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May 28 2014
The End of Protestantism
Though it agrees with the original Protestant protest, Reformational catholicism is defined as much by the things it shares with Roman Catholicism as by its differences. Its existence is not bound up with finding flaws in Roman Catholicism. While he’s at it, the Reformational catholic might as well claim the upper-case “C.” Why should the Roman see have a monopoly on capitalization?
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May 28 2014
THE ANGLICAN WANNABE FALLACY - George Weigel
If in the 1990s, the [Catholic] Church had followed the example of the Anglican communion and had accepted the ordination of women, it would look very different nowadays. . . . Had there been ordination of women we would not have had parishes that are starved of the sacraments because there simply aren’t enough young men coming forward who are prepared to be celibate and prepared to labor on their own.
There, in brief, is the Fallacy of Wannabe Anglicanism.
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May 28 2014
MARFA, TEXAS: Jesus ‘Would Have Turned Water Into Beer’ Today
Miller says that Jesus “would probably drink the local beverage of choice.”
“If Jesus was in Texas, he’d probably drink Lone Star. If he was in Hawaii, he might drink Primo. If he was in Scotland, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Jesus drank scotch. In Ireland, Guinness or Smithwick’s.”
When asked if Jesus would prefer a fine wine or a craft beer available today, Miller responded, “all of the above.”
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May 22 2014
LBJ – The Under-Valued President - Mike McManus
Behind those lofty words was a very ambitious man who knew he had a rare opportunity to re-shape America. “I never thought I would have this power,” LBJ told aides Richard Goodwin and Bill Moyers in April, 1964. “I wanted power to use it. And I’m going to use it.”
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May 21 2014
BELIZE: Christian Professor hounded for support of Belize anti-sodomy law
In his testimony, Professor Bain said that the risk of contracting HIV is significantly higher among men who have sex with men (MSM). He said this was true for Belize, as well as other countries, including those that have repealed the law that criminalises ‘anal sex’.
Responsibility to assess behaviours
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May 21 2014
WASHINGTON, DC: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali on Faith and Society
Spiritual values such as personal happiness “are not things that the welfare state can provide,” he countered. Rather, a “prophet has an obligation to society” in contrast to a mystic, Nazir-Ali noted in discussing Muslim accounts of Islam’s prophet Muhammad visiting heaven by night. Unlike a prophet, a mystic would never have returned to Earth from God’s glorious presence.
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May 19 2014
Is Atheism Irrational? An interview with Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga: If 62 percent of philosophers are atheists, then the proportion of atheists among philosophers is much greater than (indeed, is nearly twice as great as) the proportion of atheists among academics generally. (I take atheism to be the belief that there is no such person as the God of the theistic religions.) Do philosophers know something here that these other academics don’t know? What could it be?
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May 18 2014
Premature Talk of Surrender on Same-Sex Marriage
Calls for capitulation are premature, however, for reasons of both principle and politics.
A Matter of Principle
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May 15 2014
The Fight Is On for Traditional Marriage in Midwest
Erin Mersino, the principal drafter of the amicus brief, assisted by Lansing attorneys William Wagner and John S.
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May 15 2014
Islam Vs. Girls With Books - Mike McManus
A commentary on that verse in my Koran states: “Compulsion is incompatible with religion because religion depends upon faith and will and these would be meaningless if induced by force.”
Yet that is exactly what Boko Haram did after capturing the school of girls – forcing them to be Muslims. Secondly, their school was destroyed.
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