Packing Heat At Unitarian-Universalist Service
…urch, am I the only one who thinks making this point was a really, really bad idea? Or that it makes Bobby Jindal’s “bring-your-gun-to-church” law an even worse idea?…
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Identity Theology: Political Correctness with a Halo
…conflicts with the stance of the Presbyterian Church (USA).” But that black-and-white assessment washes over the particularities of the PCUSA’s actual requirements for its ordaining bodies. It also fuels a misunderstanding of theological nuance that is being replicated in media commentators’ reactions to the seminary’s decision. Media pundits have focused primarily on the headline-grabbing issue of LGBTQ ordination, rather than Keller’s rejection…
Read MoreTexas Board of Education to Review Intelligent Design-Promoting Materials for Science Classes
…eationism without any scientific basis * Misrepresentations of Darwin’s 150-year-old writings in an attempt to discredit modern biology * Distortions of the scientific understanding and evidence behind key biological processes, such as the modern synthetic theory of evolution and the stages of the cell cycle The board will vote on the submissions in July. It could decide not to adopt the creationist material – which is a possibility. Since last ye…
Read MorePlease Reverend, Do Something About the Fat People
…his with others? Indeed. My point is: go on and eat that latke and that coffee-hour doughnut. It will probably not touch off a three-day latke/doughnut bender. If it does, then you should probably pay attention to that and maybe talk to someone… but also know that it’s probably not because you’re religious and it doesn’t make you evilbadwrong! Keep on marking the times and seasons with feasts. For heaven’s sake, that’s one of the things religious…
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Hysterical Heretical Hollywood Humanism: The Theology of The Adjustment Bureau
…tural ability, but by magic, fedora-activated portals scattered throughout New York City; and they feel emotions, causing one to go rogue and help Norris in his quest. This, of course, rigs the theological dilemma. Fate is supposed to be fate: it’s final, and it’s the way it is. In religious and spiritual systems that subscribe to it, the best thing a religious person can do is resign oneself to it, to cultivate the serenity to accept the things o…
Read MoreIs it Fair to Question Rand Paul’s Religiosity?
…on that in a minute.) He goes on, “The trouble with Conway’s ad is that it comes perilously close to saying that non-belief in Christianity is a disqualification for public office. That’s a pretty sickening premise for a Democratic campaign.” I didn’t see Conway’s ad that way; I thought it questioned whether Paul had demonstrated disrespect for religion, as opposed to demanding that Paul profess a religion. But I still think the ad misses the poin…
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Lila Rose Targets Planned Parenthood with Lies
…hasn’t addressed scenarios in which telling the truth causes evil—the Nazis-at-the-door scenario, for example. Catholic teaching includes the doctrine of “mental reservation”: a kind of equivocation wherein someone says something which is deliberately misleading, ambiguous, confusing, or only truthful in a verrrry technical sense. Discussions of mental reservation can quickly become bogged down in technicalities, but imagine a latchkey kid saying…
Read MoreBachmann’s Constitutional Flameout
…chmann. Thank you very much. BACHMANN: Thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you for the questions. Thank you. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) This morning Bachmann’s campaign revealed the loss of two high-level staffers, most notably campaign manager Ed Rollins, who is moving to a position of “senior advisor” because, both he and the campaign claim, health concerns….
Read MoreFlorida School Prayer Bill Stalls in Committee
…allow the delivery of an “inspirational message,” including prayer, at “noncompulsory” middle and high school events. Student government would have to decide on giving such a message, which could only be delivered by students. School personnel would not be allowed to participate or influence the message. “There is no participation from the school board, the principal, the coaches or anybody else,” Siplin said. But the American Civil Liberties Unio…
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Touched by a Michael Landon: America’s Jewish Angel
…istians of Walnut Grove: they have their own language. Yes, they speak late-20th-century American English like everyone else in this Hollywood backlot version of the frontier, but they also seem to have an endless supply of secret words with private meanings. “There is a Jewish word, rachmones,” Mr. Singerman says, explaining an unexpected act of charity Albert has just witnessed. “It means in English ‘compassion.’ Life without rachmones is not wo…
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