Archive for 'Religion'

Radical Christians

Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t waste much time stirring things up.
Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.
I can’t tell you how many times Chris Gidman has come at me with a machete over my lack of faith.
In all seriousness, I’m going to give her a little slack here and extend [...]

This Is Not Helpful

I don’t want to live under a Theocracy of any form. Human history is rife with the misery that follows when one class of people claim to speak for God. Regardless of the motive or how benign a faith might claim to be, God as a ruler of Man is not appropriate so [...]

Those Wicked Boy Scouts

Philidelphia’s murder rate is headed for a record.  Its mayor blames guns and targets the Boy Scouts for eviction from the city.
Scout Oath
On my honor
I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and
To obey the scout law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and [...]

Mysteries

As I’ve noted, Dan Brown is cashing in on the big conspiracy market.  Tens of millions of people have invested the time and money in these elaborate tales that try to re-tell the roots of Christianity.  Judging by the hundreds of spin-offs, there seems to be some deep appetite for this idea that things aren’t [...]

What It Means…

Eternity Road
Francis Porretto discusses the idea of Catholic ‘Reform’ in a lengthy and fascinating post. I touched upon similar concerns, but in a vastly inferior way, in a recent post.
A church must, by its very nature, be a conservative institution. The point of a church is the conservation and dissemination of a body of [...]

Catholic Reform

With the death of the Pope, my attention has been drawn to the natural events that flow from the passing of a Person Of Note. While I don’t share the faith of the Late John Paul II, I bear him no ill-will, on the contrary, I have a great deal of respect for his [...]

Run away, run far away.

CNN.com – Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video – Jan 20, 2005
We are being rightfully mocked on sites like this one, and this one.
This is one of the reasons I consider myself more of a Conservative than a Republican. I understand that the evangelical right is a voting block with considerable power, [...]

Religion and Freedom

Ali, formally of Iraq the Model now has his own site called Free Iraq. Today, he put up an interesting post on the compatibility of religion and democracy. I found more at Media Lies on the subject.
First, Ali’s position can best be summarized here.
What I’m trying to say is that no religion in [...]

Boortz had a good topic

Boortz had a good topic today on his web site. Zell Miller from GA (A great Democrat, really!), has introduced a bill that would repeal the 17th Amendment. That amendment established the popular election of US Senators.
Fundamentally, popular elections are a bad idea for the Senate. The people have representation in the [...]

CNN.com – Church rethinks three

CNN.com – Church rethinks three wise ‘men’ – Feb. 10, 2004
Okay, this is just completely insane!! Regardless of the gender connatation of the word ‘magi’, we can’t ignore the realities of female status in 0 AD Persian culture. The odds of a woman holding any position of power or education are about the [...]

Are we ready to accept

Are we ready to accept the idea of alien intelligent life? We’ve toyed with the idea in the popular culture for at least fifty years, and most people have probably given it serious thought in the last ten years. You would think that when (okay, ‘if’) the announcement does come, most would nod [...]

Democratic Underground Forums – The

Democratic Underground Forums – The End
This was an interesting DU thread that caught my eye this morning. Another insight into the mind of the Left. Example statements –
One of the reasons I see no reversal in this situation has to do with the way people think. At the root of this problem [...]

Austrian Cardinal Says Pope Nearing

Austrian Cardinal Says Pope Nearing Death (washingtonpost.com) Regardless of your views on the Pope, this has been a historic reign. The longest serving Pope in history. And if you believe in various midievel prophecies, the pope after this one is supposed to be the final pope before the Rapture.
Funny how every generation [...]