Archive for October, 2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
(Image by Rose Robinson via Flickr) Yes, you read it correct—an independent church in North Carolina —Amazing Grace Baptist Church–is planning on celebrating Halloween by burning Bibles, and Christian books that they consider to be ‘heretical’. According to the church website they will be burning English versions of the Bible that they say are ‘satanic’–“NIV, […]
Filed under: Halloweeen, The Bible
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
(Image via Wikipedia) I can remember as a child seeing my first Frankenstein movie and being totally scared out of my mind. A Scientist creating a monster from spare human tissue patched together and enlivened. However reality is now even scarier. Scientists have just announced that they are able to create human sperm and eggs […]
Filed under: Sanctity of Life
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Trevor Keezer, says that The Home Depot in Okeechobee, Florida fired him from his cashier job because he wore an American flag button that read: "One nation under God, indivisible." He says that he wore the button to work for over a year with no complaints then all of a sudden they required him to […]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
(The Old Ottoman Empire via Wikipedia) The fact is that Turkey is no longer a close ally of the United States and Israel. A realignment of power is going on in the Middle East largely unnoticed by the main stream media and conveniently ignored by the the Europeans and the Obama Administration. Turkey, Syria, and […]
Filed under: Iran, Islam, Israel, Turkey
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Here’s the transcript of a conversation between Richard Dawkins and Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. I thoroughly enjoyed the exchange and found it delightful and enlightening. Hugh does a great job of drawing Dawkins out on several issues. Well worth reading.
Filed under: Bible Issues, Evolution
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Image by jmtimages via Flickr President Obama and his administration has declared war against all who disagree with their policies. The opening salvos of this domestic war have been fired against Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce. A number of administration officials have taken their best shots in this war and […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Jihad, Nuclear Weapons, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, War on Terror
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 5-0 on Thursday to begin proceedings on formulating new Internet regulations. The pretense for FCC involvement revolves around a concern for providing some kind of so-called ‘net neutrality rules’ to even the playing field for different ISP providers. However, some are concerned that this is like […]
Filed under: Blogging, FCC Regulation, Internet, Obama Administration
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
(Chris Matthews via Wikipedia) Chris Matthews of MSNBC said the other day that ‘the religious right is like the Taliban’? Ed Morrissey of Hot Air observes: That must be from all of the times the Religious Right throws acid in women’s faces, or bars girls from attending schools, or beat barbers in the streets for […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, Free Exercise of Religion, Politics & Religion, Taliban
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
(Image by Scorpions and Centaurs via Flickr) From Pacific Justice Institute: – Briefing is nearing a close in a high-profile case challenging prayer at Presidential inaugurations, currently before the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The lawsuit, filed by hundreds of atheists and atheist groups, led by frequent litigant Michael Newdow, was thrown out by […]
Filed under: Church and State, Culture Wars, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Prayer
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
(Jalili by Getty Images via Daylife) According to the ruling Mullahs in Iran, President Obama has agreed to allow them to continue to enrich Uranium. Michael Rubin of the National Review provides quotes from last Friday’s official sermon given by the Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: "These meetings [in Geneva] were a great victory and a sign […]
Filed under: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, President Barack Obama
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