A threatens B; A stays, B has to leave
Posted in Religion on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
This story makes me want to sic a dog on someone. Do administrators have no common sense at all?
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Did Obama Do the Wright Thing?
Posted in Politics, Religion, tagged Obama on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reactions to Obama’s press conference from Ann Althouse, who reads closely and brings out aspects you won’t have thought about; Michelle Malkin, who isn’t buying a bit of it; and Wretchard, who observes that Wright’s theology makes hash of the communion of the saints.
Changing Places
Posted in Organizations, Religion, economics, tagged church growth movement on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lydia McGrew writes compellingly about pressure in companies to advance, to develop one’s career by changing jobs frequently:
there is intense pressure constantly to be changing one’s role in the company. This is billed as “developing,” “advancing.” “Move up or move out,” is the basic message. Even if, as does sometimes happen, you do well at [...]
Pelosi Adds to Scripture
Posted in Politics, Religion, tagged Bible on April 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This should help the Democrats regain the trust of religious people. Nancy Pelosi has been “quoting” a Biblical passage that she appears to have made up.
In her April 22 Earth Day news release, Pelosi said, “The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, ‘To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of [...]
Obama’s Latent Marxism?
Posted in Politics, Religion, economics, tagged human nature, perfectability, socialism on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Bill Kristol has observed that Obama’s shares Marx’s assumption that religion is the opiate of the masses. More broadly, he assumes with Marx that economic factors determine cultural ones, which are mere superstructure. Pennsylvania voters feel frustrated economically, Obama thinks, so they adopt certain cultural attitudes as a displacement of their real concerns.
Sharing [...]
Rev. Wright, Former Muslim?
Posted in Politics, Religion, tagged Islam, Obama, Religion on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It appears that Obama’s pastor used to be a member of the Nation of Islam.
Caroline Glick on the UN’s “Fear of Democracy”
Posted in Religion, liberty, tagged freedom of speech, Islam on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Caroline Glick:
The West stands by idly as its foundations are rent asunder.
Last Friday the UN’s Human Rights Council took a direct swipe at freedom of expression. In a 32-0 vote, the council instructed its “expert on freedom of expression” to report to the council on all instances in which individuals “abuse” their freedom of speech [...]
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Posted in Religion, law, tagged polygamy on April 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Driving While Polygamous: A British judge accepts a defendant’s plea that revoking his driving license because of a speeding ticket would seriously disadvantage him, because he needs it to drive between his two wives. One lives in Motherwell, the other in Glasgow, about 15 miles away.
Profiles in Cowardice
Posted in Religion, liberty, tagged freedom of speech, Islam, liberty, reasoning on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thomas Landen describes the hypocrisy and cowardice of European elites faced with works of art criticizing or mocking religion:
Depicting Jesus sodomizing his apostles is not considered to be a “degradation of religious symbols” in Austria, but referring to the historic fact that Muhammad married a six-year old girl is “incitement to racial hatred.”
People are facing [...]
Happy Easter!
Posted in Religion, tagged Easter on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From the Pope’s Easter message:
Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum. Alleluia! - I have risen, I am still with you. Alleluia! Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus, crucified and risen, repeats this joyful proclamation to us today: the Easter proclamation. Let us welcome it with deep wonder and gratitude!
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