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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
I have to say that putting the word people in sneering quote marks is a little much, John5796. What are you intending to imply with those marks of punctuation, exactly? That some of God's beloved human creatures are lower and less human than you? Not fully people? I hope I'm wrong, and that you meant something else.
Those who track such things have concluded that the Family Research Council is a hate group--based not on the policy views of its members, but on the way the organization promotes them. Specifically, it consistently cites "studies" known to be grossly fraudulent in its editorial pieces, and it has been caught soliciting the mailing lists of racist and white supremacist groups to build ...more
Those who track such things have concluded that the Family Research Council is a hate group--based not on the policy views of its members, but on the way the organization promotes them. Specifically, it consistently cites "studies" known to be grossly fraudulent in its editorial pieces, and it has been caught soliciting the mailing lists of racist and white supremacist groups to build its membership.less
I have quite a few areas of disagreement with Jim Wallis, but I like his comment about Invisible Hand. It seems to me that far too many Americans worship, literally, Invisible Hand as some kind of idol. There's a religious intensity on the part of many of the free-market ideologues that is disturbing.
Of course there are many disappointed with the administration's position on this issue, but the outrage about Sibelius seems very... manufactured. Her views are in the mainstream of the Democratic Party, and the country just chose the Democratic Party to hold the Presidency. Is focusing arbitrarily on this one individual going to be effective? I suppose we'll see.
This is just one small facet of a major issue. The more that religion enters into public life, the more it will be shaped by the mores and expectations of public life. In a democratic system, politicians can't always speak Truth. That's not what they do, and we all know that. Yet some of us are pushing for more religiosity and religious display from them. It really is best to ke...more
This is just one small facet of a major issue. The more that religion enters into public life, the more it will be shaped by the mores and expectations of public life.
In a democratic system, politicians can't always speak Truth. That's not what they do, and we all know that. Yet some of us are pushing for more religiosity and religious display from them.
It really is best to keep religion out of government and out of the public sphere.less
The fact that some people are lousy, irresponsible parents seems to me to be a separate issue from the use of fertility technologies. A natural conception isn't necessarily an act of "self-giving love" just because it is the result of a sex act. Neither is an in-vitro conception necessarily an act of selfishness just because it isn't the result of one.
chicago24, under that theory perhaps some of the commenters who obsessively post here whenever there is a gay-related thread are also shrewd gay advocates. They certainly put forward unsubstantiated claims just as outrageous as those that come out of Phelps' church.
It doesn't seem you caught the gist of my comment, believer. This particular guy wants to hand out Bibles, but if he wins his court case it will mean that any and all religious groups (so-called) will have the same right to hand out their materials as well. Such a situation would undermine the ability of parents to properly supervise their own children's religious education. Freed...more
It doesn't seem you caught the gist of my comment, believer.
This particular guy wants to hand out Bibles, but if he wins his court case it will mean that any and all religious groups (so-called) will have the same right to hand out their materials as well.
Such a situation would undermine the ability of parents to properly supervise their own children's religious education. Freedom of religion doesn't include the "right" to try to indoctrinate other people's children into Scientology or Mormonism or what have you during school hours.less