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Former Palin Aide: Who’s the True Christian?
A former Palin aide is making waves in the Christian political community after releasing a tell-all memoire of his experiences with the ex-governor. Frank Bailey figured prominently in the scandal over the firing of Palin’s ex-brother-in-law — allegedly in retribution for divorcing Palin’s sister. He was an aide from 2005 – 2009, when Palin left the governor’s … Continue reading
Religion and Politics: Musings
I hope you’ll forgive me a little diversion today. I’ve been tossing around some thoughts about the current state of politics and religion in America, and thought it might help clarify things by putting them down in print. Here’s a blog post I found over the weekend. It’s a neat idea: List what the Republicans … Continue reading
American Greatness. Mass Delusion.
I’m tired of the term “Anti-American” being applied to people who like to point out that America is NOT great. The thing is, they’re right. It seems to me that such people would be daft to both hate America and tell America what it needs to fix to be great again. So enough with that, … Continue reading
Evolution and Accommodationism
At the recent Evolution 2010 conference, there was a two hour talk on accommodationism. There’s been plenty of scuttlebutt on the blogosphere about it, too. I was not there, so I can’t comment on the specifics of this particular talk, but this seems like a good time for me to discuss my views on accommodationism, … Continue reading
Decline of a Nation and Facts
What is the most non-talked about reality in the United States of America today? The fact that we no longer lead the world in almost any indicator. The United States is no longer the best place for an average person to live. Our health care lags behind our peers, so does our educational system. When … Continue reading
The Politics of Tolerance
Today’s entry is a follow up to yesterday’s, in which I discussed a month long experiment in tolerance between a Christian family and an atheist. I want to follow up with a more in depth discussion of what I believe is a potential roadblock for atheists in America. It starts with this observation: Atheists are … Continue reading
Pope to Legislators: You must oppose abortion
The pope recently visited with Nacy Pelosi, and the statement he released shortly thereafter should be a wake up call to moderate theists everywhere. Though the statement was only two paragraphs long, it contained a very clear mandate to judges, jurists and lawmakers to either oppose abortion or be in opposition to official Catholic dictate. … Continue reading
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