Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Tom Harper
No, it’s not true that America has to import everything and that we have nothing to contribute to the rest of the world. We do too.
Even as we speak, boatloads of Bible-totin fire-and-bri mstone-spewi ng Christians are being shipped out to ports all up and down Europe and Britain. They’re cheaper by the gross.
Ah […]
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Filed under: General, Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism, Religion and Politics, Culture
Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Tom Harper
I’ve never seen it in the Constitution either, but U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett seems to know all about it. For once, conservative s are right when they talk about “unelected judges legislating from the bench.”
Last October a jury ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church — that’s Fred Phelps and all of the other “church” […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Jones of the Nile
A surprising survey out today shows that if the general election were held today, Democrats would stand a better chance than Republicans to pick up the majority of born again Christian voters. (Let’s take a moment to reflect on this moment of irony, talking about the general election before “Suppah Tuesday” even wraps up.)
Now […]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by Jones of the Nile
It hasn’t received much attention, but a last minute petition campaign for a “Marriage Protection Amendment” managed to secure a spot on Florida’s November ballot, sneaking in by the skin of its teeth on Friday. Given that Florida has already enacted a state-wide “Defense of Marriage Act,” one has to wonder why another push […]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Tom Harper
I’m not religious (as you’d probably guess from some of my other posts) but I still found this article sort of irritating.
The gist seems to be that people who believe in God — or anything supernatural — or who anthropomorp hize their pets, well, they’re basically just a bunch of introverted geeks who don’t have […]
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Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Daniel DiRito
Rick Majerus has been a college basketball coach for many years and he currently works for St. Louis University, a Catholic University under the auspices of the Jesuits. Majerus has always been a colorful figure but one wouldn’t expect his off the cuff comments to a news reporter at a Hillary Clinton rally to be […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal, Morals and Values, Religion and Politics
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Jones of the Nile
RELEVANT magazine just released a poll of Christian voters between the ages of 18-34, and the results…well , they may surprise you.
Now, I think it’s best to take polls with a huge grain of salt. Or perhaps a hallucinogen ic substance. But if the results of the RELEVANT magazine survey are to be […]
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Jones of the Nile
If you’ve got a Republican family member, or several like I do, chances are you’ve seen one of those anti-Barack Obama emails, suggesting that he’s a terrorist in sheep’s clothing, and that he’s posing as a Christian to be elected President but then will come out as a Muslim and handover the United States to […]
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Dr. Forbush
I recently listened to an outstanding interview of Jean Vanier by Krista Tippett on the radio program “Speaking of Faith.” Jean Vanier has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and has been considered a “Living Saint” by many people in the Roman Catholic Church. Jean Vanier is mostly known for the founding of the […]
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Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Jones of the Nile
Get the door. It’s Domino’s. Or, make that Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s, who has just thrown his endorsement to former Massachusett s Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the 2008 Presidential election. Why Mitt Romney? In the words of Mr. Monaghan:
“As someone who values the importance of […]
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