Monthly Archive:: July 2006
20 Jul 2006
Protecting God At Any Cost
The House voted to stop federal judges who would side with the US Constitution and declare the phrase “under God” a violation of the first amendment. The legislation effectively undercuts judicial independence and denies religious minorities access
19 Jul 2006
Dishonour Amongst Anti-Abortionists
A report by Rep. Henry A. Waxman found that federally funded crisis pregnancy centers often mislead women about the risks of abortion. Investigators posing as 17-year-old girls contacted 23 centers for information about an unintended pregancy. Twenty
18 Jul 2006
Attack on Church Goers: Fact or Fiction?
While cleaning out my email this evening I came across an alert from Google about a news article addressing what was described as an incident of Christian bashing by “masked anarchists” in Jackson, MS at a Unitarian
12 Jul 2006
12 Jul 2006
The Who’s Who of the Religious Right
Head over to Alternet for a list of the top ten members of the religious right by Rob Boston of Americans United for Seperation of Church and State. With a combined income of over 400 million a
11 Jul 2006
Can Religions Be Peaceful?
This is a question that has been on my mind lately as there seems to be an influx of articles, speeches and such calling for peace between the various religious factions. Something’s missing though and I think
9 Jul 2006
Well, the Bible says …
I recently re-posted a satirical work about civil rights for homosexuals that resulted in at least one comment about what the Bible says about homosexuals. Now, technically I think that commenter got it wrong as the Bible
6 Jul 2006
Children, Atheism & Religion
I recently received a comment about the quote over to right by Ernestine Rose to the effect that it couldn’t possibly be true because religion wouldn’t exist if children were atheists. This is simply not true. To
5 Jul 2006
Violent Christians & Christianity in America
A couple of days ago an article appeared in the local paper about how the world couldn’t tolerate anymore religious intolerance. At one point the author insinuated that the bombing of abortion clinics is connected to Christianity.
5 Jul 2006
A Different View of Matthew
Is the book of Matthew a joke? Kyle Williams seems to think so and I must admit it does sound like a interesting theory as the book of Matthew is the most outlandish of the gospel tales.