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EX-MUSLIM TO ‘POST’: TRYING TO TEACH ‘NAIVE WEST’ ABOUT TRUE NATURE OF ISLAM

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Religion & Ethics • 6 Comments • 8 hours ago

EX-MUSLIM TO ‘POST’: TRYING TO TEACH ‘NAIVE WEST’ ABOUT TRUE NATURE OF ISLAM “In Muslim communities, the word for Jew is not only used as a pejorative, it is used as a curse word. It is a hate...

Over 7,000 Pastors Admit They Don’t Follow Jesus

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 154 Comments • 2 weeks ago

One of the most troubling statements they all agreed to was this: “We emphatically deny that lectures on social issues (or activism aimed at reshaping the wider culture) are as vital to the life...

'All Of You On The Good Earth' — The Timeless Message Of Apollo 8

Via: adf-frc-cwa-fair-cis-lc-fan-1 • Religion & Ethics • 3 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Miracles: When it comes to Christmas miracles, few can match Apollo 8, which was in orbit around the moon 50 years ago today. It still ranks as the most impossibly ambitious and borderline...

American Nationalism: What are We Supposed to be Proud of?

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 18 Comments • 4 weeks ago

When my son was in preschool, he learned to memorize the pledge of allegiance before he even learned to write his name. That pretty much sums up this country’s priorities – the constant obsession...

On Memes and Mermaids: How to Tell If You’re a Good* White Racist (And What Jesus Might Want You To Do About It)

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 11 Comments • 4 weeks ago

It’s been a minute since I posted here, because I’ve been deep into writing a book all about how good people can also be crazy racist (Good* White Racist is due out in the spring of 2020). Now...

Why Do You Not Do What I Say?

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • one month ago

In Luke’s gospel Jesus asks the question, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show...

‘So heavenly minded you’re no earthly good’

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 12 Comments • one month ago

News item: White evangelicals most likely to deny responsibility to accept refugees. Partisanship and ideology are major factors in opinion about whether the U.S. has a responsibility to accept...

Why Christians must support religious freedom for everyone

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 126 Comments • 2 months ago

(RNS) — The fundamental human right of religious freedom is under attack around the globe today like never before. While this disturbing trend should concern everyone, it should be particularly...

Draining the rainbow swamp

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 128 Comments • 2 months ago

Have you had your fill of "pride" yet? Corporations, government agencies, online sites, schools. AT&T, Walmart, Kellogg's, Nationwide, Ikea. I was already on rainbow overload when I opened...

The Value of Helping Friends With What Matters to Them

By: enoch • Religion & Ethics • 34 Comments • 2 months ago

A local Orthodox Christian Church had its annual ethnic festival this weekend past. The Congregation's Pastor knows his Scripture and devotional literature in its original languages. His...

Ex-Atheist Dr. Sarah Salviander Destroys Atheism with One Tweet

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 404 Comments • 2 months ago

If you're unfamiliar with Dr. Sarah Salviander, I encourage you to make her acquaintance. She's a Christian apologist, takes the Genesis creation account literally (although she's not a young...

Winnable war: Supremes uphold cross

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 31 Comments • 2 months ago

The Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the Bladensburg Peace Cross. Good for them. It is simply impossible for this cross to violate the Constitution in any way....

A Pro-Life Case For Elizabeth Warren

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 2 months ago

I once posed the following hypothetical to a friend who has long been involved in the pro-life movement. It’s election time. Candidate A is formally pro-life. He promises to take measures to limit...

The gas is gone and now we’re fumin’

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 2 months ago

A few recent items coming through the RSS feed seem connected. Let’s see if we can follow that thread. We’ll start with this piece from Chris Ladd, “Pastors, Not Politicians, Turned Dixie...

In historic shift, Vatican to consider married priests for Amazon region

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 3 Comments • 2 months ago

The recommendation, contained in a working document prepared by the Vatican for a synod of bishops from the Amazon scheduled for October, also called for some kind of “official ministry” for women...

The Left Loves Religion – As Long As It’s Not In Their Way

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 22 Comments • 2 months ago

Remember this one? “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them…And it's not...

‘Where is everybody?’

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 3 Comments • 2 months ago

The New York Times just did another of its long, strange stories about UFOs: “‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects.” (CBS News has a summary here if you want to read...

Are there really verses in the Bible that support abortion?

Via: heartland-american • Religion & Ethics • 5 Comments • 2 months ago

Many of us know the biblical case against abortion. But are there other verses that bring a different perspective on abortion? On the pro-life side, we note that Rebekah was told that two nations...

Russell Brand Interviews Westboro Baptist Church

Via: tig • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 2 months ago

This is funny. Just have fun with it.

A Man’s Perspective on Leggings

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 316 Comments • 3 months ago

A few weeks ago an Indiana mother wrote a letter to the Notre Dame University school newspaper, asking women not to wear leggings to Catholic mass. After sitting behind a group of girls in church...

Beware the Wrath of the Suckling Lamb

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 3 months ago

Whenever we point out that God is love, it’s not uncommon to hear at least one person chime in and say: “But God is also a god of wrath!” Is that true? I mean, we do have one verse in the Bible...

Why Certain Words Are Left Out Of Our English Bibles

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 3 Comments • 3 months ago

Most Christians are unaware of the fact that this has gone on for centuries, and that some of these intentional mistranslations are intended to prevent people from knowing what the Scriptures...

The age of Kayfabe

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 3 months ago

Paul Campos discusses the decadence of politics as “Scripted Reality” ritual. Professional wrestling is the main hook here, but he also discusses the scripted unreality-posing-as-reality of much...

Are Evangelical Christians Discriminated Against? The Dangers of Tribal Christianity

Via: bob-nelson • Religion & Ethics • 85 Comments • 3 months ago

Sigh. I always appreciate being reminded that evangelical Christians believe that they are the most persecuted majority in history, constituted by people who can’t tell the difference between...

Graham on why Dem Party 'turned its back on God'

Via: make-america-great-again • Religion & Ethics • 75 Comments • 3 months ago

With the 2020 election just around the corner, Rev. Franklin Graham asked and answered his own question Tuesday regarding the anti-Christian policies being pushed by every Democratic presidential...