supremacy in all spheres is persecution. It's a cry that has long rang …
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The Tattooed Theologian 