I often find myself listening to talk radio during the mid-to-late morning hours. During these fine hours there are two voices that I am able to frequently switch between, both, as is normative for talk radio, are supposedly representative of the conservative/right wing point of view. Please take note of my usage of the word [...]
A lot has been said, at least in the circle I run in, about the Pew Forum study on the approval of torture. Most of what I have read is a condemnation of Evangelicals for their apparent lack of moral standing on the issue. Beyond that first topic I’ve also read calls from evangelicals to [...]
Fundamentalism, one of my favorite topics. Well, maybe not favorite, in fact, I don’t really spend too much time on it (or do I?). I have given some though recently to a comparison between Islamic and christian fundamentalism, and i’ve come to the (perhaps silly) that islamic fundamentalists may indeed be smarter than there Christian [...]
While growing up, we have been taught that giving gifts was the central theme of Christmas. Not quite Jesus, not quite justice, but the simple act of giving. We’re taught, in order to hold the spirit of Christmas true, we must be happy and give willingly. We seem to have missed the point… or rather; [...]
I’ll admit, my last post took a bit of a different direction than I originally intended, I meant to take an overview of the letter and go from there. After reading over it a few times I think I got so incensed that I felt like I wanted to tear it apart. Bit by bit [...]
Hey Matt, have you read this new letter from Focus on the Family? It’s a fictionalized letter from a Christian in the year 2012. Normally when one thinks of 2012 they remember all the talk of the end of the world, with the way this letter is written one might think that the world did [...]
If you’re like me your a prophet with a belly full of fire who can’t be stoped by anything. Except time. I have a tendancy to run hot and cold, normally my hots run quite hots whereas my colds are actually lukewarms, but the point stands that I tend to live a life in which [...]