Category: Faiths And Their Followers
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More Hatred Of Muslims!
40,000 Muslims deported, due to fear of terrorism. From Muslim Saudi Arabia. Obvious bigotry against the Religion of Peace by redneck deplorable…Sunni.
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Juxtaposition
Islam. For 90-odd percent of its adherents, it may well be a religion of peace. But they seem to have other attitudes that bear some examination. For example: This hatred of early’80’s country-pop star Judy Kay “Juice” Newton… …is perplexing to outsiders.
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Holidays…Or Christmas
Nicholas Frankovich on why “Happy Holidays” – regarded by so many Christians as a forced, PC bowdlerization of “Merry Christmas” – is a good and noble greeting. Many good points – but I liked this one: Recall that devout Jews kept a respectful distance from the Holy of Holies and that Gentiles respectful of Judaism…
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If Martin Luther Hadn’t Existed 500 Years Ago…
…we’d certainly need him today. All due respect to my Catholic readers and friends, but you guys were doing a whole lot better when you stuck with Italians and Poles.
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The New Romans
Trump’s election has thrown a good chunk of the American left for an unexpected loop. Not least of the loopers is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), famous for “ELCA Hair” and unctuous, smug politics slathered on a fairly neutered reading of the Bible. And over at their “Engage” blog – the ELCA’s gun-grab…
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere Are Signs
Trevor Noah – who inherited “The Daily Show” from Jon Stewart – took a swipe at the restaurant in Lonsdale that had the infamous “Muslims Get Out” sign (which may have been less a matter of “hate” than “crummy editing”, by the way). Noah (with emphasis added): You know what’s also strange is this man…
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Faith And Law
Ilhan Omar has released a statement about the questions about her, at first and second and third glance, unusual marital history. Faith: I’m going to add bits and pieces of emphasis to Omar’s statement: In 2002, when I was 19 years old, Ahmed Hirsi (whose name before he received citizenship was Ahmed Aden), the father…
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Not The Onion
“Christian” chuch. Atheist pastor: “I do not believe in a theistic, supernatural being called God,” says Gretta Vosper, the United Church of Canada minister who has led West Hill since 1997. “I don’t believe in what I think 99.99% of the world thinks you mean when you use that word.” Tor [sic] her, God is…
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Stranger Than Conservative Apocalyptic Fiction
A friend of the blog writes: …will be the first to propose that women all wear full burqas in order to protect us from any man we might encounter in public? I mean, it isn’t that much of a stretch when someone is already suggesting segregated transit. I, for one, predict a system of separate…
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All Is Proceeding As Foreseen
When President Obama threw out the welcome mat for the Castros, essentially giving them the legitimacy they’ll need to live out their lives and likely their kids’ lives in complete control and obscene wealth with no more American uppityness about “human rights” and “democracy” but all ready to allow American companies (with political clout and…
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Paging The Establishment Clause
We have a problem here. Where is that ACLU SWAT team?
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Indeed
To my Christian friends? Have a happy and blessed Easter! To my Jewish friends? Have a great weekend! To my agnostic friends: how ’bout them Twins? Anyway – all the best to all of you!
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First We Blame The Republicans
After weeks of blaming Republican presidental candidates for the burglary of a mosque on East Lake Street in Minneapolis, which drew CAIR and Governor Flint-Smith Dayton to exploit the incident… …it turns out Republicans had nothing to do with it. But do you suppose we’ll get an apology?
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For The Life Of Me…
… I can’t imagine why people, finding mainstream Christianity spineless and spiritually vacant, are hitting the doors faster than if they were at a Nickelback/Creed surprise gig.
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Adrift
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: Justice Scalia says separation of church and state isn’t Constitutional law and shouldn’t be used to purge religion from the public eye. I’d go farther and suggest the lack of shared moral behaviors is destroying the country. If some of the country thinks it’s just fine to give false…
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Forever And Ever
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Merry Christmas To All, And To All A Good Night!
Seasons Greetings to you and yours from all of us here at SITD!
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Salvation Army Time
The Salvation Army is in the midst of their annual holiday fundraising drive. Brad Carlson, my NARN co-host, and I have our own virtual Salvation Army “bucket” this year. It’s right here. For a lot of reasons, I’m a huge SA supporter. I’m going to be pitching in, and I hope you will doo.
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A Lesson From Paris
In the Charlie Hebdo attack, Muslim terrorists slaughtered some deeply unsympathetic characters; “journalists” whose entire milieu involved whizzing in other peoples Wheaties. And they attacked a kosher market – in other words, Jews. So if you’re not a smug confrontational “journalist” or a Jew, you may have felt you were safe. And their targets in the US,…
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The Dead Heart
I’ve been a presbyterian my entire adult life. This has been for a number of very good reasons; I have been blessed to know a number of fantastic ministers – and the Presbyterian liturgy is notable in putting far putting less temporal BS between man and God than most other denominations. (Your mileage may vary, of…
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Unpersuaded
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: Kim Davis, the Apostolic Christian who was elected County Clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples after the Supreme Court decision in June, citing her First Amendment right to a workplace accommodation based on a sincerely held religious belief. It’s the same argument…
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Selective
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: The media trumpets Pope Francis talking down capitalism as if it were Gods Own Truth. Makes me wonder: do you accept the Pope’s teaching on religious matters? No. Then why would you accept them on economic matters? joe doakes Religious figures are like conservatives, to the media; they take what…
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Greasy Televangelists
“Prosperity Gospel” televangelists – greasy little parasites on the body of Christ – prey on the gullible to make big bucks. In response, John Oliver – a greasy evangelist for the Big State – calls for Government to intervene by defining religion. Which greasy televangelist does more damage?
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The Killer App
I just thought of the app that’s going to make me a millionaire. Remember the class web games “Hot Or Not” and “Kill, Bang or Marry?” Where you’d look at photos of people of your preferred gender and select “Hot” or “Not” or whatever? My idea: publish writings, photomemes and tweets from notable “new* atheists.…
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Uncool
Here’s the send-off line of Michelle Malkin’s piece on the ill-advised nature of the Pope’s jeremiad against air conditioning: If the pontiff truly believes “excessive consumption” of modern conveniences is causing evil “climate change,” will he be shutting down and returning the multi-million-dollar system Carrier generously gifted to the Vatican Museums? If not, I suggest,…