In 21st century America, you’re free to practice your faith if you don’t mind going to jail for doing so
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The Air Force Academy caves instantly when atheists attack
Yesterday, I wrote a post for Mr. Conservative, which I reproduce here: Among the many virtues that flow from recognizing God’s existence is humility. Without God, every man begins to think of himself as his own little deity, leaving him free to set his own rules and, if his rules
Continue readingDoes the Obama administration really want to get involved in a fight with the elderly nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor?
Although Ted Cruz didn’t mention this during his magnificent 21 hour marathon attempt to reach past the media and speak directly to the American people, one of the things he’s fighting for is religious freedom. Case in point: Mother Theresa’s The Little Sisters of the Poor, which is made-up of
Continue reading“What’s in a name?” when it comes to a new “biography” of Jesus
I haven’t read Reza Aslan’s book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, so I can’t weigh in on its factual veracity or the quality of the conclusions Aslan draws from the facts he does assert. This Jewish Review article certainly suggests that Aslan is, if not all
Continue readingThree degrees of separation
I enjoy reading my Liberal-Lefty friends’ Facebook posts because they are so insightful into the mindsets of the Left. One insight that I have gained over time is that the differences between us conservatives and the Progressive/Left are so profound that they are unlikely to ever be bridged, barring some
Continue readingThe top ten awkward facts about the new atheist monument
I have no problem with atheism, having been an atheist for large chunks of my life. I do, however, have a problem with atheists’ concerted attacks on religion, which I think bespeaks precisely the type of intolerance atheists swear they oppose. That’s why I found so amusing Catholic Vote’s list
Continue readingObama’s stupid crack about parochial education
Much is being made of Obama’s speech in Ireland, in which he managed to insult parochial education. Catholics seem most disturbed, perhaps because (a) most parochial schools in America are Catholic and (b) Obama has been at war with the Catholic church by trying to make churches pay for abortifacients
Continue readingWhat would an atheist military chaplain say?
I realize that we’ve got a meme in the works here. What fun! If you go here, you can create your own “What would an atheist chaplain say?” poster. If you do, please share the link with with me, and I’ll try to include it in this post. Here’s my
Continue readingWhat would an atheist chaplain do? *UPDATED*
Atheists aren’t limiting their attacks in religion in the military to demonizing Christians. It turns out they’re also agitating for their own chaplains. I find this amusing. I can just imagine the atheist chaplain in different military scenarios. Atheist military chaplain on the eve of battle: “You’re going into battle
Continue readingWhy atheists have no fixed moral points — and why that’s a problem (even if they’re really sweet people)
The Arizona legislature had an atheist “prayer”: Arizona State Rep. Juan Mendez (D) turned a Tuesday afternoon prayer into something much more. The Phoenix New Times reports that Mendez, who is an atheist, changed the course of the event held prior to the House of Representatives’ afternoon session. He asked
Continue readingGod’s Chosen People
There’s a guy where I exercise who’s nice, but I’ve never really warmed up to him. He’s not part of the ownership or the management team, so it’s never really mattered to me what I think of him. Last week, though, I discovered that my subconscious might have been sending
Continue readingCharles Krauthammer has been reading Bookworm Room about gay marriage
That post title is, of course, a wild leap of faith. But there’s no doubt but that Dr. Krauthammer has come to exactly the same conclusion I’ve been trumpeting forever at this blog: making gay marriage a civil right protected by the Constitution will cause a headlong crash into the
Continue readingAn Argentinian Cardinal becomes Pope Francis
Catholics around the world rejoiced as a puff of white smoke rose above the Vatican, heralding the cardinal’s election of a new Pope – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. Cardinal Bergoglio will take the name “Pope Francis.” The fact that Pope Francis is the first non-European Pope to be
Continue readingNew York Times public editor keeps straight face while saying she doesn’t know reporters’ political orientation
Hot Air caught the New York Times public editor stating — with a straight face yet! — that she really has no idea what political viewpoint informs their writing. Maybe this screen shot, from today’s online edition, will help her: I’m sure both stories are true. That is, I don’t
Continue readingCountering the atheist who believes that human free will and a divine being cannot exist in the same intellectual universe
When I was young, I was an atheist, in that I didn’t believe in anything at all. As I’ve grown older, however, I find that I cannot sustain a belief in nothing. Interestingly, my belief that there is some intelligent or design force out there that is infinitely greater than
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