Fowl Play: The Trial of a Sorcerous Swiss Rooster
“You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next” – Frank McManus We really despise disorder. …
Tag Archives: theology
Our Xenomorph Who Art in Heaven
“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult” – Rita Rudner That darned Enlightenment. …
Mongrel Gods and Demon Mutts: Heathens in the Woodpile
“Every invasion or collision or mingling of races thus brought their respective religions into contact and rivalry; and as no …
The Real Ghost Theory of Religion
“I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable, than one …
The Bigfoot Apocalypse: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel Hairy
“The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived” – Jacques Derrida The physicist and the preacher are equally certain …
The Temptingly Transhuman Android of Albertus Magnus
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring” – Marilyn Monroe Political …
Spectral Slander and the Destruction of the Library of Palatine Apollo
“Well, any good comeback needs some true believers” – John Boehner I don’t usually like to wade into questions about …
Muppet Theology: It’s Not Easy Being Glycon
“You are all sitting here listening to me – a talking amphibian. That alone is a radical act of creativity. …
Saint Guinefort: All Dogs Get Demoted in Heaven
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went” ― Will …
Sympathy For the Monster: The Redemption of Reprobus
“Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to …
The Day the Devil Comes to Get You: The Immortality of Christoph Haizmann
“The world is all the richer for having the devil in it, just as long as we keep our foot …
Apsethus the Libyan: How to Get Ahead in Divine Advertising
“Advertising is legalized lying” – H.G. Wells Are you in a dead end job? Perhaps you should consider retraining as …
The Harrowing of Hell: When I Was Your Age There Were Only Five Commandments
“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way” – Robert …
I Feel Like a Natural Monster: Theological Teratology
“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe” – Ray Bradbury In the examination of those pesky hypothetical and anomalistic …
Apocalypse, Right Now: The Smell of Armageddon in the Morning
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it …
Me and My Theological Shadow: Monotheism and Divine Doppelgangers
“It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between” …
Bouncing Baby Cambions: A Little Bit of Evolution in Medieval Christian Demonology
Carnal relations with demons is pretty much the epitome of unsafe sex. And they never call you. Clearly evil. While …
