Religion and Society

Don’t discuss anything you read here at the dinner table kids.

17
May

Our Real Roots

I received this in an email from my father. It sounds great, but does anyone know where this came from, and has anyone verified that all the statements, quotes, and facts included in it are accurate? If you know, please post a comment.

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Our real roots…A history lesson that needs to be told…

Did you know that 52 of…

18
Mar

Is the Pope wrong about condoms?

Roland Martin thinks so. In response to the Pope’s statement with regard to HIV/AIDS that “You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem.” Martin responds “People are having sex. Catholics are having sex. Heck, some Catholic priests have abandoned their oath and have had sex. As a layman and the husband of…

31
Dec

Atheist Sues to Remove ’so help me God’ from Inaugural

Michael Newdow wants the words “so help me God” removed from the upcoming inaugural. He cites the Constitution’s ban on the establishment of religion as the legal basis, although his motivation stems from feeling that having any reference to God in the inaugural sends the message that only those who are religious are real Americans, and that “it’s unconstitutional to…

10
Nov

Religion Cannot Be Removed from Government

Opponents of Prop 8 in California, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, have said much of the need for religious people to not force their religion on others. This is the same call that has been trumpeted by the left for decades to separate “church and state”. But the argument is patently ridiculous.

But first,…

18
Aug

How does gay marriage hurt me?

This November California voters will decide whether or not they want to amend that state’s constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, effectively ruling out the possibility of legal gay marriage in that state short of the amendment being voted out, which will likely wouldn’t happen for decades, if ever.

There are those against the…

13
Jul

Mormon Missionary Calendar Creator Claims Free Speech Rights Violated

For now I’m going to resist the temptation to create a “humor” category on this blog, which is perhaps where this article would best be placed. For those of you not familiar with this situation, here it is–a few years ago a guy started making calendars of shirtless, male Mormon missionaries similar to those firefighter calendars. You know,…

06
Jul

Global Warming and Gay Marriage

Answer these two questions:

1. Do you believe that man-made global warming poses a threat to the planet and that action must be taken immediately?

2. Do you believe gay marriage is a good thing and should be legal everywhere?

If you answered “yes” to both questions then you’re either ignorant or a hypocrite. There is little to no credible,…

06
Jul

What You Do in the Privacy of Your Home May Hurt Me

Several years ago when I was attending college in the small town of Rexburg, Idaho, a man was arrested after it was discovered that he had enough fireworks and explosives, including dynamite, in the basement of his home to take out several city blocks. Much of the dynamite was old, and dynamite becomes more and more unstable and likely to…