Archive for May, 2015
Friday, May 29th, 2015
‘Hate Speech’ ‘Islamophobia’ ‘Homophobic’ Bible Passages Yesterday we posted on Sen. Rubio’s claim that traditional Christian and Catholic teaching might be labeled as ‘hate speech’ in the future. For those who think that might be a long shot or an over-blown fear, here are some recent figures on how large the support is in America […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Obama Administration, Politically Correct, Progressive Agenda, SCOTUS, UN, USA
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Thursday, May 28th, 2015
In an interview with CBN News, Senator Rubio talked about his fear that ‘mainstream’ Christianity and Catholic teaching could soon be labeled as ‘hate speech’ in this country: “If you think about it, we are at the water’s edge of the argument that mainstream Christian teaching is hate speech. Because today we’ve reached the point […]
Filed under: American Church, Attacks on Christianity, Catholic Church, Christian Businesses, Christian Organizations, Christianity, Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Homosexual Marriage, Homosexual Rights, Media Bias, Persecution, Politically Correct, Politics, Politics & Religion, Progressive Agenda, Same-Sex Marriage, SCOTUS, Traditional Marriage, USA
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
(WWII US Army Air Force Bible) Nothing demonstrates how the American military culture has changed over the years when it comes to religion like the tale of two different soldiers that I found on the Internet yesterday. The first story is about an American airmen in WWII who lost his prayer book while on a […]
Filed under: Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Politics & Religion, US Military, USA
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
A recent poll taken by the Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel shows that 81% of their viewers support ISIS. The popular TV news network which is hosted in Qatar and viewed all over the Muslim world in the Middle East and North Africa asked their Arabic viewers to respond to the following question: “Do you […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Foreign Policy, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Domination, Islamic Terrorism, Islamist Radicals, Jihad, Middle East, Muslim Culture, New Islamic Caliphate, Obama Administration, Syria
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
Memorial Day is a good time to reflect upon the ultimate sacrifices made by many in our armed forces in order to keep America free. Nothing really reflects that freedom so much as the variety of religious designations (60 different) including ‘none’ on the headstones in our national cemeteries. The following article in HuffPost shows […]
Filed under: Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Memorial Day, USA
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
(Tacitus via Wikipedia) I recently read one of the best summaries ever of all of the historical evidence for the real existence of the man called Jesus of Nazareth in a recent edition of the Biblical Archaeology Review (Jan/Feb 2015): “Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible” by Dr. Lawrence Mykytiuk of […]
Filed under: Apologetics, Jesus Christ
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
President Erdogan of Turkey recently gave a speech calling on all Turks and Muslims around the world to refocus on re-conquering Jerusalem rather than fighting among themselves. He also continues to push for the establishment of a new Caliphate with himself as the new Sultan. His comments on these issues have not been covered by […]
Filed under: Eschatology, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslim Culture, New Islamic Caliphate, Turkey
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Thursday, May 21st, 2015
New research seems to indicate that most Americans would rather have a gay person than an evangelical Christian for president. Here’s the story from OneNewsNow: A religion and culture expert says a new survey showing that more Americans would accept a homosexual president than an evangelical commander-in chief, is indicative of a growing belief that […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Evangelical Christians, Homosexual Rights, Politics, Politics & Religion, USA
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
Pope Francis recently called Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas an “Angel of Peace.” Here’s the story from Brietbart News: Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an “angel of peace” during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See’s warm relations with the Palestinians. Francis made the compliment during the traditional exchange […]
Filed under: Holocaust, Israel, Palestinian Territory, Pope Francis I
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Monday, May 18th, 2015
( Major Gen. Craig Olson: US Air Force photo) An activist military group is demanding that a general, who spoke about God at a National Day of Prayer event on May 7, be court-martialed claiming that his testimony was against the law and unconstitutional. Here’s the story from the Air Force Times: …Maj. Gen. Craig […]
Filed under: Atheist Agenda, Attacks on Christianity, Church and State, Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Persecution, Politics & Religion, Progressive Agenda, Religious Persecution, US Military, USA
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