Religion
Hitchens vs. Blackwell on MSNBC
Christopher Hitchens and Fred Blackwell of the Family Research Council squared off on MSNBC’s Hardball recently, tackling the question of America’s “Christian Nation” status. vicodin The debate was in reference to the recent Newsweek article about religion in America called “The End of Christian America.” Both men were brought in to debate two points: Is [...]
Dawkins Does Oklahoma
Despite the Oklahoma legislatures best efforts to keep Richard Dawkins off the University of Oklahoma’s campus, the famous biologist, atheist and author spoke at the campus Friday. Greeted with loud cheers, Dawkins began his speech by addressing the resolutions, to the delight of those in attendance. According to insidehighered.com (HT: Dallas Morning News: A large [...]
Study: Americans Losing Their Religion
The myth of America being a Christian nation is no longer just historical — it is modern. American Religious Identification Survey’s most recent findings show that more Americans identify themselves as non-religious and that the number of people that consider themselves Christian has fallen, both in large numbers since 1990. In the first poll in [...]
Pentecostal Minister Tabbed to Run Faith-Based Programs
President Obama has tabbed a 26-year old Pentecostal minister to run his faith-based programs, a White House aide announced Thursday. Joshua DuBois worked for Obama during his time in the Senate and the president considers him a close adviser to the president. Prior to getting involved with Obama, DuBois was educated at Princeton and is [...]
Secular Groups Ask Obama to Pass on Boy Scout Honor
Since the days of Taft, one of the “honors” that comes with being the President of the United States is that you are also the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America. While it’s really just a title with no real meaning, secular groups are uniting to ask President-elect Obama to deny receiving the [...]
Church Threatens to Make Woman’s Sins Public
A Jacksonville woman says that her church has threatened her with making her sins public, and tell the congregation about her sexual exploits with her boyfriend. The 49-year old divorced mother said that the church intends to follow the word of the Bible and “tell it to the church.” Included in the congregation are her [...]
Obama Can’t Win in Inauguration Pastor Mess
As you may have heard, president-elect Barack Obama has chosen a pro-life, anti-gay marriage pastor to speak at his inaugruation. If he was going for “can’t make anyone happy,” he succeeded. Let’s face it, no decision Obama makes for a while is going to please conservatives. Giving Rick Warren a microphone to make a speech [...]
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