Category Archives: Religion
USAToday: ‘Embryonic Stem Cells Used On Patient For First Time’
USAToday.com: For the first time, surgeons have injected a spinal cord injury patient with human embryonic stem cells in a federally approved experiment, a biomedical firm said Monday. Food and Drug Administration officials approved the start of the … Continue reading
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LGF: ‘Planned Parenthood Clinic Firebombed In Madera, California’
LittleGreenFootballs.com: In Madera, California, police and FBI are investigating a firebomb attack against a Planned Parenthood office that has been open for 20 years without incident: Molotov Cocktail thrown at Madera’s Planned Parenthood. This attack comes one week after a … Continue reading
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Richard Dawkins – The Virus of Faith
“Some say that while religious fundamentalists betray reason, moderate believers betray faith and reason equally. The moderates position seems to me to be fence-sitting, they half-believe in the Bible. But how do they decide which parts to believe literally, and … Continue reading
Michael Gerson: “Defending the word ‘retard’ is not heroic”
Former George W. Bush presidential speech writer Michael Gerson has come out strongly in a recent op-ed against the use of the “r-word” in our commonly used dialectic. The media is least attractive when it offers the pretense of fairness … Continue reading
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“Snow Crash” and “Reefer Madness”
I have two reading suggestions for you today: “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson I have but scratched the surface of this science fiction novel that has been recommended to me many times over. I am fast seeing this book as … Continue reading
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Jack Kerouac, The Diamond Sutra, and Blogging
Not only would Jack Kerouac have had a weblog, but he would have been blogging on Open Salon. I feel that his writing techniques and contributions to Modern Literature are mirrored in the so-called “blogosphere” of today. I also feel … Continue reading
My Internet-Rhetoric Gone Too Far? You Decide.
Joel Morton of Alan.com deserves my apology. I will not re-post it here but I made a very rude joke at his expense when this little piece of blow-back hit me after loosing my cool while commenting on the blog … Continue reading
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Come Home, America
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew well of what he spoke when he addressed a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4 (1967) in regards to the Vietnam Conflict: “Come home, … Continue reading
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The Tragedy at Fort Hood
The tragedy at Fort Hood had nothing to do with religion. No matter what some hater says.
Filed under Internet, National Issues, News & Politics, Opinion, Religion
Former-Evangelical Frank Schaeffer Speaks Out
Frank Schaeffer – “In my evangelical days I would have said: ‘Well if you are not in the church I belong to you’ll be lost, maybe burn in hell forever.’ I don’t think that way anymore.” “A certain type of … Continue reading
Bigots Against Islam Run The Republican Party
The hatred of others based on their faith is the favored tactic of the Anti Obama Republicans in this current political climate. If this hatred was directed at another religion the whole of the American public would reject this bigotry … Continue reading
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Eric Lightborn
