Religion Dispatches
…s to school in support. A Web site devoted to Freshwater’s cause is called www.bibleonthedesk.com. But Dennis said the issue was never about the Bible on the desk. And nowhere in the lawsuit’s initial complaint is it even mentioned. Rather, she says, it’s because her son was branded. After Freshwater took his side public, Jenifer said she and her husband were worried Freshwater wouldn’t face disciplinary action. In June, they filed a lawsuit again…
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…Cain Campaign Doesn’t Want you to See,” and to view the video, see (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/98698/). Jews for Jesus Director Responds: Jews for Jesus executive director, David Brickner, who during a talk at Sarah Palin’s church (she was present) described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God’s “judgment of unbelief” of Jews who haven’t embraced Christianity, claimed, in an interview with Christianity Today that his remarks were taken ou…
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…r than dating, which was derided as part of the “divorce culture:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxjuh6UyT4 Tonight, Anna described her husband to People as “someone who had gone down a wrong path and had humbled himself before God and those whom he had offended.” This week, a recap of their television show on their blog discussed how Jim Bob and Michelle “encourage their kids to take a chaperone along on all their dates so they have someone to…
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…ider net when seeking to understand evangelicalism—and, I would add, all religions. It especially pays to do so right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtXmryT32oc…
Read More… Stephen Colbert barely clings to his persona in criticizing Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s arguments in favor of the cross in the Buono v. Salazar case. Watch the clip: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Symbol-Minded www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Michael Moore Go here if you have any problem watching the video above….
Read More…e it will end? To learn more about the demonstrators’ concerns, see http://www.defendneworleanspublichousing.org *** More on the story yesterday out of New Orleans, where people protesting the demolition of public housing were blocked from entering a city council hearing, then assaulted by police with pepper spray and stun guns. Though some speakers who did get into the hearing opposed the plan, the council passed it unanimously. The version of th…
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…have an impact on the ability of senior couples to serve missions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFI5J-W7Wc Science of morality… immoral In 1966, 25-year-old Charles Whitman went on a killing spree at the University of Texas. In a suicide note left behind, Whitman asked that an autopsy be conducted on his body as he was convinced that something biological accounted for his actions. The autopsy found a tumor on his brain that was suspected of pr…
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…re victory, claiming that their side had won the War on Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUaXo9URCM Whatever the recent skirmishes, this kind of controversy is not new. American disagreements about the celebration of Christmas reach back to the nation’s colonial beginnings—where ironically, it was a Christian group, Puritans, that offered the discouraging words. When the Church of England broke away from Roman Catholicism in the 1500s,…
Read More…uestions, concerns, or invitations to discuss this with a larger group, at www.johnslattery.com. Citations of major quotes from Teilhard: “Do the yellows…”: Günther Schiwy, Teilhard de Chardin: sein Leben und seine Zeit. 2. (München: Kösel, 1981): 105. “I hate nationalism…” : Günther Schiwy, Teilhard de Chardin: sein Leben und seine Zeit. 2. (München: Kösel, 1981): 261. “The philosophical…”: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Letters to Léontine Zanta. T…
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…been singled out to show how closely entwined the two seem to be: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9wDcUBShs/ In response, Sarsour and Mallory have repudiated Farrakhan’s antisemitic statements, and Sarsour, in particular, has written an apology to the Jewish community. But since they haven’t repudiated Farrakhan as a figure, accusations of antisemitism remain. The reaction is an example of what Engel notes about antisemitism. Sarsour, for instance,…
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