Catholic Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho’s excommunication of the mother of a 9-year-old girl who had an abortion after being raped by her step-father has infuriated many people in Brazil and elsewhere. This is a case when being right in principle results in being wrong in fact. Sobrinho: Abortion is much more serious than killing an…
Category: Religion
Convergence of Ideological Opposites
My father’s definition of the range of ideology is this: I believe personality definitions are spherical in nature and can be defined by spherical equations (and a sinusoid). The far fringes meet and touch on the other side of reality. Once you get past + (conservative) & – (liberal) 90 degrees (reality) you slowly progress…
Love in the Time of Melancholy
Anyone who’s been struck by Cupid’s arrow knows the result is messy. Love is made of high emotions: great affection, sexual chemistry, bitter arguments, petty annoyances, and, if it’s to last, painful compromises and endless sacrifice. Do we truly love in this day and age of disposable partners and rich, empty lives? What is love…
In God We Trust (not in Government)
Even readers of MSNBC know that much.
Pope Changes His Mind: Williamson Must Acknowledge Holocaust
Who says that two wrongs can’t make a right? Pope Benedict XVI has had a change of heart about undoing British Bishop and holocaust denier Richard Williamson’s excommunication. To resume his position, Williamson will not have to recant his anti-Semitic rantings, one of which included the phrase “there was not one Jew killed by the…
Culture War’s End in Sight? Not Likely.
Damon Linker writes at The New Republic that it’s not beyond the pale to think that Barack Obama may be able to lead liberals to a victory in the decades-old culture war. How? By subtle, gradual conversion away from conservative positions on 3 traditional value issues: Church/State Separation, Homosexual Rights/Gay Marriage, and Abortion. Not bloody…
Warren Derangement Syndrome, Take 2
Many on the far left are beside themselves because Barack Obama selected well-known pastor Rick Warren to give his inaugural invocation. But they’re not the only ones howling at the moon – Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake took a swipe at Warren this week, saying that God is going to punish the author of The…
Obama’s Choice of Rick Warren is Inspired
Barack Obama’s choice of pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his presidential inauguration is a good one. Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life has inspired millions of Americans, represents American values – and American citizens – far better than the far-left zealots who are frothing at the mouth over Obama’s decision. Is…
Palin Church Arson a Hate Crime?
The church of Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin, former Republican vice-presidential nominee, was torched Friday night and over $1M worth of damage was done to the structure and its contents. Happily, none of those inside the church were injured. This is obviously a hateful act. Should the arson be treated as a hate crime? That depends…
Great Britain, a Lost Country
Students singing in the choir at Arthur Bugler Primary School in Great Britain spent weeks practicing Christmas music only to be told that the songs weren’t appropriate for the Corringham "Winter Festival", an event undoubtedly once known as a Christmas Festival. The reason? The songs were "too religious". The decision was called ridiculous by parents…