I don’t have an actual post today but I do have this… Which, although it really has no discussion-worthy insights into fundamentalism, is just weird enough to be entertaining.

Please bear in mind that would never encourage the SFL readership to submit random photos of life in post-fundamentalism. That would just be childish and not a good testimony at all. No, sir we don’t want that kind of behavior going on here. No matter how funny it might be it’s just not worth having [...]

This photo was submitted by reader ClosetLutheran of a poster he saw in a fundamentalist church. Since it’s a quick cell phone snap and the image is a little blurry, I’ve transcribed the text below: Social Networking Harmless Fun… Or Evil Communication? Social Networking…with names such as Facebook and Twitter…is considered by some the greatest [...]

Sometime between birth and Bible college, almost every fundamentalist youngster is dragged up before the church congregation and prayed over before they are eaten. Seriously though, the actual practice is that they are prayed over to “dedicate them to the Lord” and as a sign to the congregation that the community of the church has [...]

In fundyland it is assumed that the only reason why the average person would desire freedom from prying eyes would be to perform some great act of wickedness. Private correspondence, private conversations, and private contemplations among those who are not in leadership are seen as the very tools of Satan. Any locked container probably contains [...]

This photo was submitted by a reader who spotted this advertisement in the window of the Bob Jones University Bookstore. It’s a bit of a confusing one, considering that BJU is not a KJVO organization.

Today’s challenge is to share an incident where you violated a fundyland rule and what punishment you were meted out. Honest confession is good for the soul. (and entertaining for the rest of us.)

From this video I gather that Rule 1 of a Happy Marriage is evidently “Do not allow your wife to express opinions in public.” I have to wonder exactly how sitting through days of sermons and lectures is supposed to “recharge your marriage.” Then again, I really don’t want to think about it too hard.

And now for something completely different… To answer the unspoken question: yes, in fundyland this is considered to be very funny comedy. found at The American Jesus