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McCain & Jesus…
The semester has ended, my grading is finished, and now I have to get ready for sabbatical. That's what has been taking much of my time (Oh, and a conference I just got back from...), but, for your reading pleasure here's a quintessential move -- the comparison to Jesus Christ: (from The Atlanta Jo ...>
Clinging to Religion, Bitter and Frustrated?
Is the dust settling a bit from the Obama "bitter" fake controversy? If so, here's the issue that really animated me, and one that has not been discussed much at all in
Wow. Stop. I was about to say "has not been discussed much at all in the media." This is why you need friends to blog. They can ...>
Atheists Dangerous for Children?
Well, according to Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), it is dangerous for children to know about this atheist "philosophy." In a very sad, if not tragic, situation, Rep. Davis attacked an atheist activist (Rob Sherman) during testimony last week before the House State Government Administration Commit ...>
Females Should Have No Authority Over Males
This is one of those mind-boggling moments: a female basketball referee was told she could not continue refereeing a boys basketball game at St. Mary's Catholic school in Kansas City because... wait for it... she is a woman. Yes, you read right. Apparently, the school claimed that she was a woman a ...>
Upholding Moral Principles…
Apparently, Archbishop Jose Gomez has complained about plans for a rally by Sen. and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, at St. Mary's University, the oldest Catholic college in San Antonio. Why object to her presence at the Catholic school? Because Sen. Clinton is a supporter of women's ...>
On Not Being a Buddhist
A short essay by Dustin Eaton in The Washington Post's On Faith section ("On Being and Non-Being a Buddhist"), on the fact that he doesn't refer to himself as a Buddhist. This is an interesting story about Buddhism and self-identifying as Buddhist or not. Quite provocative how many folks who practic ...>
Questions about Religion for Presidential Candidates
Almost two weeks ago legal scholar Marci Hamilton wrote a neat column detailing questions about church and state that she would ask of various presidential candidates. It is well worth a read, check it out. The questions for Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani in particular are quite ...>
Huckabee’s Theocracy
Oh, the latest from Mr. Huckabee in Michigan:“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And thats what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it ...>
A War Mentality
Dan, over at Faith in Public Life, has a neat short entry "I Declare War on Metaphors" that treats the issue of the supposed war on Christmas. He definitely gets it right when he notes:As culture war watcher Beth mentioned last week, public observance of Christmas in Basra, Iraq, was canceled after ...>
Tony Snow-job’s Rhetoric
Here are two comments attributed to former White House press secretary Tony Snow:1) “The average Iranian is more Pro-American than virtually any college faculty in this country.”
2) “...the second war in this country, the war on God.”There are some who would say that you have to treat thi ...>
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