I’ll cut to the chase so the disinterested can cut and run without wasting their time: Wild at Heart is a book, perhaps the book, for Christian men who sense that something is missing from their lives, their relationships with their wives and children, their church, and/or their relationship with God. Still with me? Good. Now, be honest: Do…
Category: Religion
Lawsuit May Bankrupt Phelps’ "Church"
After members of Reverend Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated at the funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder his father was justifiably upset. But Albert Snyder didn’t just get mad – he got even: A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the…
The Difference
The back and forth between Robert Spencer, author of “Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t“, and John Derbyshire is ancient history in terms of Net time. But the subject is still highly relevant. Derbyshire said this in his initial review of Spencer’s book: I understand that this bogus equivalence must be very…
More Afghan Kidnappings to Come
Reuters says: Afghanistan’s Taliban plan to abduct and kill more nationals from foreign countries whose troops serve under NATO and the U.S. military in the country, a spokesman for the Islamic movement warned on Monday. The vow comes just days after the Taliban released 19 South Korean hostages after their government struck a deal that…
Thoughts on the ACLU
Russell recently took me to task over my statement that the ACLU actively seeks to suppress the Christian religion and highlighted one of his readers who pointed out several cases where the organization has defended individual high school student’s religious freedoms. These cases do muddy the waters. Even though it makes my distaste for the…
ACLU Sues School Over Bible Elective
The American “Civil Liberties” Union, along with People for the American Way and Jenner & Block, LLP, has filed a lawsuit against Ector County Independent School District, demanding the Odessa school system to stop teaching an optional Bible course, saying the elective “violates their religious liberty”. The plaintiffs’ position: “It’s important for students to be…
Pushing Back on Islam
As I recently wrote in “Assimilating Islam“, I believe it’s important that Americans and our justice system establish clear lines about what we will and will not allow to take place vis-a-vis the Islamic-ification of this country. It’s also quite tricky as our systems have a built-in preference for freedom of association, religion, and speech….
The God Debate
Is there a God who actively works in Earth’s affairs? Those who answer “No” have virtually nothing to discuss with those who assent, whether deist, agnostic, or atheist. What common ground is there when the most fundamental question is answered differently? To me it seems that the atheist position is nonsense. Given that matter and…
An Example of the New Liberal Intelligentsia
Today I spent my lunch hour with my stomach being twisted in knots. The food wasn’t bad – the problem was that I was reading a draft of an article that David Schraub’s going to have published in Dartmouth Law Review later this year. To read it you’ll have to follow the link and register…
Bernard Lewis: We’re in the 3rd Islamic War on Europe
(Hat tip to Melanie Phillips) Bernard Lewis gave a must-read speech at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on March 7th. Old news to many, but new to me. Very interesting reading. A key paragraph: The declaration of war begins at the very beginning of Islam. There are certain letters purported to have…