This is the grave of Eleazar Wheelock. Born in Windham, Connecticut in 1711, Wheelock grew up in what passed for the elite of the early 18th century, which wasn't really that wealthy. But his family had a pretty big farm and he got to go...
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Jimmy Swaggart is dead. I regret to note that while he was on my obituary list, I did not get to him in time (I am working up a good.
OK, many do. Maybe most! But not all and that's very important. A lot of people actually do live their Christian values and while Trump doesn't give a shit about.
This is the grave of Sam Jones. Born in 1847 in Oak Bowery, Alabama, Jones grew up fairly well off, the son of a lawyer and businessman. His mom died in 1855 and then family moved to his father's home town of Cartersville, Georgia. The...
This is the church that holds the grave of George Whitefield. Born in 1714 in Gloucester, England, Whitefield lost his father at the age of two. His parents owned an.
I never cared about pieties around personal behavior and we have known forever that evangelicals are mostly gigantic hypocrites when it comes to personal behavior. Like many of us, I.
This is the grave of Borden Bowne. Born in 1847 near Leonardville, New Jersey, Bowne grew up in a Methodist, reformist family. His father was a preacher and an abolitionist and that latter thing was not so popular in New Jersey, one of the most...
OK, this made me chuckle. An attempt by Idaho Republicans to repeal the state’s Blaine Amendment—a move that would allow taxpayer money to flow to churches and faith-based ministries across the.
This is the grave of Phillips Brooks. Born in 1835 in Boston, Brooks was a man of Boston. Good family that had been there forever, great-grandson of the founder of.
This is the grave of Margaret and Catherine Fox. Margaretta Fox was born in Rochester in 1833 and Catherine, or Kate as she was known, was born in that city in 1837. They grew up in the town of Hydesville. This was the period of...
The thing about religious fanaticism (well one of many things) is that can be a very easy excuse for labor exploitation. If you don't work 16 hours a day for.
This is the grave of James Freeman Clarke. Born in 1810 in Hanover, New Hampshire, Clarke came out of the elite religious families of Puritan New England, with ancestors that.