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Disagree with the Left? Go to Hell.

... Go directly to hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Jim Wallis is interesting. Today, he alleges...

Experiment Completed. And Failed

Those of you who know me in person know that I once held a number of views which aligned with...

Religious Freedom in Thailand

In wake of the recent military coup, Thailand is flirting with the idea of making Buddhism the state religion. A...

Pastor Wiley Drake Endorses Huckabee

EthicsDaily.com: The religious liberty watchdog organization Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) filed a complaint to...

Christian Utopians

We all have a longing for a perfect world. And, ironically, attempts to bring it to pass, here and now,...

Kos's "Street Prophets"

In 2003, Amy Sullivan said that Democrats needed to start reaching religious people. Her argument makes sense: a huge percentage...

Capital Punishment: Life is Sacred

Those who oppose capital punishment often do so on the grounds that they believe human life to be sacred. To...

Italy Pushes EU, UN for Universal Ban on Death Penalty

BBC: Romano Prodi, the leader of the current centre-left coalition, said Italy will lobby actively at the United Nations for...

Religious Tolerance (.org): Scientology vs. Christianity

I've often suspected "tolerance" is merely a codeword applied hypocritically to bash Christian conservatives. A recent visit to ReligiousTolerance.org did...

Who Hates Menorahs?

What a perfect story for Christmas Eve... What's wrong with me? As you may know, I recently heard that the...

Using Churches as Political Shills

A "shill" is a person who stands in the crowd, appearing to have no relation to the one selling something...

Bob Edgar: "Red Letter Christian"

A few years ago, I happened to turn on C-SPAN to see Bob Edgar, who had recently become head of...

Tony Campolo on Marriage

What's happened to Tony Campolo? Recently, apparently also marching under the banner of being a "red letter Christian", I heard...

IVCF Evicted from UW Superior

The Capital Times: A Christian organization at the University of Wisconsin-Superior has filed suit against the university, claiming it wrongly...

We Give You Thanks, Cuba

Via Chris Johnson over at MCJ: While the rest of world was reacting to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez calling President...

Taxes: Soak the Rich?

Biblically speaking, why do taxes exist? The Apostle Paul wrote: This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities...

Tax Cuts: Helping the Poor

One of the cornerstones of the 'liberal' political view is that conservatives are mistaken in which political policy -- tax...

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