Tag: churches and politics
member name: Bert B.
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March 18, 2006 02:56 PM EST --
"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not care to support it, so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of . . .
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October 28, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
THE BIG NEWS on the Internet yesterday was that federal authorities arrested two skinhead cretins who were plotting to kill over a hundred black people, including Barack Obama.
Now, these . . .
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June 28, 2008 11:09 PM EDT --
Some people do not like what their kids will experience in public schools, so they "educate" them at home. Is this good or bad?
First, I must admit that I have some bias here. . . .
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November 05, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
I am happy that Obama won. I think it shows that Americans showed that they could see past the race issue. The result is not so much a rejection of McCain...although his campaign disillusioned . . .
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November 21, 2008 12:49 AM EST --
Devout religious believers often deplore the “moral relativism” of liberal/progressive thought, claiming that absolute moral standards, as defined by their sacred scriptures, are necessary . . .
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May 13, 2009 10:54 PM EDT --
Kara Neumann of Weston Wisconsin died on Easter Sunday.
She died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a result of undiagnosed and untreated juvenile diabetes. This is a treatable disease, and Kara should . . .
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September 27, 2009 08:54 PM EDT --
This is the fifth in a series of fictional discussions with my imaginary friend Al.
To understand the background for this piece, I recommend that you read one or more of the previous . . .
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October 02, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
This is a continuation of an earlier piece. There was clearly a lot more to say on this subject, so…here’s Part 2…and it may not be the last.
Here is a link to the first part: . . .
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October 19, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
People who are opposed to abortion view the fetus as a human being. They believe that human life is sacred, and that destroying it, even in its earliest forms, is a mortal sin. Many “pro-lifers” . . .
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June 13, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
This article appeared on the AlterNet web site today. I think it is an important issue. Here, we have a vaccine that is "100 percent effective at protecting against the most prevalent . . .
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August 17, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
I read an article in the LA times the other day about the pastor of a church in Buena Park, CA. His name is Wiley S. Drake, and I guess I should have suspected something phony about anyone who has . . .
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April 10, 2006 02:11 PM EDT --
A headline in the LA Times caught my eye today: "Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies." The article describes lawsuits filed by several religious groups attacking policies . . .
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April 15, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
The county attorney for Barren County in Kentucky sent a "survey" to all state legislators and legislative candidates asking them whether they "accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior." . . .
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October 29, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
In an article on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) web site, writer Kimberley Daniels warns her readers to steer clear of Halloween candy.
She says that “…most of the candy . . .
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May 16, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
ONCE UPON A TIME there was a beautiful young married couple named Ken and Barbie. They had two children named Ken Jr. and Barbarella. Ken was a lawyer, in a very successful private practice. . . .
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May 19, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
Dr. James Corbett is a teacher of Advanced Placement European History at Capistrano Valley High School, here in southern California. He was recently sued by one of his students who claimed that . . .
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April 25, 2009 03:59 PM EDT --
Kathleen Sebelius has a job I wouldn't take for any amount of money. She is the governor of the state of Kansas. She is also Obama's pick to head the department of Health and Human Services. . . .
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June 24, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
James Dobson, head of the fundamentalist Christian Religious Right group, Focus on the Family, issued another of his patented blasts of self-righteous flatulence today. He attacked Barack Obama, . . .
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July 13, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
On June 18, just as summer vacations were starting for most high schoolers, Time Magazine published a blockbuster article detailing a "pregnancy pact" among 16-year-old-girls at Gloucester High . . .
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August 16, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Everybody suffers from it…except me, of course. Well, I sometimes get up on my high horse about gas-guzzling SUV’s, but that’s different. I’m right, and I am just trying to help out all . . .
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