Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? In an article on my Apologetica page I make the point that it did in at least two significant ways: 1. Islam in America came out of the closet 2.Atheists also came out of the closet <<Read my conclusions on my Apologetica [...]

(Get this tribute) Ten years have passed but the pictures are still horrific and engender in us all a remembrance of where we were when we first heard about the 9/11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 died and two wars resulted from the event and we can now say that the world is a much smaller place [...]

Christianity Today tackles the question:  “Have Muslim-Christian Relations Improved Since 9/11?” with three Christian leaders responding with well…mixed reactions. Rick Love, of Peace Catalyst International and a consultant for Christian-Muslim relations with the Vineyard USA, says: Yes In spite of  Terrorist attacks and Wars Rick Love actually sees some improvement and cites a number of [...]

                                             (Image via Wikipedia) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to exclude any prayers from clergy at ground zero during the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. He inferred that “it’s just not appropriate”? However, pastor Rick Warren is planning to hold an alternative national prayer service 2 blocks away at a sister [...]

American Atheists filed a lawsuit on Monday to have the iconic ‘Ground Zero’ Cross removed from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The World Trade Center cross is made up of two intersecting steel beams found intact in the midst of the rubble created by the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. The cross was [...]

Yes, ‘Ground Zero’ Church!  Most folks are unaware that a church across the street from the World Trade Center was also destroyed on 9/11/01. Many have heard about the ‘Ground Zero’ mosque being built several blocks away but St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was actually at ‘Ground Zero’ and had been that location since 1916. [...]

                                           (Image via Wikipedia) Time Magazine along with CNN and NBC has named Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf as one of those in running for their “Person of the Year” for 2010. Imam Rauf is the developer of the Cordoba Mosque also called the Park51 project referred to by many as the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’. In [...]