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GPS Can Only Take You So Far
Tim Challies with some points well taken, regarding technology, moral compasses, and moral expectations:"The GPS has done something else to me. It used to be that, if I drove somewhere once, I would be able to find my wa… -
A Touching Story of Atheism
To the small (but growing?) list of atheists who acknowledge the postives of Christianity, add Matthew Parris.I used to avoid this truth by applauding - as you can - the practical work of mission churches in Africa. It'… -
Richard Dawkins
At least he's consistent, in a way. Imagination is to be stifled as well. I would presume symbol or metaphor may follow. You have to understand, the man is moved by a different vision of absolutism. He warns against … -
Red Letter Christians - Or, those who read the Bible vigorously... backwards
Someday yet, I'll write my book of theology, the system to be known as Barberism. I'm sure it'll rank up there with Calvinism, etc., only be a bit more... barberous.In the meantime, everybody else hopes to change the wo… -
Then and Now
Then:In 1536, Henry VIII made it a legal requirement for an English version of the Bible to be placed in every church, and they proved so popular with the public that they often had to be chained to the pulpit.Now:“The s… -
A "Talking Point" of Some Contemporary Relevance
From a Cato Institute blog entry, essay authored by Mark Lilla:So there is, in American thinking about religion and politics, a hidden separation that makes possible all the institutional separations we enjoy. On the one… -
Camille Paglia When She's Right -- 'American art renaissance thru religion'
Wow, when she's right, she's right. Please avail yourself of Camille Paglia's full article, from the humanities and classics journal, Arion. Her thesis:I would argue that the route to a renaissance of the American fine… -
Graham Greene with a Definition of Christian Civilization
How about a thought provoking quote from Mr. Greene? The following is a definition of 'Christian civilization' from Greene's address, "The Last Pope," delivered at a Catholic conference, in 1948, on the theme, "Is Chris… -
Religion: the tally in the UK debate
This blog post by Ruth Gledhill (Religion correspondent for the UK Times) details the fallout from a debate on a motion: "We'd be better off without religion."The vote before the debate: "The first vote was 826 votes f… -
Dobson's Foot
(it's in his mouth)"Everyone knows he's conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for," Dobson said of [potential presidential candidate Fred] Thompson. "[But] I don't thin…
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